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METRO CREATIVE

METRO CREATIVE

GUEST EDITORIAL — A Thanksgiving message

Dirk Webb
Thursday, November 27, 2025
Is it just me or is 2025 going by in a blur? It seems it was just last week that we turned the page on 2024!I wanted to pause for a moment and consider an attitude of gratitude before Nov. 27th comes. Do you mind if I start with myself?
California Gov. Gavin Newsom led an initiative aimed at redrawing districts to elect more Democrats to the U.S. House. (Photo/California governor’s office via News Service of Florida)

California Gov. Gavin Newsom led an initiative aimed at redrawing districts to elect more Democrats to the U.S. House. (Photo/California governor’s office via News Service of Florida)

CAPITOL COLUMN — ‘Who Can Out-Cheat the Other One?’

Bill Cotterell
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
In a perfect world, our legislators could blow up 28 balloons to exactly the same pressure and squeeze them into a big cake pan shaped precisely like the state of Florida, then declare that to be the legal map of our congressional districts.
The Capitol Columnist writes that some Florida legislators are spicing the agenda for the election-year legislative session with a bunch of stuff that seems designed to make voters very happy.

The Capitol Columnist writes that some Florida legislators are spicing the agenda for the election-year legislative session with a bunch of stuff that seems designed to make voters very happy.

CAPITOL COLUMN — Lawmakers offer election-year goodies

Bill Cotterell
Friday, November 14, 2025
Like little kids trying to be extra good as Christmas approaches, some Florida legislators are spicing the agenda for the election-year legislative session with a bunch of stuff that seems designed to make voters very happy.Whether some of it works or not is another matter.
CAPITOL COLUMN — Trump won't try for a third term

CAPITOL COLUMN — Trump won't try for a third term

CAPITOL COLUMN — Trump won't try for a third term

Bill Cotterell
Friday, November 7, 2025
Political predictions are always risky, especially when talking about a mercurial figure like Donald John Trump, but I’ll go way out on a sturdy limb and boldly proclaim that we can safely disregard all the buzz about the president running for a third term.
Slices of Life — Jill Pertler

Slices of Life — Jill Pertler

SLICES OF LIFE — Lions, tigers and unfriending, oh my

Jill Pertler
Friday, October 24, 2025
This column’s message is for Megan (not her real name) who unfriended me when I disagreed with one of her political posts.In the response I gave, I attempted to be logical and reasonable. I didn’t get nasty or accusatory. I simply stated the truth as I saw it.
State Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia’s department sent law officers to a Largo home over a postcard that criticized Ingoglia. (Photo/Colin Hackley, News Service of Florida)

State Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia’s department sent law officers to a Largo home over a postcard that criticized Ingoglia. (Photo/Colin Hackley, News Service of Florida)

CAPITOL COLUMN — State shouldn't send cops to bully critics

Bill Cotterell
Friday, October 17, 2025
Florida Chief Financial Officer Blaise Ingoglia ought to take a break from barnstorming across the state and arrange a mandatory conference call to remind all his division directors and bureau chiefs that Americans still have a right to talk back to their government.
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