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Martin Dyckman: By electing pro-gun politicians, we are the ally of homegrown terrorists

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What fools we are.  What willful, stubborn, persistent, incurable fools. Americans submit by the millions to the Transportation Security Administration’s multiple indignities and inconveniences. The TSA will cost us $5.1 billion this year. We’ll fill its trash barrels with tons of cosmetics, lotions and bottled water that we can’t carry on board. This is in the hope of preventing terrorists from committing more mass murders, such as those of September 11, 2001. And there haven’t been any more in that…

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TSA, Bucs reach agreement on improvements to Raymond James

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The first of three stages in the proposed improvement of Raymond James Stadium has passed. The Tampa Sports Authority has approved a deal with the Bucs as part of an $89 million agreement designed to enhance the in-stadium experience. Some $29 million of the deal would be paid for by the taxpayers. The only vote in opposition to the deal was by Andrew Scaglione. The Hillsborough County Commission will vote on the deal next Wednesday and the Tampa City Council…

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Dan Gelber: Do you really want be a member of a club that has Donald Trump as its front-runner?

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True story. When we got through security at LaGuardia airport on the way home from a Thanksgiving in New York City, my kids were treated to the profane-laced diatribe of a woman who had been pulled aside for a random TSA check. She was berating the TSA officer who was politely asking her to extend her arms so she could do her job. “Why are you checking me, I’m an American you @%&$ idiot! You need to check the #@&%…

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Travelers take to roads, skies for Thanksgiving

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The big Thanksgiving getaway went into full swing Wednesday with drivers delighted by the lowest November gas prices in years and many airline passengers undaunted by terrorism fears and long lines at security checkpoints. At the White House, President Barack Obama said there is no “specific and credible” intelligence indicating a plot against the U.S. and assured anxious Americans: “While the threat of terrorism is a troubling reality of our age, we are both equipped to prevent attacks and we…

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Bucs want ability to move a second home game out of Tampa

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The Tampa Bay Bucs want a nicer stadium. Also, they want  the right to play more games away from it. Among the sticking points for a stadium upgrade – one that was submitted only two weeks ago – would be the right to play a second game each season away from Raymond James Stadium. As it is, the Bucs have the right to take an extra game to a neutral site – overseas, perhaps – as it did with its…

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PSTA in small crowd of prestigious award winners

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Pinellas County’s public transportation agency is one of only three in the nation to receive the Transportation Security Administration’s Gold Standard award more than once. The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority also won the award last year. “It takes a lot of hard work to win this award and it’s reflective of the dedication of your agency,” said TSA Director of Surface Transportation Division Sonia Proctor during a PSTA board meeting Wednesday. PSTA was one of 137 agencies to apply for…

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