Attack of the live chat, noon -- 1 p.m. Tuesday

Whatever's on your mind, I hope you'll think about stopping by TroxBlog from noon to 1 pm. Tuesday for our weekly live chat. I'll be here live, talking with readers about current events in Florida and the Tampa Bay area.

To observe or take part in Tuesday's chat, come to TroxBlog at noon and look for a new announcement with the headline, "The Oct. 9 chat is open." Click on the "Comments" link of that announcement to see what folks have had to say so far, and for a form to add your own comment or question.

As always, if you'd like to "pre-file" a question or thought, add it to the comments of THIS announcement. I'll try to work it in during the live portion of Tuesday's chat. And also just like always, if you can't be here live, you can always come back later to check out a transcript.

Comments

[Boo Boo]

It's been the BIG story for the last few days. My co worker (big smile) found a bag of money. I can tell you Deb did not hesitate one second. She knew she had to do the right thing and the only thing "turn it in". Lets do an unscientific poll. Keep or turn in that is the question.
Sideline to this story: A few months ago Howard's colleague Will Van Sant wrote an article about County workers making an average of $75,000 a year. As you can see from this story I am not sure where he got that figure most of us make half of that as this was 2 years salary for Deb and most of the nuts and bolts people that work for the County.

Howard has clearly found a site full of old horror movie poster JPGs.

How about this gem from the Palm Beach Post?

TALLAHASSEE — Even as House Speaker Marco Rubio's House cut $5,000 from the Florida Supreme Court chief justice's discretionary fund and $1,828 to Nova Southeastern University to help balance the state's budget, he continues to pay a well-connected GOP consultant $10,000 a month, even though she produced no written work in the month of September.

Donna Arduin, once former Gov. Jeb Bush's budget chief, was rehired by Rubio, R-West Miami, starting Sept. 1.

Comment?

A comment for 10:17;

Does this surprise you?

90K worth of green ice cream got Jefferson and spot on the Homeland Security Committee… perverted sexual behavior by Craig and Allen gets them a continuance of their pay and benefits on our dime…

This is the society we’ve created, a society we’ve tolerated and accepted by virtue of our apathetic as**es staying on the couch come Election Day. We have nobody to blame but ourselves… for we are the guilty… we are the ones who have neglected our duty.

[Bill]

As one who attended Pinellas County schools from kindergarten through high school, I'm disappointed that there will be, essentially, black and white divided high schools.
I attribute the way I am today with the fact that I was brought up among people of different religions, economic background and color my entire school life. As a kid growing up on St. Pete Beach, this would not have otherwise happened.

[Pablo]

Glad to see "October 09" include both sides of the aisle in his indictment of government and of the electorate. Maybe it's time we all read "Common Ground: How to Stop the Partisan War That is Destroying America" co-written by Cal Thomas from the right and Bob Beckel from the left. Both are veterans of the partisan wars about which they write. Our current crop of presidential hopefuls from both sides leaves a lot to be desired. Something's gotta give between now and election day!

[Lucia]

The fact that attending neighborhood schools will create segregation shouldn't be the reason to force parents to uproot kids or to bus kids all over the county. The problem is that neighborhoods are segregated. Schools shouldn't have to reverse the segregation that parents want when they move to neighborhoods where they feel comfortable. As someone who grew up in a neighborhood with every race represented, I would want my kids to be with other children who represent humanity as a whole. Yet I would still opt to have my kids avoid school buses and stay in our neighborhood to go to school. The problem is segregated enclaves and the solutions aren't busing plans cooked up by the School Board.