The unique perspective and provocative opinions of Joe O’Neill
Quoteworthy
“When we started talking about what we could do, we discovered that the city picked up garbage only on land – nobody had the job of cleaning it up once it was in the water.” – Vince Albanese,one of the founders of the 3-year-old, award-winning Green Armada, whose flat-bottomed boat helps remove debris from Tampa Bay and the surrounding coastlines of St. Petersburg and Clearwater.
“If you were looking at a state that had done well in education, you wouldn’t look at Florida. Florida is not doing better across the board.”– Bob Schaeffer, publiceducation director of FairTest, a national group critical of standardized testing.
“The only vote I care about is God’s vote.” –Tampa City Council Chairman TomScott – who is also pastor of the 34th Street Church of God – on why he voted with the majority in favor of an ordinance that protects transgender people from discrimination.
“Barack Obama is the first post-American president.” – John Bolton, former U.S.Representative to the United Nations and currently a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, on Obama’s equating American “exceptionalism” with other countries’ versions of “exceptionalism.”
“I’m a hard-hitter, but I think I’m good-hearted, kind of like Clint Eastwood’s movie character.” – Former Tampa Bay Rays’ owner Vince Naimoli in his book: Business, Baseball & Beyond.
“Let’s put it like this – I know Tampa’s not better without him, and we’re a lot better with him.” – “Monday Night Football’s” play-by-play man Mike Tirico on the value of having Jon Gruden in ESPN’s MNF booth.