The unique perspective and provocative opinions of Joe O’Neill
Quoteworthy
“Our goal is not only to build a play from scratch but to show Broadway producers that Tampa is a viable place to launch productions.” –Judy Lisi,president of the Straz Center for the Performing Arts, on what “Wonderland” could lead to.
“Investing in passenger rail is synonymous with investing in the future of our state.” – Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey and president pro tempore ofthe Florida Senate.
“We are in tough times. Let’s tough it out together.” Tampa City CouncilmanJohn Dingfelder in explaining his (super majority) vote to suspend step plan increases for police officers.
“We must come together regionally and talk about practical approaches to our sustainability efforts. …I am focused on smart environmental initiatives that will yield financial benefits to our county. We can do both.” –Hillsborough CountyCommissioner Rose Ferlita in announcing plans for a regional Energy Management and Sustainability Forum next month (Jan. 29) at the St. Pete Times Forum.
“Corruption is a stronger threat than terrorism for Afghanistan.” –Afghani Finance Minister Omar Zakhilwal on the estimated $10 million a day that is smuggled out of Afghanistan, most of it through Kabul International Airport that ends up funding the Taliban insurgency.
“In many ways, we have quit trying to win the war on these diseases. Few cancer clinical trials are designed to ‘cure’ patients. They are commonly aimed at detecting small differences between the treatments being compared: an extension of average survival from 5 months to 6 months, for example…” –John L.Marshall, M.D., director of the Otto J. Ruesch Center for the Cure of Gastrointestinal Cancers at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University.