With many new, higher paying jobs and diverse companies, our area's economic climate remains strong and is truly beyond compare.

I see a spaceship taking off.

I would say that the Legislature and the people of Tampa made a very savvy investment 50 years ago.

When you call someone a 'fag,' it identifies them with a group, a group that in today's climate is open to harassment. So by calling someone a 'fag,' you are giving yourself and the people around you the license to either damage this individual verbally or physically.

I would say to them like everybody else that loses their jobs, look for better employment.

The jobs for women were next to nothing, ... I can't stand on my feet for a long time. And so if you tell 'em you can't do this, you can't do that, they figure your reliability or you could get worse and they don't want to hire you.