Monthly Archives: February 2012

Questionable practices of For-Profit Colleges and Universities coming under greater scrutiny

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Rick Kriseman

For the past year and half, Senator Tom Harkin and the United States Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has taken a hard look at the practices of For-Profit Colleges and Universities. Along with the investigation of the business … Continue reading →

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Follow up on ER Sovereign Immunity Bill

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Rick Kriseman

Back on January 25, 2012, I wrote about a proposed bill which would have provided sovereign immunity for emergency room doctors. HB385, by Representative Matt Gaetz, originally provided for a formal legislative finding that ER physicians were agents of the … Continue reading →

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Seat belts save lives – IF you bother to wear them

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Rick Kriseman

Sunday morning proved to be deadly for six people in the Tampa Bay area, all of whom died in two separate car crashes. The first crash, which occurred around 3:10 a.m., involved a Ford Expedition. The Expedition was headed north … Continue reading →

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“Everybody’s on the phone, so connected and all alone.”

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Rick Kriseman

This was the chorus of a Jimmy Buffett song of the same title. And I gave this post that title because it seems in our society today that you can’t go anywhere without seeing someone, somewhere, on the phone. With … Continue reading →

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