The Cory Lake Isles Community Development District's board of supervisors is studying options to fix a fountain and add traffic-calming devices at the gate leading to Cross Creek Boulevard. ...more

November 4, 2009

The state Public Service Commission agreed today to delay voting on major rate increases sought by Florida's two biggest power companies, allowing both of Gov. Charlie Crist's two new appointees to take part in those decisions. ...more

October 27, 2009

The Hillsborough County Commission heard from its Citizens Advisory Committee on Thursday about a host of issues that the appointed board hopes to address this year. ...more

May 15, 2009

This week Tampa Sports Authority Executive Director Henry Saavedra resigned under pressure from the TSA board. ...more

March 20, 2009

Former President George W. Bush is in the Tampa area tonight looking to garner support for his proposed presidential center at Southern Methodist University in Texas. ...more

March 19, 2009

it's not just about the road to the Final Four anymore. With the announced resignation of Cathi Martin, it's also about finding someone to fill, appropriate to the season, the fifth spot on the Pasco County School Board roster. ...more

March 18, 2009

Barack Obama on Tuesday abruptly abandoned his nomination fight for Tom Daschle and a second major appointee who failed to pay all their taxes, fearing a lingering ethics dispute would undercut his claims to moral high ground and cripple his presidency in just its second week. "I screwed up," Obama declared. ...more

February 3, 2009

Some of the personnel stumbles of the Obama administration - including the aborted nomination of Bill Richardson as commerce secretary - resulted from incompetent vetting. William Lynn's reception as deputy secretary of defense has been complicated by hypocrisy - the administration's attempt to gain political credit for a restrictive lobbying ban it swiftly violated to get a qualified appointee. ...more

January 31, 2009

Now that county commissioners have created standing committees to focus on the major issues of the day, just what are those issues? ...more

January 23, 2009

A Pinellas-Pasco circuit judge has replaced the receiver assigned earlier this week to oversee the downtown BayWalk entertainment complex, which is the subject of a foreclosure action. Hunter Swearingen of Ciminelli Real Estate Services is the new receiver and property manager, appointed Friday afternoon by Circuit Judge Thomas McGrady. Swearingen replaces Howard Rosenthal, the initial appointee, who on Thursday was booked at the Pinellas County Jail on a grand theft charge involving an accusation he stole nearly $171,000 from his former employer, Colliers Arnold Real Estate. ...more

January 16, 2009