A Bad Amendment As most of you have read in the newspapers and watched on television, Amendment 1 was not all that was promised. I did not vote for this half-baked form of legislation for the various reasons I am about to explain. ...more

July 2, 2008

RIVERVIEW - Robert Ramirez awoke in the middle of the night to clanging metal and a rumbling moving truck in the back yard next door. ...more

June 27, 2008

A governor-mandated budget cut of about 4 percent will mean fewer prosecutors splitting a growing number of cases across the state and the probable loss of 11 prosecutors from ranks in Hillsborough County. ...more

June 25, 2008

TAMPA - A governor-mandated budget cut of about 4 percent will mean fewer prosecutors splitting a growing number of cases across the state and the probable loss of 11 prosecutors from ranks in Hillsborough County. ...more

June 24, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS – Police Chief Mark LeCouris, the interim city manager, wants a chance to prove he can do the job on a permanent basis. ...more

June 18, 2008

I only wish I were experiencing a similar percentage drop in wages-revenue as compared to the losses the county and our government is experiencing. Perhaps my losses are attributed to the decline in construction as well as the real estate market or is it the expensive fuel and rising grocery bill? I may also be over taxed with the real estate since you are hard pressed to sell it even at appraised value. Real estate used to be an asset, now it is a trap. Whatever the driving force is behind the ailing economy, the government has not even come close to feeling the crunch that the small business owners and labor force are enduring. I wonder what the future holds and what the economic gurus will label this economic era. ...more

June 9, 2008

Of course it's hard to pinpoint all the blame because nobody is actually in charge. The governor has apparently decided he would rather kiss up out in Arizona and get on a presidential ticket than do anything for the people who voted him into office. The agency that is supposed to work with the developmentally disabled is incompetent and the Legislature is well - the Florida Legislature. ...more

June 1, 2008

With gas prices nudging $4 a gallon, many homeowners have been forced to adjust their budgets. ...more

May 30, 2008

FUEL COSTS RISE 21 PERCENT IN SIX MONTHS ...more

May 29, 2008

The Legislature put $2 million in the state budget this year to provide a small staff, offices and operating money for the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transportation Authority. ...more

May 27, 2008