For various reasons, only two Brooksville City Council members voiced a vote Monday on whether county officials would oversee city election processes - one vote for, one against. ...more

October 21, 2009

The city has tailored its annual citizen survey this year to find out what residents think about subjects ranging from one-way traffic on Gall Boulevard to feral poultry. ...more

December 28, 2008

The city has tailored its annual citizen survey this year to find out what residents think about subjects ranging from one-way traffic on Gall Boulevard to feral poultry. In a few weeks, Zephyrhills will mail 1,300 questionnaires to a random sampling of residents. This is the fifth year the city has partnered with the University of South Florida and its research-method students to tap the psyche of city residents. ...more

December 15, 2008

Brooksville's city clerk is resigning from her post after 21 years on the job. ...more

November 13, 2008

2:51 p.m.: A city official from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is visiting Hillsborough County today to gather information about the technical equipment used in local voting as well as Hillsborough's voting process. ...more

November 4, 2008

Temple Terrace residents are fortunate that city elections tend to draw sharp, well-intentioned candidates with solid records of civic involvement. ...more

October 10, 2008

A grassroots effort seeks to make Brooksville a bellwether of a new voting system. ...more

May 27, 2008

Local attorney Scott McPherson threw his hat into the ring today as a candidate for mayor of New Port Richey in the April 8 city elections. If elected mayor, McPherson said he would strive to get the stalled Main Street Landing project moving again. ...more

January 22, 2008

It's election day again in Lakeland, with Justin Troller and Brian Dockery squaring off in a runoff election for the right to replace retiring commissioner Dean Boring. ...more

December 4, 2007

There's no doubt that Avon Park's city elections next month are crucial to the town. All the more reason for voters to scrutinize the candidates –– even though there are quite a bushful of them –– and come out and vote. A proposed ordinance that would have fined businesses and landlords who catered to illegal immigrants may have set the tone for some candidates to seek office, but growth remains the overarching issue for the city. Voters should look for candidates who can help Avon Park navigate some of these growth problems, at a time when the rest of the county seems to be growing at a faster rate and tougher challenges coming from Tallahassee lie ahead. ...more

October 15, 2007