Concerned about the possible closing of the downtown post office, resident June Ambrose had a suggestion for cIty commissioners: Make some City Hall space available for a satellite post office. ...more

March 31, 2009

Financial services firm USAA will add more than 400 jobs in Tampa as it shuts down locations in Sacramento and part of a site in Norfolk, Va. ...more

February 13, 2009

Financial services firm USAA will add more than 400 jobs in Tampa as it shuts down locations in Sacramento and part of a site in Norfolk, Va. ...more

February 12, 2009

I may have come up with the perfect solution to the question "Should the Spring Hill Fire Rescue district become independent or merge with the county?" This is so simple; I am amazed that no one has ever thought of this before. ...more

October 16, 2008

The city will not consolidate its emergency dispatch operations with those of Hillsborough County. ...more

May 24, 2008

TEMPLE TERRACE - The city will not consolidate its emergency dispatch operations with those of Hillsborough County. It was an option Temple Terrace Police Chief Tony Velong brought up during a budget workshop as a means to trim the city's costs. He said the action would save the city $1 million a year. The city is facing a potential revenue loss of $1.4 million because of state-mandated rollbacks in property taxes. ...more

May 20, 2008

TAMPA - Two Hillsborough County commissioners are proposing that the county and city merge some departments to cut costs to deal with reduced property tax collections resulting from Tuesday's passage of Amendment One. ...more

February 1, 2008

If the Bush administration has its way, we will forever be in a wartime state, allowing Dick Cheney to continue his profiteering and Bush to further his consolidation of power, all in the name of the war against terrorism. They are the ones I'm terrified of. Stop this lunacy! Vote "no" on this and every other attempt to keep us at war. ...more

September 29, 2007