Does anyone really believe that I would have continued to spend money to collect signatures on a petition that was flawed? There is not now nor has there been a need to have changed the date in the petition. The issue was anticipated and addressed prior to seeking signatures. ...more

August 8, 2008

A portion of Suncoast Gateway Mobile Village, just east of the U.S. 19-Ride Road intersection in Port Richey, is again under water after persistent heavy rain. Over the years Pasco County has created a system of ditches and culverts in an area bounded by Ridge Road to the north and U.S. 19 to the west in an attempt to reduce the flooding risk in the area. This effort, alas, has not proven entirely successful. ...more

August 6, 2008

The issue of lowering impact fees and qualifying for access to a state grant for first-time home buyers to help kickstart the local economy will be discussed in today's county commission meeting. ...more

August 5, 2008

Barring a successful appeal, voters will not decide in November whether to create an elected county mayor position in Hillsborough County. ...more

August 2, 2008

RESORCE, the private group that is trying to get more Pasco County residents interested in recycling, held a telephone directory recycling effort that collected more than three times the tonnage its leaders were expecting. Now, county officials need to do more to encourage people to recycle, the RESORCE leaders say. "Why shouldn't Pasco County become a leader in recycling?" Lew Corvene, the club's president, told The Suncoast News this week. ...more

August 2, 2008

The county mayor referendum has been struck from the November ballot, a circuit court judge ruled today. ...more

August 1, 2008

Why don't opponents to an elected county mayor with veto power want to fix an archaic governmental system? Why are they afraid to let the voters decide whether to change the structure of county government? ...more

August 1, 2008

When the cash cow of ever-increasing property values stuffed county coffers like the California Gold Rush, top-level county administrators and department mangers bathed in the excess with double-digit pay hikes and out-of-control spending. ...more

July 27, 2008

Reading the Highlands Today story about the sheriff's office on July 23 put things into a perspective that all the people can understand. With all the growth that Highlands County is pushing to achieve, comes the expense that goes with it. Why is it then when a building that is obviously outdated and needs replacing becomes a political football, and the sheriff is held responsible for the growth? ...more

July 26, 2008

An Invalid Argument Regarding "Hillsborough Could Use An Elected County Mayor" by Fred Karl (Commentary, July 20): ...more

July 26, 2008