Some people in Highlands County don't like hearing that to attract a top-level county administrator that the wages must be drastically higher than what's currently being paid. The truth, though, is that you get what you pay for. Highlands County and our cities have gotten off light on what they pay administrators. Elsewhere across the United States, these are well compensated positions and for good reason. City and county administrators must juggle so many constituents, and try to make the most people happy while looking out for the well being of whatever entity they serve. Sometimes making people happy and doing what's best are impossible to balance. ...more

January 16, 2008

Referendum A Bill Of Goods State Rep. Dan Gelber stated in a recent Florida Trend article that "Florida has really major challenges right now, and we're just moving everything in the in-box to the bottom, hoping it goes away." That statement is right on point. ...more

January 13, 2008

County commissioners have amended their incentives agreement with Sysco Food Services Corp. to adjust to the company's delayed construction plans. ...more

January 12, 2008

Local Hillsborough County governments that rode out last month's run on a state-run investment pool say the state has unduly placed them at risk, by allowing investors who cut and ran to withdraw more than their fair share. ...more

December 14, 2007

The same depressed real estate market that has rocked the private sector now threatens local governments, which sought assurances from state leaders on Tuesday that they will not lose the money they have invested in a fund containing mortgage-backed assets. ...more

December 5, 2007

When top Florida leaders meet this morning to try to fix a troubled state investment pool, Hillsborough County officials will be watching closely. ...more

December 4, 2007

Once-a-week watering restrictions will be around at least through June 30. The governing board of the Southwest Florida Water Management District, known as Swiftmud, voted Monday to extend the restrictions that have been in effect since Jan. 16. ...more

November 27, 2007

SEBRING — The 2007 rainy season, which ends in November, didn't alleviate the ongoing water shortage, so South Florida Water Management District's staff recommended last week that its governing board increase watering restrictions at the Dec. 13 monthly meeting. Southwest Florida Water Management District will also discuss watering rules at its 9 a.m. Monday, Nov. 26 meeting at Quorum Hotel Westshore, 700 N. Westshore Blvd., Tampa. ...more

November 23, 2007

When Lucy Griggs first walked through the doors of the The Education Channel, it was in the back room of the University of Tampa Library. ...more

October 19, 2007

If you think the face of the typical homeless person in Hillsborough County is a scraggly bum on a park bench, think again. ...more

October 1, 2007