President Barack Obama is traveling to a climate summit in Copenhagen next month to boldly promise that the United States will cut its emissions of carbon dioxide 17 percent from 2005 levels in just 10 years. ...more

November 28, 2009

Saying they need to watch their dollars during this time of budget austerity, county commissioners nixed a request from staffers to spend $191,175 at this time on a new 12,000-gallon fuel island at the county landfill. ...more

January 21, 2009

Cite $192,000 price tag. ...more

January 20, 2009

To hold down costs and create greater efficiency, county commissioners have transferred the fleet department from the auspices of the purchasing department and put it back where it used to be - under the Department of Public Works. ...more

December 22, 2008

Straight from the kitchens of area homes, recycled cooking oil is powering a few Pasco County vehicles. ...more

November 29, 2008

It's grease! It's fuel! No, it's both! Straight from the kitchens of area homes, recycled cooking oil is powering a few Pasco County vehicles. ...more

November 5, 2008

Monday was a day to hurry up and wait as officials prepared for whatever Tropical Storm Fay brings to Hernando County. ...more

August 19, 2008

This time we survey the political landscape in Pasco County Commission District 5. Republican Jack Mariano, the incumbent, will face challenger Rich Jenkins in the Aug. 26 primary. In November, Democrat Virginia "Ginny" Miller will take on the winner of that contest. District 5 takes in northwestern Pasco but all County Commission seats are elected on a countywide basis. ...more

August 2, 2008

Discussion of the budget will likely dominate Tuesday's county commission meeting. ...more

June 29, 2008

In reference to an article in the April 30 Highlands Today, "Dr. Elton Gissindanner and his supporters convinced the Natural Resources Advisory Commission Wednesday to draft a bill that would create a tax of 0.2 mils, or $10 for a property valued at $100,000 after the $50,000 homestead exemptions are considered." I am opposed to this idea, in any form. I am opposed to paying any additional ad valorem taxes for land conservation projects. It is important that county commissioners deny land use changes that infringe on wetlands. Buying up land to create preserves is an idea that I will not support. Any additional taxes collected should be spent on public safety, and creating a slush fund for fuel price increases for county vehicles, that we may face during the next fiscal year. ...more

May 31, 2008