When the sprawling residential-commercial development project that was to be known as Serenova was still on the drawing board, one of the people involved in the project suggested that the center of economic activity in the county was even then shifting from West Pasco to Central and East Pasco. The U.S. 19 corridor would become economically "blighted" and have to be redeveloped, this person suggested. Serenova never got built and the 6,500 acres it would have occupied ended up in the hands of the Southwest Florida Water Management District. The U.S. 19 prediction, alas, is still looking viable. ...more

November 14, 2009

"Heard it Through the Grapevine," by Matt Skinner (Mitchell Beazley, $24.99) ...more

March 29, 2009

Where the Internet has taken us in such a short time is astonishing, and where it might take us is unsettling to anyone concerned about protecting both personal privacy and intellectual creations. ...more

March 27, 2009

Average Americans do not demand integrity from their politicians. ...more

December 31, 2008

With former Alaska senator Ted Stevens out of office and fighting to stay out of prison, Congress has the opportunity to end an outrageous expenditure that wastes tax dollars while defiling the largest rainforest in North America. ...more

December 13, 2008

Last September, I was in a hotel room watching CNBC early one morning. They were interviewing Bob Nardelli, the CEO of Chrysler, and he was explaining why the auto industry, at that time, needed $25 billion in loan guarantees. It wasn't a bailout, he said. It was a way to enable the car companies to retool for innovation. ...more

November 16, 2008

In the past two years, Wilton Simpson has been an engine to keep downtown Dade City's business district churning. ...more

October 11, 2008

Tax And Spend Regarding "Probing Irony Of Tuesday's Vote Results," Tom Jackson, Jan. 31: ...more

February 4, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY One person's trash is another person's artwork. ...more

January 29, 2008

One person's trash is another person's artwork. That's true each February when high-school-age teens compete in the Art of Recycling, showing off their creativity, promoting reusable resources and vying for monetary rewards and other prizes. ...more

January 26, 2008