It's impossible to criticize parents who want to watch their children perform in school activities. It's not so difficult if these same parents have little or no interest in how their children do in the classroom. It's clear, though, that our local schools have a problem, and it has more to do with parents than kids. ...more

November 8, 2009

Jerry Frankhouser said he has learned to turn out of the Dunkin' Donuts parking lot onto Gandy Boulevard to make a U-turn and get back to his Bayside West house. ...more

July 13, 2009

Flooding has closed a major access highway to Tampa International Airport, while flights continue to be delayed this morning. ...more

July 1, 2009

Florida's Bright Futures scholarships would no longer pay for many dropped classes under bills moving through the Legislature. ...more

April 7, 2009

Fire commissioners recently agreed not to get involved in the district's hiring process. ...more

February 12, 2009

The Florida Supreme Court has knocked a proposal for a property tax cap off the 2010 ballot. ...more

February 1, 2009

The Florida Supreme Court has knocked a proposal for a property tax cap off the 2010 ballot. ...more

January 31, 2009

I was approaching the intersection on U.S. 27, where Wal-Mart is located, driving south. As I got closer to the stoplight I noticed people with orange vests on, circulating throughout stopped traffic (including me) with large white buckets that have signs attached to them. ...more

January 21, 2009

Russell Peck got to utter the words he'd hoped to say at Progress Energy's open house on the proposed new transmission lines Wednesday evening. ...more

January 16, 2009

Five years ago, schools needed to keep teachers like Lourene Weiss. Families poured into Florida and overwhelmed public schools at a time when voters demanded limits on how big class sizes could get. This left the state in need of tens of thousands of teachers, and Weiss was planning to retire. ...more

December 7, 2008