There's no proof positive in Jeff Garcia's world. He laughed and thought about his funeral, of all things. ...more

September 4, 2008

Most of this is anecdotal. Shoot, all of it is anecdotal, which is troublesome but understandable if you know the system. ...more

September 3, 2008

Hillsborough schools Superintendent Mary Ellen Elia launches a series of town hall meetings at Hillsborough High School tonight at a time when the district is still wrestling with complaints about new school bus routes. ...more

September 2, 2008

Much Too Compassionate I would like to congratulate all of the responsible taxpayers, homeowners and businesses who are going to bail out reckless mortgage companies, real estate speculators and home buyers who caused the mortgage crisis. Isn't it admirable that the federal government has decided to reward deplorable financial behavior for the greater good? ...more

August 5, 2008

NASCAR's apology went only so far with driver Ryan Newman, who held the governing body responsible for the tire fiasco that ruined the race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the weekend. ...more

July 31, 2008

The State Department insisted Friday it can handle the growing demand for passports, despite congressional investigators' findings that the agency has not overhauled the system to avoid a repeat of last summer's backlog fiasco. ...more

July 26, 2008

The county commission is scheduled to hold a hearing on Aug 5 on the reduction of current impact fees by 25 percent for a minimum of 18 months, in order to share in the $20 million state affordable housing fund for first-time home buyers. While this measure is being praised by institutions with ties to the housing industry and it appears by Commissioner Russell's comments on July 15 in the Hernando Today that he agrees, there are numerous things they are not talking about. ...more

July 23, 2008

Here we are once again replaying last year's fiasco with special interests trying to weaken the regulation and enforcement of the Hillsborough County's wetlands protections. ...more

July 16, 2008

I guess my admittedly flippant response to the first letter Dallas Dunlop wrote pushed a few of his hot buttons and for that, I suppose, I owe him an apology. It was all meant in good fun and certainly not intended to be insulting. Having said that, I still think he totally missed my point. I never for a moment claimed that we are not in the midst of a national energy crisis; nor did I wish to create the impression that we have nothing to worry about or that we are sitting on gazillions of barrels of oil. ...more

June 18, 2008

Hernando High School graduation fiasco could have been solved with a little "scootch to the left." ...more

June 17, 2008