Forklifts rumble around the scrap yard, grabbing pieces of metal and plunking them on scales: Will the junk be worth a tank of gas or a cart of groceries? ...more

August 6, 2008

Regarding "Online-Class Enrollment Accelerates Into Fall" (front page, July 27): ...more

August 3, 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

John Tischner of Dunedin decries handling of death of police dog. ...more

August 2, 2008

Growth is no longer on AirTran Airways' radar screen, as it announced plans Tuesday to further cut capacity and defer aircraft deliveries in the face of soaring fuel prices that caused it to swing to a second-quarter loss. ...more

July 30, 2008

Margaret Alvarez didn't have enough money to pay last month's electric bill. ...more

July 29, 2008

Police administrators said they warned cab company owners Thursday morning that having cabbies carry guns is not the answer to the city's recent increase in taxi robberies. ...more

July 25, 2008

Police administrators said they warned cab company owners this morning that cabbies carrying guns is not the answer to the city's recent increase in taxi robberies. ...more

July 24, 2008

A member of our board of directors, who is also an officer, is more than a year past due in maintenance payments and assessments. Should this person be allowed to remain on the board? I thought not, and asked for the person to resign, but the request was refused. The other board members are not aware of the serious delinquency because the officer has not told them. ...more

July 24, 2008

County commissioners on Tuesday set a tentative tax rate of $5.43 per $1,000 of property valuation for the 2008-09 fiscal year, the same rate homeowners paid this year. ...more

July 24, 2008