For fun in retirement, former car dealer Ed Mansfield plays golf, roots for the Rays and loses himself in prose, poetry and William Shakespeare. ...more

February 1, 2008

Hernando County and the rest of the state got a wakeup call from voters Tuesday. They want property tax relief and they want it now. ...more

January 30, 2008

America's pantry is being raided by many foreign nations. First, American industry was raided and millions of American jobs were outsourced to foreign nations using the American tax dollar to relocate these industries. Then, the jobs that were left on shore were filled with guest workers and foreign illegals from all over the world, then we had many unfair trade deals. All this with the blessing of our chambers of commerce, churches, unions, presidents and Congress of both parties. This has been happening for the past 50 years. ...more

January 23, 2008

Calling it the "worst housing downturn in our lifetime," an official with the Florida Home Builders Association said Florida's housing industry may finally bottom out at some point this year, but that's assuming the state avoids recession and the government eases the subprime loan mess. ...more

January 11, 2008

Despite the downturn in the housing industry, Brooksville engineer Nick Nicholson is telling his developer friends that now is the time to stop sitting on their projects and start building. ...more

January 11, 2008

Despite housing downturn, engineer moves ahead with projects. ...more

January 10, 2008

Experts say this cringe-inducing idea is a reality Tampa may have to face as economic activity, hammered by the housing crash, gets perilously slow. ...more

January 7, 2008

Consumers battered by a slumping housing market and a credit crunch slowed the growth in spending to the smallest amount in four months. In another sign of weakness, construction activity fell by a larger-than-expected amount. ...more

December 1, 2007

Slow job growth, coupled with the effects of a troubled real estate market, is pushing down demand for new homes in the Tampa Bay area, according to a report released Wednesday. ...more

November 1, 2007

New home sales posted an unexpected increase in September. Analysts, however, viewed the small gain as highly questionable given the severe credit crunch that rocked the housing industry this summer. They predicted further sales declines before the worst housing slump in more than two decades comes to an end. ...more

October 26, 2007