The main reason I am writing this column is that many people have asked me how I first realized I was suffering from a brain tumor and what I have done about it. ...more

September 7, 2008

We live in a gated community and are governed by traditional HOA rules and bylaws. ...more

August 21, 2008

In recent days, considerable attention has been given to the licensing of mortgage brokers in the state of Florida. This was prompted by an article appearing in the Miami Herald which implied that the Office of Financial Regulation has been lax in its issuance of mortgage brokers' licenses. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our office takes licensing very seriously. In fact, nearly 30 percent of all mortgage broker applications are not approved. Our office has procedures in place that allow for checks and balances which require each application to undergo a thorough review, insuring that all state requirements are adhered to in the issuance of the license. ...more

July 29, 2008

A new law effective Tuesday requires motorists to display their temporary tag in the proper license plate bracket. ...more

July 2, 2008

Increasingly strange things are being said to justify disenfranchising Democrats who happened to cast primary votes in Florida or Michigan. ...more

May 26, 2008

Kelvin Sampson tainted the Indiana basketball program's cleancut reputation. Now the Hoosiers are hoping the fallout doesn't do any further damage. ...more

February 23, 2008

The two netters reported caught in the Manatee River on Thursday before daylight with 700 yards of gill net, 500 pounds of fish and 100 pounds of egg on their faces made use of a classic evasion tactic to save their boat, motor and trailer. When arrested, the netters were fishing from a "borrowed" boat, and since the owner of the vessel was not involved in the infraction, the boat could not be seized, as it would have been if the owners were the perpetrators. ...more

February 17, 2008

Whenever a NASCAR celebrity ignited a media blaze, it was Chris Throgmartin's job to put out the flames ...more

February 16, 2008

On the same day Florida State announced the university was placing its athletic program on two years of probation as part of self-imposed sanctions relating to an academic cheating scandal, Indiana basketball coach Kelvin Sampson shared the spotlight after the NCAA announced Sampson was in violation of five potential "major" NCAA violations. ...more

February 16, 2008

Steve Phillips of Holiday wants businesses targeted for hiring illegal aliens. ...more

February 16, 2008