For the longest time it seemed as if the only thing passing between Pasco County government and the Pasco School District was bad blood. Yes, the two did make common cause in the successful effort to convince the county's voters to approve the Penny for Pasco sales tax, the lion's share of which the two sides split. Still, they argued for months and months over the issue of how to pay for the impact of the school construction the Penny helps finance on roads and other county infrastructure. ...more

August 27, 2008

Regarding "Know-Nothing Politics And A Party Of Stupid" (Other Views, Aug. 13): ...more

August 17, 2008

DIXIE YOUTH LEAGUE SENIOR BOYS BASEBALL Doubleheader magic attained as Spring Hill bests Georgia, 14-6, and then wins bye into the championship game. SPRING HILL: ONE WIN SHY OF NAT'L. TITLE ...more

August 7, 2008

Your editorial last week supporting the Florida's congressional delegation's concerns with Governor Crist regarding the land purchase with U.S. Sugar was inappropriate and possibly harmful to the effort to restore the Everglades. ...more

August 6, 2008

Your move, Yanks. For the fourth straight season, the Bronx Bombers will head into the All-Star break looking up at the AL East leaders. ...more

July 7, 2008

According to a report this week in The Tampa Tribune, the layer of soil cement that helps stabilize the walls of Tampa Bay Water's C.W. Bill Young Reservoir, in eastern Hillsborough County, is only 3 inches thick in some places. The specifications of the 15-billion-gallon, $146 million reservoir say this layer of compacted sand and cement is supposed to be 12 inches thick. Executives of the Clearwater-based regional wholesale utility say this poses no safety threat to the people in the vicinity of the reservoir. Given the recent history of Tampa Bay Water, however, this situation and the way it has been handled is a source of concern. ...more

July 5, 2008

permanently. With the county facing the most challenging budget preparation exercise in recent history, the subject of saving tax dollars by eliminating the $600,000-plus the county spends annually on this adventure is long overdue. ...more

July 1, 2008

LOCAL FINANCIAL ADVISER OFFERS 'STRATEGIES FOR MONEY MANAGEMENT' CLASS ...more

June 22, 2008

Police officers in Florida died in the line of duty at the rate of more than one a month last year. ...more

May 6, 2008

Police officers in Florida died in the line of duty at the rate of more than one a month last year. This morning, the 16 officers who perished in 2007 were enshrined on a memorial at the state Capitol. ...more

May 5, 2008