LAND O' LAKES - The Pasco County School District and the employees union reached a tentative contract agreement Tuesday that would keep salaries the same as they were in 2007-08. There would be no raises or step increases, although employees would still be given a year of credit for their service. ...more

December 17, 2008

The Pasco County School District and the employees union reached a tentative contract agreement this evening that would keep salaries the same as they were in 2007-2008. There would be no raises or step increases although employees would still be given a year of credit for their service. The contract for teachers and other school workers must be ratified by employees and approved by the school board. That process is expected to take place in January. ...more

December 16, 2008

The money is better off in the hands of teachers rather than sitting at a bank. ...more

December 11, 2008

Five years ago, schools needed to keep teachers like Lourene Weiss. Families poured into Florida and overwhelmed public schools at a time when voters demanded limits on how big class sizes could get. This left the state in need of tens of thousands of teachers, and Weiss was planning to retire. ...more

December 7, 2008

Let's start off by confronting all the lies! ...more

December 3, 2008

"We get what we pay for when using outdated or unfair pay scales" – your headline for this column. Are you suggesting that all the people that were hired knowing what the pay scales were are inferior employees? Our administrators, sheriff, public works administrators are all inferior because they accepted the pay scales offered to them? When someone applies for a position, the pay scales are presented to them. If they feel it is not enough, then they should seek employment elsewhere. ...more

November 25, 2008

Florida's Public Service Commission is torn by conflicting goals. The appointed board is trying to keep electric rates as low as possible during a year of rising fuel costs, yet it also wants the utilities it regulates to begin switching to renewable sources of energy, which at this point is more expensive than coal and natural gas. ...more

November 1, 2008

To the voters for Hernando County commissioners, please let me remind you of some of the past actions of your current commissioners, who, once again, would like everything to remain status quo and retain their undeserving high salaries for their part-time positions. ...more

October 28, 2008

JPMorgan Chase said today it plans to lay off 300 people from its Seffner Treasury and Securities Services campus and shift the work to offices in the Philippines and India. ...more

October 25, 2008

JPMorgan Chase said Friday it plans to lay off 300 people from its Seffner Treasury and Securities Services campus and shift the work to offices in the Philippines and India. ...more

October 25, 2008