Two Bay area transit agencies are trying to come up with a list of improvements, including expanded bus service and local rail system, they can offer residents as an incentive to change the way local mass transit is funded. ...more

January 22, 2008

Pinellas County commissioners on Tuesday authorized county negotiations with a California company to build a massive retail and office development on the site of the old Toytown landfill in St. Petersburg. ...more

January 22, 2008

Pinellas County commissioners Tuesday authorized county negotiations with a California company to build a massive retail and office development on the site of the old Toytown landfill in St. Petersburg. ...more

January 22, 2008

Huckabee Speaking Out Of Both Sides Of His Mouth In 2005, presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee asserted that an immigration bill proposed by then Arkansas Sen. Jim Holt, was un-Christian and anti-life. The state Senate bill called for the banning of state services for illegals, required proof of citizenship to register to vote and required state agencies to report suspected cases of people living in the country illegally. ...more

January 22, 2008

Local tavern owner and political observer Mike Agnello has entered the Dade City commission race, filing paperwork to run for the seat occupied by City Commissioner Eunice Penix. ...more

January 16, 2008

"The first thing I'd love to do as president: Put a 'Going out of business' sign on the Internal Revenue Service." ...more

January 14, 2008

Don't tax me; don't tax thee; tax that fella behind the tree." ...more

January 13, 2008

State and local taxes paid by illegal immigrants fail to offset the cost of public services that state and local governments in Florida and elsewhere provide, a new study done for Congress says. ...more

December 19, 2007

Rising foreclosures will lead to billions of dollars in lost economic activity next year in the nation's major metropolitan areas, but homeowners and financial institutions have the ability to work together to contain the effects, according to a report compiled for the U.S. Conference of Mayors. ...more

November 28, 2007

Regarding 'Spending The Future' (front page, Oct. 12): Surprisingly, current and past county commission members have nearly spent all the projected tax revenue. These commissioners, like homeowners who irresponsibly borrowed (I mean gambled) on future home values, have put Hillsborough County taxpayers in jeopardy. ...more

October 14, 2007