I can't say I was surprised a couple of weeks back when I got a more-than-normal amount of reader comments concerning an Oct. 21 column I wrote concerning Westchase and an issue involving speed humps. ...more

November 4, 2009

I can't say I was surprised a couple of weeks back when I got a more-than-normal amount of reader comments concerning an Oct. 21 column I wrote concerning Westchase and an issue involving speed humps. ...more

November 4, 2009

"We do not inherit this land from our forefathers; we borrow it from our children." What a powerful concept and this Spring Lake Improvement District Board and the district manager are excellent stewards of our district. We now have an upgraded tennis court, new playground equipment with improvements to all the parks, a new basketball court, new boating facilities at Arbuckle Creek Park, a new maintenance building, new equipment to improve the aesthetics of this community and upgrades to the water plant. ...more

March 26, 2009

The Indigo Hotel in St. Petersburg, the latest in a national boutique chain of luxury hotels that place a strong focus on aesthetics and ambiance, opened this morning in time for Super Bowl guests. The 76-room hotel has been converted from the Heritage Hotel at 234 Third Ave. N. in downtown St. Petersburg. ...more

January 31, 2009

A proposed settlement between the city council and two advertising companies will allow the city to maintain aesthetics in heavily traveled areas, city officials say. ...more

December 18, 2008

TAMPA -- A proposed settlement between the city council and two companies will allow the city to maintain aesthetics in high-view areas, city officials say. But several council members, who are expected to vote on the proposal Thursday, say it would mean a proliferation of digital billboards — which look like massive television screens and display multiple advertisements — that will ruin the city's landscape and create public safety issues. ...more

December 16, 2008

City officials have proposed a settlement to end a more than decade-old dispute with two sign companies over the number of billboards they can put up across the city. ...more

November 21, 2008

TAMPA City officials have proposed a settlement to end a more than decade-old dispute with two sign companies over the number of billboards they can put up around the city. City attorney Chip Fletcher said the settlement will require CBS Outdoors and Clear Channel Outdoors to take down billboards from so-called "view corridors" — high-view areas where the city wants to maintain aesthetics. ...more

November 20, 2008

They look like giant hot dog buns jutting into the surf. They're designed to safeguard Upham Beach from erosion and protect the coastline condos from floods and hurricanes. ...more

July 6, 2008

It's alive. The ice, that is. Not in the biological, breathing-in-and-out sense that defines much of the life on this planet. ...more

November 26, 2007