TAMPA - A Tampa couple with a touching engagement story finished among the top three couples in a dream wedding contest and remain in the running to win a $100,000 prize, courtesy of Us magazine. ...more

June 26, 2008

TAMPA - With just hours to go before the polls close, a Tampa couple with a touching engagement story have edged into third place in an ongoing contest for a $100,000 dream wedding, courtesy of Us magazine. ...more

June 25, 2008

Because of the age difference between the two major party candidates for president, it may be important to examine some statistics. ...more

June 23, 2008

County commissioners have made it substantially easier for neighborhoods to get speed humps and other traffic control devices installed on residential streets. ...more

June 21, 2008

Most of the snowbirds have left the area, so those of you who have been sitting back and griping that the snowbirds are taking all the room and parking places can get out now. One of the places I would suggest you get out to is the Highlands Little Theatre to take in one of the performances of "Dearly Departed." It will surely take you mind off your worries, as it is hard to worry and laugh at the same time. ...more

June 12, 2008

Pasco County Supervisor of Elections Brian E. Corley previewed the new DS200 Optical Scan voting equipment for county poll workers during a workshop at the Center for the Arts at Wesley Chapel on Tuesday morning. Corley and Deputy Supervisor of Elections Jim Endress let some 70 poll workers try out the new voting machines at the end of the workshop, where they were able to mark ballots and see how the new equipment works. ...more

June 11, 2008

A reasonable solution for counting the votes in Florida's premature primary was reached Saturday by a Democratic Party committee. Florida will be allowed to send all its delegates to the Democratic Convention, but each delegate gets only one-half of a vote. ...more

June 3, 2008

Our condominium president, who is up for a vote and on the ballot, is asking other unit owners for their individual ballot slips and saying he will fill them in for them as a favor. If he is on the ballot, is it legal for him to do this? If not, what recourse do we have? ...more

May 28, 2008

It has become blatantly clear this week that the Democratic superdelegates will never find themselves in a chapter of "Profiles in Courage." ...more

May 9, 2008

Remember the hanging chad and the butterfly ballot from the 2000 presidential season? These infamous terms still leap into the mind when thinking of that race, not to mention the lingering conviction of a few that Al Gore, who had more popular support, was cheated out of the White House. This year, it's the superdelegates' turn to make voters shake their heads and wonder why the democratic process in the United States has so many caveats. ...more

February 18, 2008