County Attorney Garth Coller expressed satisfaction Tuesday after county commissioners voted unanimously to give him a new one-year contract. ...more

October 28, 2009

To discourage prying eyes, New York Yankees star Derek Jeter wants to put up a privacy fence in front of his new 31,000-square-foot mansion on Davis Islands. ...more

August 5, 2009

The issue: Spring Hill Fire Rescue board votes to transfer emergency dispatching to county. Our opinion: Fire commissioners deserve praise for long overdue decision. ...more

March 1, 2009

Spring Hill Fire Rescue District 2008 ...more

December 31, 2008

The Tampa Bay Water board voted today to sue the three companies that designed or built the now-crack-ridden walls of the C.W. "Bill" Young Reservoir. ...more

October 20, 2008

Fewer water use, development permits would go before Swiftmud board. ...more

September 30, 2008

The Southwest Florida Water Management District wants to streamline its permitting process by giving its staff and executive more authority to grant or deny water and land use permits. ...more

September 30, 2008

Here we are once again replaying last year's fiasco with special interests trying to weaken the regulation and enforcement of the Hillsborough County's wetlands protections. ...more

July 16, 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

Regarding "Parents Get Crash Course In Hubris 101" (Our Opinion, April 7): I am appalled by the Hillsborough County School Board's policy to not meet with parents who have questions about issues that impact their children, but to hear from them right before the board votes. ...more

April 14, 2008