Kearney Construction, a large contractor that worked on the International Plaza and Westfield Citrus Park malls, has filed for bankruptcy protection. ...more

August 27, 2009

Brian Blair was charged with two counts of child abuse after a scuffle broke out between him and his two teenage sons on Father's Day, authorities said. ...more

July 2, 2009

Former Hillsborough County Commissioner Brian Blair walked out of Orient Road Jail this morning, released without bail a day after he was accused of beating up his two sons on Father's Day. ...more

June 22, 2009

A modern-day tea party protest will take place today in the heart of downtown. No one will bust open crates of Earl Grey and toss it into the already tea-colored bay, but a slate of speakers will decry the federal stimulus packages. ...more

April 15, 2009

Anti-stimulus protesters plan to make their voices heard on tax day. ...more

April 14, 2009

Call The Waaaambulance Brian Blair wants his reputation back. And which reputation would that be, I wonder? The one he had when he got paid to deceive the public? Oh - let me clarify that. Of course I'm talking about his stint as a professional wrestler, not his term on the County Commission. Is the reputation he seeks to have restored the one he has as a litigant against a local restaurant, where he sought damages for a fall he took there? ... ...more

March 29, 2009

Michelle B. Patty defiantly used her local radio show Sunday to deny she paid a woman $100 to campaign for then-Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson. ...more

March 17, 2009

Firearms Foresight While it seems other readers found irony in placing a large ad for gun sales in a paper whose headline included at least two horrific examples of gun violence, I found the ad timely and appropriate. ...more

March 16, 2009

Blair Blew It If Brian Blair ever wanted to continue on in the field of politics he has really blown his chances of it ever happening again. ...more

March 14, 2009

If Brian Blair is wondering why fellow Republicans did not vote for him in the recent election, he should know that it is certainly not because of Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner's campaign. I didn't even know much about Beckner, but I voted for him because I was sick and tired of Blair trying to remove our Wetlands Management Division of the Hillsborough County Environmental Protection Commission. ...more

March 13, 2009