Cable wars I don't feel sorry for Brighthouse Networks or Time Warner Cable. I used to have DirecTV and remember being charged an extra $5 per month to have the local channels included in my setup. If other cable companies have been charging their customers for a service they have been getting for free, then it's about time they pay for it as well. ...more

January 5, 2010

As in many other Florida cities, Tampa City Council meetings begin with a recital of the Pledge of Allegiance and a short prayer, known officially as the invocation. ...more

December 31, 2009

COMING SOON TO A SCREEN NEAR YOU! REALITY TV LIKE YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE! BE A PART OF THE MEETINGS THAT NEVER END! ...more

March 29, 2009

On the city's Web site, residents can get updates on hurricanes, dredging projects and the city budget or listen to recordings of city council meetings soon after they end. ...more

September 18, 2008

After hundreds of city council meetings, scores of lawsuits and dozens of legal opinions, City Attorney David Smith is resigning. ...more

June 19, 2008

TAMPA - After hundreds of city council meetings, scores of lawsuits and dozens of legal opinions, City Attorney David Smith is resigning. Mayor Pam Iorio is tapping Chip Fletcher as his replacement. ...more

June 18, 2008

TAMPA - Local government meetings can get contentious, and occasionally boisterous people are told to sit down or risk ejection. But never, at least around here, has anyone done what a disgruntled person did in Missouri on Thursday night. ...more

February 8, 2008

Michael Payne, an exterminator who frequently attends city council meetings, has filed preliminary paperwork to run for office here. ...more

February 8, 2008

It is probably true that in the cable neighborhood Hillsborough County's public/government access channels have been exiled to the coaxial equivalent of Elba meets Area 51. ...more

December 15, 2007

Some television viewers who want to watch government programming will have to pay a little extra to tune in beginning Tuesday. ...more

December 10, 2007