With memories of the razing of the old Gary Adult High School still fresh, another historical landmark could be in jeopardy. ...more

December 18, 2008

Concerned about the city's water supply, city council members are scheduled to vote today on whether to oppose a Pasco County landfill planned near the Hillsborough River, Tampa's main source of drinking water. ...more

December 18, 2008

On Dec. 2 I was asked to appear before the Sebring City Council to explain my involvement with the Valencia Circle issue and hear a complaint from one neighbor who apparently does not like the park furniture or horse statue for which I had permission -approval from the city council on Nov. 6, 2007, to place there. I'm sure many of you read the articles in the Highlands Today and are aware of the problem. ...more

December 14, 2008

TAMPA City officials and representatives of Tampa's largest union meet today to select a mediator to intervene in a contentious dispute over pay raises and a longer contract. The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1464, representing about 2,000 of the city's blue-collar, technical and clerical employees, declared an impasse in the talks last month. ...more

December 10, 2008

With payroll costs steadily rising and property and sales tax revenue declining, the city is facing a projected deficit of more than $35 million in next year's budget. ...more

December 10, 2008

City council members have made it official: The proposed Sangria's Tapas Bar & Restaurant can join Starbucks as a commercial anchor on the Hillsborough Avenue gateway to historical Seminole Heights. ...more

December 10, 2008

With payroll costs steadily rising and property and sales tax revenue declining, the city is facing a projected deficit of more than $35 million in next year's budget. ...more

December 9, 2008

TAMPA Declines in property and sales tax revenue forced the city to lay off workers over the past two years and cut more than $17 million from this year's budget. And the worst may be yet to come. ...more

December 9, 2008

A decades-old vision to bring homes, shops and offices to land beside a prominent bend in the Hillsborough River, just north of downtown, took a key step forward Friday when developers broke ground on an office building and riverside boardwalk. ...more

December 6, 2008

Push TECO To Be Greener After nearly three and a half hours of facts, figures, opinions and pleas, Tampa City Council members Charlie Miranda, Gwen Miller, Thomas Scott and Joseph Caetano voted against delaying approval of the 25-year franchise agreement with Tampa Electric Company. The delay would have given all of us time see and hear the changes sought by President-elect Barack Obama pertaining to energy generation and its effect on climate change as well as the effect the fiscal crises might have on jobs and other opportunities in the near future. The delay would have given concerned citizens and groups time to work with the city and TECO to solve the problems pointed out by the 40-plus people present and the hundreds who communicated with council members with letters and e-mails. ...more

December 6, 2008