Rich Jenkins is challenging District 5 county Commissioner Jack Mariano in the Aug. 26 primary. The winner faces Democrat Ginny Miller. ...more

August 15, 2008

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio performs a nice balancing act with her proposed budget. It invests wisely in public safety, infrastructure, parks and the necessities that sustain a community's quality of life. ...more

August 14, 2008

When state-mandated property-tax cuts forced Pasco County to cut spending by $16 million last summer, Sheriff Bob White came in asking for a budget increase of $11 million. ...more

August 8, 2008

Back in the 1990s, former Gov. Lawton Chiles compared Florida to an 18-wheeler running on a Model T engine. He was referring to the state's antiquated tax system developed before World War II when the state was the least-populated in the South. ...more

July 27, 2008

Two voters who filed a lawsuit to disqualify write-in candidate John M. Taylor and open the District 1 county commission primary to all Pasco County voters abandoned their claim Wednesday. ...more

July 10, 2008

Few observers of Florida's gambling mess are surprised that it has come to this puzzling point. ...more

July 8, 2008

John Hedrick's recent guest column, "Hometown Democracy Returns Power To Citizens" (Other Views, June 26), peddles the popular myth that the "Hometown Democracy" amendment will give power to the people. ...more

July 5, 2008

A coalition opposed to a proposed "tax swap" constitutional amendment has filed a lawsuit challenging the ballot language on the initiative. ...more

July 4, 2008

A lawsuit seeking to disqualify write-in candidate John M. Taylor and open the District 1 county commission primary to all Pasco County voters is holding up the mailing of 10,000 absentee ballots. ...more

July 3, 2008

Declining property values and bigger tax breaks for homeowners drained about $2.9 billion from Pasco County's taxable property value during the yearlong period ending Jan. 1. ...more

July 1, 2008