New Florida teachers would have less job security under a bill heading for a House floor vote. ...more

April 7, 2009

Every once in awhile I like to get up on the proverbial soapbox and preach against or for some of the things that are going on around me. I don't expect to change anything all that much, but maybe someday when I have something to say, someone who has the say-so at changing things will pay attention and do something. ...more

March 26, 2009

WASHINGTON - Thirteen of the companies receiving billions in federal bailout money owe a total of more than $220 million in delinquent federal taxes. ...more

March 19, 2009

The owner of Willy's Tropical Breeze Cafe at Pine Island got a huge vote of confidence from County Commissioner Rose Rocco this week when she said she sees no need to re-bid the rights to a concession stand there. ...more

March 15, 2009

The North Carolina mother who reported for Army duty with her two young children will be discharged from the military. ...more

March 2, 2009

When Lisa Pagan reports for duty Sunday, four long years after she was honorably discharged from the Army, she'll arrive with more than her old uniform. She's bringing her kids, too. ...more

February 28, 2009

An employee of a Pinellas County roofing business accused of filing second mortgages without homeowners' consent was arrested today on fraud charges. ...more

February 25, 2009

The fact that the county commissioners do not want to require the E-Verify system for workers-employees of county related contracts is wrong. Labor is a huge disappointment to me in light of all the illegal immigrants who are knowingly employed in our county as well as our state and country at large. We are the government, so let's not shirk our local responsibility. ...more

February 19, 2009

Piece by piece, Ed Oelschlaeger's dream is being dismantled. Last year, Bank of America began foreclosure proceedings on the Tampa developer's New Port Tampa Bay "green" housing project, a 54-acre site near West Shore and Gandy boulevards where he planned to build 1,200 condos, a marina and shops. ...more

February 18, 2009

A developer is selling property at Gandy and West Shore boulevards where hoped to build a "green" housing development and has asked the city to reduce the size of his community development district, or CDD, so that the owners of a commercially zoned parcel where he planned to build several restaurants and shops can put their land on the market. ...more

February 17, 2009