I am a former small business owner, now retired, and trying to make some sense of what is going on today. The unemployment figures are the glaring statistics that stand out and no one seems willing to state the obvious reason why they are so high. ...more

November 28, 2009

Members of Tampa's largest union overwhelmingly approved a proposed one-year contract with the city that includes no pay raises and no reduction in benefits. ...more

November 11, 2009

The city's largest union goes to the polls today to vote on a proposed one-year contract for city workers that includes no pay raises and no reduction in benefits. ...more

November 10, 2009

Fred Palensar of Holiday wants ordinary people, not business executives and ex-politicians, on the utility rate-setting Florida Public Service Commission. ...more

March 7, 2009

Your e-mails and letters were all over the board this week, from the American Dream to emergency rooms to gator movies. ...more

March 3, 2009

Until the 2008 stock market crash, David and Priscilla Williams were planning on not spending many more cold winters in Philadelphia. ...more

January 18, 2009

Two months after having to evict one of its own, the Tampa Housing Authority is set to have a full board again. Mayor Pam Iorio has chosen Hersey Jackson to fill the vacant resident board seat formerly held by Karen Peoples, the longtime public housing resident who sat in the chair for 10 years. ...more

November 18, 2008

I read one of your articles in which you talked about those receiving Social Security disability benefits being allowed to work. ...more

November 10, 2008

Jon Kueney of New Port Richey, vice chairman of the Pasco Libertarian Party, says people will question voting for Barack Obama after less than two years of his "Marxist" policies. ...more

November 8, 2008

Where Do All TheTax Dollars Go? I am a mother of two, one in high school and one in elementary. My concern is I'm sure, like most parents every year, our taxes have gone up, and every year the school supply lists get bigger and longer. Also, there are now lab fees for my son in high school that are mandatory to pay now. I am sure we're not the only family feeling the cost of living going up considerably this year along with gas prices and groceries prices as well. ...more

August 27, 2008