Six years hasn't been long enough to settle debate about a proposed condominium tower on Bayshore Boulevard. ...more

November 11, 2009

With the home inventory market rebounding slightly, it would be more prudent for the county to rethink its proposed Comprehensive Plan for Recovery (CPR) and focus more on creating jobs, the president of the Hernando County Association of Realtors said. ...more

February 28, 2009

Once again, politics is rearing its ugly and menacing head in the arena of national security. ...more

February 15, 2008

Thank you Mr. Ludacer for serving as a U.S. Navy radar observer and currently as a self -appointed lookout to express your concerns about things you feel could endanger our country; specifically you're repetitious letters condemning the "Patriot Act." Time changes everything including our methods of defense. I think everyone would agree that a good form of covert intelligence, if it were available then, would have been a much more effective defense than radar or lookouts, even as far back as the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor. ...more

February 7, 2008

An unprecedented peek behind the curtain at how homeowners insurance rates are set in Florida has given state lawmakers plenty of ideas to take to bill-drafters in advance of this spring's annual legislative session. ...more

February 6, 2008

About every six months the population of the U.S. increases about as much as the population of Tallahassee. Who are these hundreds of thousands of new citizens? They are newborns, children of illegal aliens born in the United States - birthright citizens, "anchor babies" - not illegal aliens. This quirky legal right then allows the mother's parents and siblings to remain, and later a whole bunch of their relatives to immigrate legally. This why they are also known as "Jackpot babies." ...more

January 26, 2008

About every six months the population of the U.S. increases about as much as the population of Tallahassee. ...more

January 25, 2008

My heartfelt thanks to Bud Morgan for his guest column titled "Darkness Obscures America's Horizon" and to the Highlands Today for publishing it. I fear that the American public has submerged itself in a sea of complacency with respect to the gradual erosion of our liberties and the blind reliance on an administration which is systematically dismantling our democracy behind a veil of secrecy. Using fear as a smokescreen, the Bush administration has prevented public disclosure of activities which by Constitution and custom are the legitimate and critical concerns of both Congress and the American public. Our biggest danger is not the Islamic fanatic plotting against us in a cave in Afghanistan, but the public apathy which fear has instilled into the public discourse. ...more

November 19, 2007