A couple of years ago, I wrote to you in reference to Chik-Fil-A not really respecting their troops like they portray. ...more

December 25, 2009

The city's Redevelopment Advisory Committee still isn't sold on City Manager Billy Poe's plans for renovating City Hall. ...more

February 19, 2009

The latest, and maybe final, round went to the developer of a 346-foot Bayshore Boulevard condominium tower after nearly six years of legal wrangling. ...more

February 5, 2009

The owners of the historic Kress building have been given six months to fix the crumbling facade of the downtown landmark. ...more

January 29, 2009

The owners of the historic Kress building have been given six months to fix up the crumbling facade of the downtown landmark. ...more

January 28, 2009

The owners of the historic Kress Building are facing a litany of code violations for failing to fix up the crumbling facade of the downtown landmark. ...more

December 19, 2008

There was still hope in the frayed voices of the Fenway Faithful. Too much, perhaps. As Jacoby Ellsbury walked to the plate in the bottom of the eighth inning, they cheered. As J.D. Drew lifted a fly out to right field, they cheered. ...more

August 13, 2008

The search is on for an artwork to adorn the Palm Harbor Library building. The Pinellas County Cultural Affairs Department and its Public Art and Design Committee are calling for local artists to submit proposals. The panel is looking for an outdoor artwork to be affixed to the library building once remodeling is completed, said Mark Flickinger, public art and design program manager. ...more

February 9, 2008

Service Slap It has come to my attention that the American flags and "We Support Our Troops" signs are all a facade. I had this idea shortly after 9/11, but it really didn't hit me until recently. ...more

January 2, 2008

AVON PARK — Its members question their own existence. What is their role? What purpose do they have toward benefiting the city, or are they nothing more than a waste of space, time, effort and ultimately the taxpayer's dollar? After finding out earlier this month that its own members lacked the authority to dissolve itself, the four remaining members of the Main Street Community Redevelopment Agency advisory board considered resigning. Main Street CRA advisory board Chairman Devon Donaldson, speaking for the board, repeated the frustrations he had with the council, and what they saw as the inability of the board to have much of an input on facade grants as a reason for their attempted disbanding. ...more

November 26, 2007