Good-bye summer gas tax holiday. Hello, higher gas taxes. ...more

July 21, 2008

Borrowers' Responsibility Regarding "Feds Adopt Plan To Protect Borrowers From Shady Lending Practices" (Nation/World, July 14): ...more

July 19, 2008

TAMPA — A pending sales index shows 7.1 percent fewer home buyers in the South signed sales contracts to purchase existing homes in May than in April. It was the largest regional drop, according to a report released today by the National Association of Realtors. The index for the South also hit a new low, said Mike Larson an analyst with Weiss Research in Jupiter. It was a disappointment, he said, because, "the housing market had a bit of bounce in April because of moves made by the Feds to lower interest rates. ...more

July 8, 2008

Use it or lose it. The 160,000 people in Hernando County seem to have voted with their feet. Less than 1 percent of county residents use THE Bus. The average nationwide sage is 5 percent. Conclusion: Park THE Bus, at least for the next few years. ...more

June 22, 2008

Use it or lose it. The 160,000 people in Hernando County seem to have voted with their feet. ...more

June 21, 2008

Tim Donaghy is an admitted felon who disgraced himself and the game he supposedly loves. No doubt about any of that. It still doesn't mean he was lying when he told the feds he wasn't the only crooked official in the National Basketball Association. ...more

June 13, 2008

A federal investigation should determine the truth about allegations that several employees at Hillsborough's affordable housing office formed a company that could compete for office grants and tried to guide business to a firm owned by a worker's spouse. ...more

June 6, 2008

The voting district boundaries for Osceola County's school board are illegal and new ones must be created to avoid a federal lawsuit, the Department of Justice said. ...more

February 4, 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