The Spring Lake Improvement District Board of Supervisors are again violating their oaths of office and are not doing the will of the people. They are now asking the state Legislature for broad new powers that through assessment powers would drive many senior homeowners into foreclosure. These are trying times for many seniors who are on fixed incomes. We are nationwide in the greatest financial crunch that America has ever seen. ...more

November 11, 2009

Much has changed since Florida lawmakers adjourned nearly six months ago. ...more

November 26, 2008

In the midst of a bear market, Tom Payant, the CEO and chairman of Payant Financial Plaza in Sun City Center, said he spends a lot of time on the phone easing his client's many fears. Meanwhile, Payant and other Sun City Center financial advisors continue to brave the financial jungle. ...more

November 5, 2008

This is the peak of the hurricane season in the financial markets. ...more

September 19, 2008

As financial storm signals appeared the last 18 months, there were Bush officials who urged drastic reform of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But, according to internal government sources, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson objected because it would look "too political." The Republican administration kept hands off the government-backed mortgage companies that are closely tied to the Democratic establishment. ...more

July 21, 2008

The best offense is a good defense. As I mull over the billions of tax dollars being spent to clean up the subprime mortgage mess, I keep thinking there must be a better way to put those financial resources to work. ...more

June 29, 2008

Two North Pinellas cities, Dunedin and Oldsmar, held firm and weathered a financial storm created in late 2007 by a run of investors on the Florida Local Government Investment Pool. Now they say that decision is paying financial rewards. ...more

January 19, 2008

The economy grew at a slower pace in the late fall as shoppers watched their pennies heading into the busy holiday season. ...more

November 29, 2007

'The Panic of 1907' by Robert F. Bruner and Sean D. Carr; John Wiley & Sons Inc.; 258 pages ($29.95) ...more

October 21, 2007