Jim Polatty is planning on leaving his job as director of development services for Highlands County. ...more

February 20, 2009

The economic situation in one Florida county is so bad that an official wants to declare a state of emergency. ...more

February 10, 2009

Residents in one southwest Florida county will get a phone call when a sex offender moves into the neighborhood. ...more

February 1, 2009

Pasco County commissioners did the right thing earlier this week by raising so many legitimate objections a developer withdrew ill-conceived plans for a 266-home subdivision in a rural-protection area outside Dade City. ...more

January 10, 2009

Four years ago, Highlands County voters saw an active campaign for sheriff. In the primaries, four qualified candidates squared off in debates, and the November election saw two very qualified candidates. This election campaign, while very heated, was run with no mud slinging and ranting promises. ...more

October 23, 2008

I oppose the fire tax assessment bill. I've run the New Testament Church and Mission for 32 years. In those years I have only needed to call the fire department once, which was found to be arson. ...more

August 21, 2008

The secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections is proposing a "state jail system" for prison inmates serving less than 18 months behind bars. ...more

July 15, 2008

TAMPA - The secretary of the Florida Department of Corrections is proposing a "state jail system" for prison inmates serving less than 18 months behind bars. ...more

July 14, 2008

What's the use of paper ballots if no one looks at them? That's the question that election watchdogs continue to press, even as the state's election supervisors race to implement the 2007 election law requiring every Florida county to vote on paper ballots. ...more

June 15, 2008

A hiring policy that excludes smokers, now being considered by Pasco County commissioners, is legal and has been implemented in at least one other Florida county. ...more

June 3, 2008