The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is the latest state agency to review a controversial 1 percent pay raise that Hillsborough County Administrator Pat Bean and County Attorney Renee Lee approved for themselves. ...more

October 22, 2009

Florida's new speaker said Friday that his ousted predecessor Ray Sansom will have a committee chairmanship in the House of Representatives. ...more

February 7, 2009

In October, Robert LaSala was named Pinellas County administrator. He assumed the post following 13 months in which Fred Marquis, serving as interim administrator, brought calm back to county government after the tumultuous events of 2007. A questioned land deal prompted, in September 2007, the County Commission to fire County Attorney Susan Chiruti and let County Administrator Steve Spratt know they wouldn't mind if he resigned. In his 13 months as interim manager Marquis demonstrated why the County Commission named a recreation trail run after him when he retired in 2000. ...more

January 24, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Djuke vom Vilstaler Land, 117 pounds of toned muscle, is getting over the jet lag of a weekend flight to Buenos Aires, where he raked in the top three prizes in a contest that drew 300 Rottweilers from around the world. ...more

October 24, 2008

A state ethics investigation has cleared Pinellas Property Appraiser Jim Smith and other county officials of wrongdoing in a controversial land deal between Smith and the county. The report by the Florida Ethics Commission, released Wednesday, also cleared former Pinellas County Attorney Susan Churuti and County Commissioner Ronnie Duncan. ...more

October 23, 2008