Jobs trump airplane After reading the story, "Unequipped pest plane idle 6 years" (front page, Dec. 20), I started shaking my head in disbelief over our local government at work. All I can say is that I hope come mosquito season the overpriced 1979 King Air finally gets in the air and does the job it was meant to do in 2003, or I say let's go back to the trucks. It just might save a few county workers their jobs in 2010! ...more

December 24, 2009

I have started to get used to the inane idiocy that our illustrious lawmakers in Washington have been spewing, but the new law I encountered today really takes the cake. Having been the victim of identity theft several years ago, I was advised by my bank and my lawyer to not sign credit cards but, instead, to print "Ask for ID" on the signature line. This made perfect sense to me as an excellent theft deterrent, so I have done it for years. ...more

December 18, 2009

Home sales to kin First-time Homebuyers: Heads up! Read about the tax credit of $8,000 before you buy the house. Not many buyers know that you cannot buy from a relative and receive the tax credit. ...more

October 21, 2009

WASHINGTON - Thirteen of the companies receiving billions in federal bailout money owe a total of more than $220 million in delinquent federal taxes. ...more

March 19, 2009

Will You Call Bank To Lower House Payments? The Obama administration kicked off a new program Wednesday that's designed to help up to 9 million borrowers stay in their homes through refinanced mortgages or loans that are modified to lower monthly payments. ...more

March 9, 2009

Years ago I made the mistake of declaring income I received from a financial investment as dividends. A year or two later I was advised by the IRS that this income should have been reported as interest, and I had to pay the difference, plus interest. ...more

March 4, 2009

Kudos to you Mr. Vokes. Your Feb. 2 letter hit the nail on the head. ...more

March 2, 2009

George A. Montgomery of New Port Richey says the federal government could get a revenue windfall if it did tax audits on its own officials. ...more

February 18, 2009

A Sarasota man who has repeatedly tangled with the Internal Revenue Service was arrested today on criminal tax charges. ...more

February 12, 2009

President Barack Obama ran into the perfect ethical storm — probably due to a failure in his vetting process. ...more

February 7, 2009