With the hours to the annual home invasion by the famed jolly elf having dwindled to a precious few, This Space offers as a public service to end the anticipation among the year's Pasco newsmakers just who can be expected to be treated generously, and who can expect stockings stuffed with coal and switches. ...more

December 24, 2008

the legacy of write-in candidate John Taylor. ...more

October 19, 2008

If your campaign has money for nothing else, advised John Long, once upon a time Pasco's pre-eminent political scholar, pay for polls. Commercials can be muted; mailers go in the trash. But a proper poll identifies what preys on folks' minds, and how a candidate's message can best harmonize with those concerns. ...more

August 29, 2008

County Commissioner Ted Schrader of San Antonio held off challenger John Nicolette on Tuesday in a closely watched Republican primary marked by low voter turnout. ...more

August 27, 2008

Fraternal Order of Police Endorses Candidates The Fraternal Order of Police Pasco Sheriff's Lodge 29 endorses Republican Robert J. Sullivan and Democrat Kim Bogart for sheriff of Pasco County in the Aug. 26 primary. ...more

August 20, 2008

The Suncoast News recommends three candidates for Pasco County Commission for the Aug. 26 primary. ...more

August 20, 2008

John Nicolette is challenging incumbent County Commissioner Ted Schrader in the Aug. 26 Republican primary. The winner faces write-in candidate John Taylor. The Tampa Tribune asked Nicolette why he thinks he should be elected and what his priorities would be. ...more

August 17, 2008

District 1 County Commissioner Ted Schrader is seeking a third term, running against Tampa firefighter John Nicolette in the Aug. 26 primary. The winner faces write-in candidate John Taylor in the November election. ...more

August 17, 2008

In the Aug. 26 Republican primary for the District 1 seat on the Pasco County Commission, the incumbent, Ted Schrader, is being challenged by John Nicolette. ...more

August 16, 2008

Of the three Pasco County Commission races in this year's primary election, one bears special scrutiny - the slugfest between eight-year incumbent Ted Schrader and John Nicolette. ...more

August 11, 2008