Just weeks before Tampa Bay Golf & Country Club is slated to be sold, a group of homeowners has sued the developer-controlled homeowners' association over its decision to hike fees by 73 percent. ...more

December 25, 2009

One of the leading controversies on the Sunday TV talk shows was the appropriateness of the government imposing limits on the executive compensation packages of those corporations which have been bailed out with tax funds. A moment's reflection on the fact that the taxpayer now stands in the place of the stockholder as the owner of these companies should be a sufficient justification for these limits. Stockholders, as the owners of a corporation, originally set the compensation of its officers and employees, but over the years, the officers and boards of directors, through a series of strategies, wrested control from the stockholders and, treating the companies as their own, set their own compensations without regard for the wishes of the true owners, the stockholders. Their view? If you don't like it, sell you stock. A board room "coup de corps!" ...more

October 27, 2009

Dale Gottschalk of Hudson says New Port Richey City Manager Tom O'Neill will be double dipping if he "retires" and then is rehired after a month under the state's DROP setup. ...more

March 11, 2009

I read that Congressional members has given themselves a cost of living pay increase of $4,700 a year at a cost to the taxpayers of $2.5 million. How any member of Congress can wake up and look in the mirror in the morning and accept this pay raise is beyond me? Can anyone explain to me the justification behind this when millions of Americans can't put food on the table to feed their families or pay their utilities bill or car payment? ...more

December 23, 2008

Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson will tell county commissioners today that he's in a financial jam and needs a $2.3 million bailout. ...more

December 17, 2008

If there was anything certain about the federal bailout of the banking sector, it's that the venture would not stop at the banking sector. Giving out hundreds of billions of dollars in government assistance to one industry is like giving out free beer to the students in one corner of a college campus - it has a way of attracting a crowd. ...more

November 1, 2008

The citizens and taxpayers of Highlands County deserve to be fully informed about the proposed new Highlands County Sheriff's Office complex. Recent attempts to justify the building have been less than forthcoming about both the cost and justification. ...more

September 11, 2008

The main reason I am writing this column is that many people have asked me how I first realized I was suffering from a brain tumor and what I have done about it. ...more

September 7, 2008

From a challenge to the new sprinkler ordinance by a nationwide homebuilder to an investigation of payroll discrepancies in the police department, the cost of safeguarding this city from legal action has nearly doubled in the past year. ...more

August 28, 2008

When you examine anyone's life, there have been negative circumstances that were beyond their control. ...more

August 8, 2008