A citizens panel that advises the Hillsborough County School Board recently weighed the district's proposed budget cuts - and came up with some ideas of its own. ...more

March 25, 2009

A citizens panel that advises the Hillsborough County School Board recently weighed the district's proposed budget cuts – and came up with some ideas of its own. ...more

March 24, 2009

Before the 1940s, Republicans in Florida were as rare as cold fronts in August. ...more

May 25, 2008

Provoca sorpresa la falta de interés que la prensa hispana del área de la Bahía de Tampa muestra por la política nacional. ...more

December 14, 2007

Ybor City, to be sure, remains a work in progress. ...more

October 17, 2007

Ybor City, to be sure, remains a work in progress. It is the historical, immigrant soul of Tampa, but since the oxymoronic heyday of urban renewal, it has been in identity-crisis mode. No need to rechronicle that here, but suffice it to say that wooing businesses, residents, shoppers and diners to a wet-zoned venue frequented by drunks and punks is a challenge. One that warrants curfews, decibel ordinances and a high-profile police presence. ...more

October 15, 2007

Last week's cover story in the South Tampa News & Tribune detailed a discussion we'll be having increasingly as Tampa's riverfront continues its revitalization. What of all that uncommissioned 'urban art' that has been left in the wake of college rowing crews through the years? ...more

September 5, 2007