The Obama administration opened the curtain on Bush-era secrets Monday, revealing anti-terror memos that claimed exceptional search-and-seizure powers and divulging that the CIA destroyed nearly 100 videotapes of interrogations and other treatment of terror suspects. ...more

March 2, 2009

The incoming Obama administration should launch a criminal investigation of Bush administration officials to see whether they broke the law in the name of national security, a House Democratic report said Tuesday. President-elect Barack Obama has been more cautious on the issue and has not endorsed such a recommendation. ...more

January 13, 2009

I am the vice president of our homeowners association. We live in villas, not condominiums. Can two married people living together under the same roof both serve on the association's board at the same time? Is there any difference if they are condominiums or villas? ...more

January 11, 2009

After hundreds of city council meetings, scores of lawsuits and dozens of legal opinions, City Attorney David Smith is resigning. ...more

June 19, 2008

TAMPA - After hundreds of city council meetings, scores of lawsuits and dozens of legal opinions, City Attorney David Smith is resigning. Mayor Pam Iorio is tapping Chip Fletcher as his replacement. ...more

June 18, 2008

An internal watchdog office at the Justice Department is investigating whether Bush administration lawyers violated professional standards by issuing legal opinions authorizing the CIA to use waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques, officials said Friday. ...more

February 23, 2008

Our board continues to pay an invoice from one of our vendors that is not itemized. The charge is always around $50 per month. ...more

February 23, 2008

Gov. Charlie Crist appears to have scored a financial touchdown, but the Legislature is challenging the play. House Speaker Marco Rubio says Crist stepped over the line when he negotiated a gambling tax to be paid by the state's tribal casinos. ...more

December 3, 2007

The city expects to move ahead with a plan to install red light cameras near several intersections, which will thrust this small west Pasco municipality into the statewide debate over use of the traffic control devices. ...more

October 27, 2007

President Bush, reacting to a congressional uproar over the disclosure of secret Justice Department legal opinions permitting the harsh interrogation of terrorism suspects, on Friday defended the methods, declaring, 'This government does not torture people.' ...more

October 5, 2007