House Republicans unanimously chose Rep. Larry Cretul as their new leader Monday night, setting the stage for him to replace Ray Sansom permanently as House speaker. ...more

February 3, 2009

House Republicans unanimously chose Rep. Larry Cretul as their new leader, setting the stage for him to replace Ray Sansom as House Speaker next month. ...more

February 2, 2009

In the past two years, Wilton Simpson has been an engine to keep downtown Dade City's business district churning. ...more

October 11, 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

Georgia received another setback Tuesday in its water feud with Alabama and Florida as a judge said he must decide whether the Atlanta region has authority to continue using Lake Lanier as its main water source. ...more

August 13, 2008

Timing is everything, and when it comes to convincing voters to support increasing their property taxes even for good causes is a difficult sell in the best of times. We're not even close to good economic times around here. ...more

August 1, 2008

Green Not So Green I have a dilemma that I need the liberal global warming alarmists to help me with. If we go to "electric" cars, I foresee a conflict of interest. Do I demonstrate my "greenness" by having an electric-powered rollerskate, thereby increasing the demand of electricty, thereby increasing the amount of coal or nuclear power usage while thumbing my nose at the oil companies? ...more

July 18, 2008

France's president said Saturday that Syria and Lebanon will open embassies in each other's countries for the first time. But Syria's leader cautioned there is still work to be done before that can happen. ...more

July 13, 2008

SEBRING — When it comes to being in charge and acting like an authority figure, Sun 'n Lake resident Terry Loughlin has just about done it all. Loughlin was a DEA agent, police officer, judge, jury foreman, school principal, lawyer, professor and even a general. The 63-year-old character actor worked in more than 20 feature films, about as many television shows and several theater productions. His resume includes movies: "A Time to Kill," "The Jackal,"and "Billy Bathgate;" plus television shows, "Matlock," "Walker, Texas Ranger" and "Heat of the Night." ...more

January 24, 2008

It's been 68 years since the U.S. Supreme Court examined the right to keep and bear arms secured by the Second Amendment. It's been 31 years since the District of Columbia enacted its feckless ban on all functional firearms in the capital. It's been eight months since the second most important court in the country, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, declared the D.C. ban - among the most restrictive in the nation - unconstitutional. The obvious incongruity of those three events will be resolved soon. ...more

November 26, 2007