Jeff and Diana Kerr fell in love with the Guatemalan baby girl the moment they saw her photograph. The Minnesota couple decorated her pink and white nursery with pictures of flowers and butterflies, but now they don't know whether the 8-month-old will ever become their daughter. ...more

November 23, 2007

The one thing the two groups of deputies who faced off Tuesday outside the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Ybor City might agree on is that the agency is drastically understaffed. ...more

October 31, 2007

TAMPA - The one thing the two groups of deputies who faced off this morning outside the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office in Ybor City might agree on is that the agency is drastically understaffed. There's little else. Money, and how it's being spent, has divided the deputies who support Sheriff David Gee's administration and those who stood on the sidewalk with the West Central Florida Police Benevolent Association – the union that represents deputies and corporals. ...more

October 30, 2007

Now that the Florida Legislature's much-touted property tax relief proposal is in limbo, it is time to take stock and consider alternatives. A proposal created by the state's county property appraisers, which advocates a universal tax break for all property owners , sounds practical and something that could be considered in part if a new plan is ever created. But for this and some other proposals to survive, the Legislature and the voters have to ask themselves a tough question: Is saving Save Our Homes Amendment worth the price it has extracted? ...more

October 9, 2007