A congressional leader says Florida ranks last in spending federal highway stimulus money. ...more

August 8, 2009

A congressional leader says Florida ranks last in spending federal highway stimulus money. ...more

August 6, 2009

Finally our local government is making common-sense decisions. The Tampa Sports Authority made a decision not to give the front-runner for the vacant executive director post a $10,000 stipend to help pay his mortgages. This man is already making a six-figure income and wanted help from the taxpayer. Two members of the three-member executive committee voted to not give him this money. To them I say well done. ...more

July 27, 2009

The Florida Department of Transportation is giving a heads-up to law enforcement officials and motorists about devices its engineers are placing on Tampa Bay area bridges: the machines are used to measure saltwater levels and pose no threat. ...more

April 30, 2009

"April," T.S. Eliot warned us at the beginning of his epic 1922 poem, "is the cruelest month." ...more

April 1, 2009

I firmly believe the real reason for the recession is greed in the ranks of the politicians and the very rich. Honesty, integrity and ethics are absolutely not being practiced by them. Just for starters, I would like every one who reads this to send me an e-mail if they really believe that the two senators, who did not pay their taxes, really did not know they didn't. Wall Street, the financial banking biggies, and the list goes on, pulled a scam on the public and still some got their bonuses and very high salaries. The politicians are taking care of them with all the bailouts. ...more

February 10, 2009

If you're looking to make bail, get a tattoo or buy a crack pipe, downtown New Port Richey isn't the place to do it. ...more

January 10, 2009

If you're looking to make bail, get a tattoo or buy a drug pipe, downtown New Port Richey isn't the place to do it. ...more

January 10, 2009

Florida's public employee pension plan has lost more than a quarter of its peak value, but Gov. Charlie Crist and other officials Monday said the fund is built for the long haul and there's no need to panic. ...more

November 17, 2008

The city of Tampa wants to turn its yard waste and recycled newspapers into ethanol. ...more

October 12, 2008