During the tumultuous twin budget hearings held last September, hundreds of residents raised the battle cry: Lower taxes and stop government spending. ...more

November 27, 2007

Members of a former political action committee are facing charges they violated numerous state campaign laws in the run-up to the 2006 municipal elections. ...more

November 13, 2007

Let me add a bipartisan note to Democrat Arthur Hayhoe's guest column of Oct. 21 in support the Hometown Democracy proposition that would allow voters to have a say concerning development in their county ("Hometown Democracy Gives Voters A Say In Development"). ...more

November 5, 2007

TAMPA - Florida Gov. Charlie Crist believes the choice for voters who cast their ballots for or against tax reform in January is clear. "If you want lower taxes, vote yes," Crist said from the front yard of an average-looking home in South Tampa on Wednesday afternoon. "If you want higher taxes, vote no." ...more

October 31, 2007

Alexander Hamilton was an ambitious young striver, and he created an economy where people like him could rise and succeed. He used government to rouse the energies of the merchant class, to widen the circle of property owners and to dissolve the constraints on commerce and mobility. ...more

October 14, 2007

Read History On GOP Regarding 'Blacks Must Wake Up To GOP Tactics' (Other Views, Sept. 28): ...more

October 5, 2007

AVON PARK — Growth concerns and how to deal with the city's future were the top issues Avon Park city council candidates were quizzed on during a candidate forum Tuesday. Although the forum was held by a newly created Hispanic activist group, race issues did not feature prominently during the discussion organized by the League of United Latin American Citizens, which came to Highlands County in response to last year's stalled illegal immigrant ordinance. ...more

October 4, 2007

Two years ago, with Florida awash in tax dollars generated by a sizzling housing market, a nonpartisan public policy group forecast that when housing growth inevitably declined, the drop in tax revenue would mean the state would struggle to provide adequate services to its residents. ...more

September 30, 2007