With the region's monster reservoir reduced to a puddle, the drought is hitting home, especially for many who have collected watering citations. ...more

March 19, 2009

A Tampa Tribune story posted on TBO.com about Hillsborough County's plan to install red light cameras this summer and a proposal to expand Temple Terrace's one-year program from two intersections to possibly four or five generated a flurry of comments. ...more

March 18, 2009

It has been difficult for pastors and outreach organizers to get a grasp of how the economy is affecting donations. ...more

March 14, 2009

They call themselves loan modification consultants, negotiators or specialists. Some are legitimate, but many are simple con artists looking for desperate marks facing foreclosure amid the wreckage of the nation's housing market. ...more

March 13, 2009

Bernard Madoff will plead guilty Thursday to 11 criminal counts including money laundering, perjury and securities, mail and wire fraud and will do so without a plea deal, knowing it carries a potential prison term of 150 years, lawyers said today in court. ...more

March 10, 2009

For family health reasons, I had to be in the northland last weekend and Connecticut did its very best to remind me why I moved to Florida. Chilly rain changing to ice and snow made driving between Norwalk Hospital to my old home in the north hills of Wilton just plain nasty. ...more

March 4, 2009

Today's economic troubles offer us the chance to understand some of our ancestors from an enlightened perspective. Americans have dealt with bankruptcy since the founding of our country; they've lost their homes and their fortunes. ...more

March 1, 2009

We all groan nostalgically or with jealousy when we recall or read about gas at 27 cents a gallon in 1950. Boy, that sure was affordable. ...more

February 27, 2009

In yesterday's paper a writer wrote that he hopes that President Obama fails because, "Thinking that we can stimulate the economy by bigger government and more government programs is absurd and never worked." This is a rather startling, and I believe, unsubstantiated statement. ...more

February 25, 2009

There was a time when house calls were common. Don Frederick of Sun City Center, a tax counselor with AARP's Tax Aide program, said homebound senior citizens are tickled to death he offers just such a service. ...more

February 25, 2009