Necessary Duplication 'Duplication of services,' 'efficiency' and other such buzz words are being used more and more by the development community in attempts to garner even greater benefits than they currently enjoy. For example, the article by Steve Allison ('Take Hard Look At County Planning,' Other Views, Sept. 22) uses the above words as reasons to change the current modus operandi of the Planning Commission. What Allison failed to state is that he is a land planner who makes his living by pushing projects through the system that is currently in place. ...more

September 29, 2007

Feeling long-ignored and often put-upon, residents are looking forward to having a say in their future. ...more

September 20, 2007

It may be next year before Hillsborough County can install a new traffic light at Vonderburg Drive and Parsons Avenue. ...more

September 19, 2007