Residents who live in the Southwest Florida Water Management District's Withlacoochee River Basin will pay the same millage rate as last year. ...more

June 20, 2008

Residents who live in the Southwest Florida Water Management District's Withlacoochee River Basin will pay the same millage rate as last year. ...more

June 19, 2008

Officials hope Dunedin can acquire a state recreation grant to offset the cost of much needed deck replacement at the city's marina. ...more

May 24, 2008

AVON PARK — South Florida Community College is preparing its budget with about $1 million less this year than last year. "The budget news is not good; we have less than we hoped," said SFCC President Norm Stephens. "The good news is we have known this was coming and have been preparing to manage it." The state legislature will pass the budget today, but Stephens said he already has a good idea what to expect –– $1 million less for the general fund and the loss of matching revenue for money raised for scholarships and building improvements. ...more

May 5, 2008

Faster payments of undisputed claims and an extension of the freeze on rates paid by customers of state-run Citizens Property Insurance Corp. are among the mandates contained in a property insurance deal between House and Senate Republicans. ...more

May 2, 2008

In announcing another quixotic, third-party presidential bid Sunday on "Meet the Press," Ralph Nader, the Harold Stassen of the modern era, asked why so many in the "liberal intelligentsia" condemn him for discussing important issues the two major parties ignore. ...more

February 26, 2008

as a teacher, administrator and ultimately superintendent - I have come to recognize what it takes for children to succeed. ...more

January 15, 2008

Never look a gift horse in the mouth - especially when safe passage for pedestrians is at stake. ...more

January 12, 2008

The collision of a statewide campaign to cut property taxes with Florida's worst budget crunch in decades could give hospitals that treat the poor and uninsured a double dose of trouble next fiscal year. ...more

January 3, 2008

Even with a lower estimated cost on the waterfront Weaver property, a majority of the City Commission couldn't work up a lot of enthusiasm Thursday night about buying the land for a park. ...more

November 16, 2007