The curse appears to be alive and well against Pasco County attracting a major sports-related tourist attraction. ...more

January 2, 2010

Happily, some seasonal giving can be accomplished without ever visiting a store or a Web site. As we have written before, Christmas isn't Christmas - for that matter, Hanukkah isn't Hanukkah - until certain holiday wishes are bestowed on certain deserving Pasco folks. Naughty or nice, it's all the same. This Space now presents its more-or-less annual holiday gift list. ...more

December 30, 2009

Sportsplex USA has had enough of what the company's chairman calls an "adversarial environment" in Pasco County. ...more

December 30, 2009

Fog shrouded most of west Pasco County on Monday morning. But as though on cue, the sun broke through the clouds to shine on the dedication of the Mike Fasano Regional Hurricane Shelter. ...more

December 16, 2009

Pasco County commissioners are discussing plans to build a sports complex in Trinity -- or somewhere else. ...more

December 1, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Saying the county animal shelter's adoption rate is "alarmingly low," a local veterinary group wants to reduce the number of animals euthanized each year. ...more

November 21, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - The finalization of plans to lure financial services firm T. Rowe Price to a 70-acre parcel at the southwestern corner of S.R. 54 and Sunlake Boulevard marked more than simply the end to a $13.5 million transaction on July 1. ...more

November 18, 2009

In the long-running saga of the effort to promote Pasco County's tourism industry nothing has been easy. For years, the county has been socking away a portion of the revenue its tourist development tax generates each year to fund development of a facility that would lure visitors to Pasco. It hasn't, however, had anything it could spend it on. The latest attempt is drawing questions. ...more

November 11, 2009

Everybody loves a hometown guy, especially when it comes to hometown politics. That's why you can't help but want to chuck Jack Mariano amiably on the chin - ya big lug, ya - whenever he goes all parochial on behalf of hyper-local issues. ...more

November 8, 2009

I'm contacting you in response to the article in Wednesday's Tribune about the Tourist Development Council's funding of events and particularly the Pasco Bug Jam. As a former Tribune reporter, I would have thought you would have contacted Bug Jam officials for comment before printing the claims by Pasco County Commissioner Michael Cox. No attempts were made to do such. ...more

October 25, 2009