We've 'been had' I have a few questions related to the article, "Saving the planet," (Views, Oct. 25). ...more

November 3, 2009

Thursday's Outback Bowl will have a unique group of spectators: law enforcement officers checking whether their security plans for the upcoming Super Bowl need adjusting. ...more

December 31, 2008

Andrew Friedman, the Rays executive vice president of baseball operations, came up with the game plan and put together the parts that turned this into a summer like none other. ...more

September 22, 2008

When Susan Geier remembers her father, Mel Finkelstein, he is always with his camera. Finkelstein carried it not only for work as a photojournalist but also at home and on family outings. He had an insatiable hunger to record all of life, in both its minutiae and grandeur. ...more

September 6, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - After exploring the minutiae of an anticipated $16 million shortfall in the Pasco County School District's 2008-09 budget for more than two hours Tuesday, school board vice chairman Frank Parker said he felt pessimistic. ...more

May 21, 2008

Highlands County commissioners have the right idea in asking whether the county really needs another level of administration. The costs are high to implement such a plan, and the payoff is difficult to deduce. Tommy Todd is serving as facilitator for the county on this project, which would make new positions as division directors. Department heads would report to them, while they report to the county administrator. The plan is to make the administrator less of a day-to-day manager and more of a public figure who keeps the commission informed of what's going on in the county. We understand what Todd is saying, but wonder if it's necessary for Highlands County. Granted, our county government has a lot of employees and departments, but it doesn't seem like that's been an issue until now. Can't department heads serve as that level of manager to report to the administrator, or assistant administrator. It's also true that a county manager should not be bogged down in work that keeps him or her away from the most important facets of the job. It's difficult to be an effective leader if you're buried in minutiae that could be better handled by someone else. ...more

February 5, 2008

Whether by foresight or sheer serendipity, we who foot the bills for public officials injured on the job can be grateful today that, when it came to government buildings in Pasco County in the latter half of the previous century, architects preferred low profiles to high-rises. ...more

January 31, 2008

The music biopic is a genre that's so overly familiar - and so frequently addled with cliches - it's more than ripe for parody. (Look no further than the Judd Apatow-produced comedy "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," coming out later this winter.) ...more

November 22, 2007

'The Darjeeling Limited,' the latest self-satisfied exercise in style over substance from writer-director Wes Anderson, will amuse his cult followers - as well as Anderson himself and his pals, of course - but probably nobody else. ...more

October 26, 2007