Filing for a homestead exemption or starting married life will be more convenient and save on gas now that satellite county government offices are opening in Brandon. ...more

May 28, 2008

Paving Paradise For Parking Lots Re: Your story from last week on the new 3,700 home development off U.S. 19 from Hexam Road south to Star Road. ...more

February 22, 2008

The Polk County Commission rejected a pair of efforts to roll back the county's impact fees during a contentious Wednesday afternoon hearing. ...more

February 21, 2008

BARTOW - The Polk County commission rejected a pair of efforts to roll back the county's impact fees during a contentious Wednesday afternoon hearing. ...more

February 20, 2008

Where's The Beach? My wife and I have lived in Pasco County for 21-plus years. During that time, a number of parcels of land with Gulf of Mexico frontage have been purchased by Pasco County and/or the state of Florida. ...more

February 20, 2008

What happened in Highlands County? Is is not important enough for family time to allow our hard working men and women truck drivers to come home and find a safe place to park the big rig for a short period? Is our truck driver husband or wives values not important, or have we forgotten this and just decided to be hard-nosed about it? There are plenty of empty parking lots in the county. What's the big deal? Why can't truckers park there without incident? Truckers are not destroying property or harming anybody. They just want to see their families. ...more

February 10, 2008

Today Sheriff David Gee will appear before the Tampa City Council to request that the city vacate a small portion of 20th Street in Ybor City. He'll request the street closure in an honest effort to provide a measure safety for his staff and his operations center. ...more

February 7, 2008

Taking It To The Streets Ybor City and the Channel District could be the hot party tickets for Super Bowl 2009. Super Bowl's local liaison, Krista Soroka, said she's not sure where events will be. She's canvassing restaurants, social venues such as Ybor City's Cuban Club and hotels to see what's available. The NFL is looking at parking lots where outdoor parties could be. Chuck Jamieson, manager of Green Iguana Bar & Grill in Ybor City, said when the Super Bowl combined with Gasparilla in 2001, it was "awesome for business. It was the best run we ever had." Next year, the Super Bowl will fall between the biggest Gasparilla events: The Children's Parade will be the week before the game; the invasion the week after. ...more

February 3, 2008

Hillsborough County high school students want to turn their cell phones on during lunch, take more online classes and paint classroom walls more scintillating colors. ...more

January 30, 2008

The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office could install up to 30 cameras this year to monitor criminal activity in the community west of the University of South Florida. ...more

January 19, 2008