Hometown Democracy is simply 'ballot box planning.' Its focus is neither your hometown nor improved democracy. ...more

October 23, 2007

The city's most famous business continues to gobble up land near its 20th Street plant with an eye toward expanding operations. ...more

October 11, 2007

An unresolved lawsuit between neighbors led planning commissioners on Wednesday to torpedo the rezoning of more than 500 acres between the Suncoast Parkway and Gunn Highway. ...more

October 11, 2007

A special magistrate who ruled last month that the county commission should have considered more evidence in a review of the Coyote Crossing development now says the board's decision was 'unreasonable.' ...more

October 5, 2007

The county has delayed action on the updated South County Transportation Plan and that has caused concern for some south county leaders who helped draft the plan. ...more

October 4, 2007

A developer's attorney has asked a special magistrate to clarify an order that directs the county commission to reconsider the Coyote Crossings project northwest of Coyote Road and Kitten Trail. ...more

October 1, 2007

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

A special magistrate has recommended that Pasco County commissioners reconsider a developer's request to build 14 houses northwest of Coyote Road and Kitten Trail. ...more

September 25, 2007

Regarding 'County's Attack On Duplication Has Unpleasant Taste Of Duplicity' (Our Opinion, Sept. 5) and 'Proposed Changes To Growth Plan Foresee Subdivisions Everywhere' (Our Opinion, Sept 16) ...more

September 22, 2007