What Has County Come To? So, the witch hunt actually begins. Interim County Administrator Larry Jennings has suspended 10-year veteran Human Resources Director Barbara Dupre for five days without pay for making "unsubstantiated accusations" against Diane Rowden. Unsubstantiated. Not disproved. I thought we had freedom of speech in this country? We may never find out who truly is responsible for breaking into Barbara's office, but I bet Jay Rowden could shed some light on this. Barbara Dupre can no longer participate in the selection of our next county administrator, just as Diane Rowden wanted in the first place. Isn't it strange how that worked out? By the way, what is Jay Rowden's position within the Democratic Party? ...more

January 16, 2008

Playing Blame Game Regarding "Drivers Cited For Crashes On I-4 Westbound" (front page, Jan. 12): ...more

January 16, 2008

Mick Elliott's The Flip Side ...more

January 13, 2008

Hernando County Commissioner Rose Rocco is calling for a review of county disciplinary procedures. ...more

January 8, 2008

Rocco calls for scrutiny of county discipline process. ...more

January 7, 2008

Port Richey has had a tough time with its city managers. While the city of about 3,200 only recently began hiring full-time professionals, its track record to date is abysmal - with only one of the past five administrators leaving of his own accord. ...more

January 6, 2008

County Human Resources Director Barbara Dupre maintains she did nothing wrong when she kept candidate petition cards on top of her desk on the third floor government building. ...more

January 5, 2008

ounty Human Resources Director Barbara Dupre maintains she did nothing wrong when she kept candidate petition cards on top of her desk on the third floor government building. ...more

January 4, 2008

The homeland security chief on Saturday tore into his employees for staging a phony news conference at the Federal Emergency Management Agency. ...more

October 28, 2007

Upon hearing a discussion on how badly the Democrats were handling the current government, I listened to the specific details. ...more

October 14, 2007