With the word's "let's roll," U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and relatives of United Flight 93 victims have turned shovels of dirt at a groundbreaking ceremony for a permanent national memorial at the western Pennsylvania crash site. ...more

November 7, 2009

Highlands County commissioners are deciding whether the county should lift its ban on private landfills. It's, no doubt, a difficult decision, but there are big potential problems if they allow private dumping, and we hope that if they do allow it, there are strong stipulations. ...more

January 23, 2009

Hoping to preserve Tampa's architectural legacy, a city councilwoman has proposed spending $100,000 to repair the collapsing rooftop of the Kress building, one of the city's threatened downtown landmarks. ...more

September 11, 2008

Hoping to preserve Tampa's architectural legacy, a city councilwoman has proposed spending $100,000 to repair the collapsing rooftop of the Kress building, one of the city's threatened downtown landmarks. ...more

September 10, 2008

After the presentation of raising taxes to protect land at the Highlands County Commission meeting, I remain opposed to this idea, in any form. I am opposed to paying any additional ad-valorem taxes, non-ad-valorem taxes, designated assessments, or designated fees for land conservation projects. It remains important that county commissioners deny land use changes that infringe on wet lands or conservation lands. Buying up land to create preserves is an idea that I will not support. Buying land from private owners takes these lands off the county tax rolls. ...more

June 19, 2008

When the deal went down to have Weeki Wachee become a state park, there was a collective sigh of relief from all the park's employees. ...more

February 18, 2008

When the deal went down to have Weeki Wachee become a state park, there was a collective sigh of relief from all the park's employees. ...more

February 17, 2008