Regarding "Fannie, Freddie Rescue Planned" (front page, July 14): The recent actions by our lawmakers in Washington have me worried me that we are headed down a dark path of government interference. While loaning money to the Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac is one thing, to actually have the U.S. government become stockholders is clearly another. ...more

July 16, 2008

Alonso, Hillsborough, Newsome, Riverview, Plant, Bloomingdale, Sickles, Tampa Bay Technical, Freedom and Gaither. Only three high schools got A grades in 2007. Of all Hillsborough schools, 143 got A's or B's in the report, up from 137 last year. Here are excerpts from user posts. ...more

July 16, 2008

DUNEDIN – The city could cut 18 full-time positions from its fiscal 2009 budget to make up for an expected $2.6 million revenue shortfall. In an interview today, City Manager Robert DiSpirito said the city has everything it could to prevent having to lay off any employees. The amount of property tax revenue the city will lose next fiscal year to state-mandated property tax rate cuts is so large, however, he will be forced to recommend staff reductions, DiSpirito said. ...more

June 26, 2008

Last year, city officials estimated they could save about $1.3 million by turning janitorial and security work over to the private sector. ...more

June 20, 2008

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd will speak Monday at the National Retail Federation conference, detailing his agency's efforts in breaking up a multimillion-dollar retail crime ring in January. ...more

June 19, 2008

Exceptionalism, we citizens are frequently told, is no longer the credo of our country and its people. ...more

June 3, 2008

Praise For Coverage Regarding "Pastor, Son Given Joyous Farewell" (Metro, May 18): ...more

May 23, 2008

If Pasco County schools Superintendent Heather Fiorentino can persuade the school board to avoid a single layoff, maintain current salaries and not touch any classroom programs to combat an anticipated $16 million budget shortfall, she should be administrator of the year. ...more

May 11, 2008

The city's department heads will spend the next three weeks preparing their budgets for next year with an eye toward making cuts. ...more

May 6, 2008

Tolbert cites continued housing downturn. ...more

January 29, 2008