The issue: Union fundraiser spends 85 percent of collections on salaries and other expenses. Our opinion: A disgraceful practice that unions should cease and lawmakers should investigate. ...more

December 13, 2009

Its charity status with the state expired in July. As far as the Better Business Bureau is concerned, it is "no longer in business." ...more

December 13, 2009

Legal counsel advised the board not to interfere with the union's fundraising. ...more

December 9, 2009

County commissioners defer to fire district ...more

December 8, 2009

A telemarketing agency collected nearly a half-million dollars on behalf of area fire unions in 2007. ...more

December 3, 2009

Troy Hagar feels content and successful. He thinks it's time to relax. ...more

November 1, 2009

Members of Pasco County Professional Firefighters Local 4420 have volunteered their time to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association by conducting a boot drive. ...more

May 23, 2009

"A bank robbery in progress at Surefire Bank, 3582 Hilton Lane," crackles the dispatcher's voice on the loud speaker. ...more

November 5, 2008

In an action it has taken only twice before in the past 10 years, the Florida Professional Firefighters association is asking its 25,000 members not to have anything to do with a municipality whose firefighters, it says, are being treated poorly. ...more

June 23, 2008

CLEARWATER -- In an action it has taken only twice before over the past ten years, the Florida Professional Firefighters association is asking its 25,000 members not to have anything to do with a municipality whose firefighters, it says, are being treated poorly. This time, the city is Clearwater. ...more

June 19, 2008