In the article "Wetlands Division A Redundancy," Tampa Tribune, March 21, Keith Bricklemyer lays out a case against the Environmental Protection Commission's wetlands protection program, stating there is no documentation of facts showing the program's success. The "absence" of these facts causes Bricklemyer to infer that the longevity of EPC's program is fueled by long-term emotional rhetoric. Our guess is, since the "facts" contained in Bricklemyer's article are, at best, misleading and mostly incorrect, that he himself has been overcome by emotion. ...more

March 31, 2009

With regards to Keith Bricklemyer's (a land use attorney) comments in "Wetlands Division A Redundancy" (Views, March 21): It was Shakespeare who once wrote those immortal words, "The lady doth protest too much, methinks." Has anyone ever noticed the overwhelming majority of those who write in protest about the Environmental Protection Commission are developers, land use attorneys, and those individuals with large parcels of land that just happen to be predominately composed of wetlands, not uplands? ...more

March 26, 2009

When the newly christened business and economic development standing committee sits down to meet Tuesday, member Jim Adkins won't be there. ...more

March 13, 2009

Pave Bailey Hill Road As a resident of the Bailey Hill Road area, I am becoming increasingly concerned that Bailey Hill Road will never get paved. An MSBU was informally asked for, but we were told by the county "why pave it under the MSBU when it will be paved with impact fee money." Time has passed and we still see no progress in it being paved. ...more

May 31, 2008

Recently, Don Baker was surveying the landscaping maintenance in his community when he came upon something else he felt needed maintenance: the railroad tracks that run parallel to Countryway and Westchase. ...more

January 30, 2008

Chief Tim Mossgrove said he is pleased with what the county's fire study released Wednesday emphasizes about the Brooksville Fire Department. ...more

January 4, 2008

One county. One fire district. No borders. That's the recommendation of a long-awaited comprehensive master plan study of the county's fire and emergency operations released Wednesday. ...more

January 2, 2008