ST. PETERSBURG -- The city administration is proposing that the City Council begin the process for scheduling a November referendum on the Tampa Bay Rays' proposed downtown ballpark. In a four-page memo released today, city staff members suggest that the council on Thursday initiate the referendum process so it can retain the option of allowing voters to decide on the Rays' proposed 34,000-seat stadium at the site of Progress Energy Park, home of Al Lang Field. ...more

May 30, 2008

The crowded Nov. 4 ballot will include a measure that has more to do with fish and wildlife than Democrats and Republicans. ...more

May 22, 2008

The Tampa Bay Rays made their financial pitch for $100 million from Pinellas County on Tuesday, but it was clear that county commissioners had the home field advantage. ...more

May 21, 2008

Homeowners along 13 West Shore area canals will vote soon on whether to tax themselves $8,000 each to help pay for dredging the waterways in their backyards. ...more

May 20, 2008

I see where the attorney for the Spring Hill Fire Rescue has a new plan: Let's get rid of the voters and go directly to the Legislature. ...more

May 9, 2008

Circumventing the process toward an independent fire district would likely be a devastating backfire, one county commissioner said Wednesday. ...more

May 8, 2008

LEGISLATURE WOULD NOT APPROVE BILL WITHOUT VOTE OF THE PEOPLE, HE SAID ...more

May 7, 2008

An attorney for the Spring Hill Fire Rescue District proposed Tuesday that the county bypass the previously agreed-upon referendum method seeking department independence by appealing directly to the state Legislature. ...more

May 7, 2008

Seeks county permission to lobby state for independence. ...more

May 6, 2008

A poll to gauge residents' support of a program that buys land for conservation will go forward with the blessing of the Hillsborough County Commission. ...more

April 17, 2008