Hillsborough County commissioners took the first step Wednesday toward putting a 1-cent sales tax increase for mass transit and road improvements on the ballot in November 2010. ...more

November 5, 2009

Hillsborough County commissioners took the first step today toward putting a 1-cent sales tax increase for mass transit and road improvements on the ballot in November 2010. ...more

November 4, 2009

Mired in the aftermath of the housing meltdown, Pasco County commissioners are scouting a new path away from a dependence on sprawling residential growth for revenue toward a more balanced economy. ...more

October 23, 2009

That abrupt, cool breeze that gently caressed Pasco County recently, wafting west to east and improbably back again, is the relief in some politically charged quarters that official Republican Party business will no longer reside on Bill Bunting's daily to-do list. ...more

December 21, 2008

Tampa Bay is Florida's largest open estuary and as such plays an important role in the fishery that exists along the west coast of Florida, as well as the economic well-being of our area. Twenty-four years ago, when Frank Sargeant took up a pen at The Tampa Tribune, the state of the bay was not good. He immediately grasped the situation and used his columns to improve Tampa Bay. ...more

August 7, 2008

It took about six attempts, several rewrites and months of debate, but county commissioners Tuesday unanimously voted on language voters will see on the November ballot concerning independence for Spring Hill Fire Rescue. ...more

June 18, 2008

Despite calls for more clarity. ...more

June 17, 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

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