So you finally splurged on that sweet plasma high-definition television, snagging it for a bargain $2,000 from an online electronics retailer in the Midwest. ...more

November 16, 2007

Championship Park may be dead, but the scramble over how to spend $40 million set aside for the failed project took a familiar path Wednesday. ...more

November 8, 2007

Even a sluggish economy and a state focus on scaling back spending did not dissuade Sarasota County voters on Tuesday from overwhelmingly approving the renewal of a 1 percent sales tax. ...more

November 6, 2007

Remnants of the failed Championship Park project could be resurrected under a commissioner's proposal to steer up to $40 million to parks countywide. ...more

October 21, 2007

Their goal was to make sure Penny for Pasco money is being spent properly. ...more

October 17, 2007

I want to congratulate The Tampa Tribune for the Oct. 12 editorial 'Helping Those With No Complaints Wrong Way To Spell Tax Relief.' The tax system has created enormous disparities between citizens who are equals, and the new solution is not only to keep this disparity in place, but to allow people that already have an unfair advantage to keep this advantage forever. ...more

October 15, 2007

The plan was simple: pass a half-cent sales tax, and for 30 years Hillsborough County residents would reap the benefit. ...more

October 12, 2007

An editorial on the continuing popularity of libraries and improvements to Oldsmar and Palm Harbor libraries. ...more

October 9, 2007

What is Championship Park? A 425-acre sports complex that would feature 30 multipurpose fields for soccer, lacrosse and other sports, 12 baseball diamonds and 10 softball fields. It would be located on some of the 12,500 acres Hillsborough County owns in the Cone Ranch area, north of Plant City. ...more

September 30, 2007

TAMPA - An auto repair business owner was arrested and charged with stealing more than $47,000 in unreported sales tax collected from customers, the Florida Department of Revenue announced. William Mitchell, 40, owner of Z-Fever Inc., 4607-A Lois Ave., was arrested by deputies on Monday, the DOR says in a written statement. ...more

September 18, 2007