Jobs trump airplane After reading the story, "Unequipped pest plane idle 6 years" (front page, Dec. 20), I started shaking my head in disbelief over our local government at work. All I can say is that I hope come mosquito season the overpriced 1979 King Air finally gets in the air and does the job it was meant to do in 2003, or I say let's go back to the trucks. It just might save a few county workers their jobs in 2010! ...more

December 24, 2009

About Plant City High ...more

March 20, 2009

Bill Lazarus hopes to take the emotions out of the school boundary process. ...more

November 19, 2008

Bill Lazarus hopes to take the emotions out of the school boundary process. ...more

November 19, 2008

Think for a minute about the challenges facing Hillsborough public schools: nearly a dozen high schools labeled as "dropout factories" because as many as 40 percent of students are left behind, a transportation quagmire that's hurt children and families, and spending practices that leave taxpayers wondering where the money goes. ...more

October 14, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - Most school boundary discussions involve parents pleading for the district to keep their children at their current schools. ...more

October 1, 2008