The economic recession gripping the country touches many businesses, but liquor retailers will tell you that business isn't bad. Perhaps consumers are sacrificing expensive clothes and jewelry just to save enough money for a bottle of wine. ...more

March 27, 2009

The current economic disaster leaves me bitter. My parents grew up during the Depression, and I was inculcated with one basic financial tenet: Live within your means. Except for houses and cars, if you couldn't pay for it with cash, then you couldn't afford it. I was taught to save for emergencies, to not pay for services that I could do myself, and to value every penny. I cringe to think that I would ever need a government to bail me out because of choices that I made along the way. ...more

October 27, 2008

TAMPA - Police have put registered sexual offenders on notice: They are not to entice children on Halloween with decorations at their homes. ...more

October 30, 2007