The proposed Lake Placid ordinance to place cameras to catch infractions at red light intersections in town is ill advised, or as Councilman Bastardi was quoted as saying, "It looks to me like a solution looking for a problem" The cameras would take several pictures of the car's license plate, location vs. the red light, etc. ...more

March 20, 2009

This stimulus package is the biggest farce in the history of the world, and Americans who cannot see through the deception are brain dead. ...more

February 11, 2009

Granite is good to John Burbridge, and he returns the favor. Inside his StoneTop warehouse on East Broadway Avenue in the shadow of a U.S. 301 bridge, Burgridge can't help but admire the finished product, shiny and splashed with colorful mineral grain, beveled, shaped and ready to be shipped. He shrugs off persistent rumors of deadly radon gas being emitted from the granite countertops. ...more

July 25, 2008

SEBRING — Highlands County Sports Complex Manager Rocky Ellingsworth was fired by Highlands County administration Wednesday for using his county position for personal profit, according to a press release from the county. Specifically, he is accused of using his relationship with a company called Strike Three Softball Inc. to recruit a tournament played at the sports complex, but instead of turning over to the county the fees paid by the teams, he apparently pocketed the majority of the funds. Payroll records indicate he was paid for 20 hours time during the two days the tournament was held. ...more

July 2, 2008

Are you tired of developers leaping over the local comprehensive land use plan with the approval of county commissioners and building larger and higher and covering more wetlands and wildlife habitat? ...more

October 21, 2007