The Brooksville City Council will meet at 7 p.m. tonight at City Hall to consider an ordinance to take over the management of city impact fees — putting them at a higher rate than the county. ...more

December 21, 2009

Ask Hillsborough County Administrator Pat Bean her goals and she will explain she wants to duplicate the success of the fleet management department, which has taken innovative steps to cut fuel use and where Bean is justifiably proud of hiring the enterprising director, Sharon Subadan. ...more

December 13, 2009

Who's the boss? I hope our local government officials read these letter as there are some serious issues at our county at all levels. ...more

December 11, 2009

Three-month-old Ava Snyder likes to kick her legs, sit in her Bumbo baby chair and giggle when she sees her parents. ...more

December 2, 2009

The bomb threat called in Thursday afternoon at the Royal Care of Avon Park Rehabilitation & Nursing Center turned out to be just that - a threat. ...more

November 21, 2009

Parents can soon weigh in on district officials' process of selecting which teenagers will be transferred from Central and Springstead high schools to attend the new school being constructed along U.S. 19 in the northwest part of the county. ...more

November 6, 2009

Germany 1930-'39. Brown-shirt storm troopers stifle dissent from the religious and the media. Read or see "The Coming of the Third Reich" by R. Evans. Fast forward to America 2009 under its new administration; all staff members told to go on attack mode against Fox News. All other news outlets have access to the administration, unless, of course, they report anything discriminatory, except Fox News. ...more

October 28, 2009

After Hillsborough County's rail plans stalled 10 years ago, Charlotte, N.C., got the federal money that had been designated for Tampa's project. ...more

October 25, 2009

Hillsborough County health and school officials are gearing up for swine flu vaccinations next week in several middle and high schools, though plans could change depending on availability of supplies. ...more

October 24, 2009

Florida's public employee pension and hurricane catastrophe funds are benefiting from an upswing in the financial markets. ...more

September 2, 2009