Anti-stimulus protesters plan to make their voices heard on tax day. ...more

April 14, 2009

Friends of Andrew Martin, a professional wrestler known in the ring as "Test," are in shock today, trying to come to terms with how a bigger-than-life man who loved to ride his Harley to the beach and body slam opponents ended up dead in his Harbour Island home. A cause of death won't be known for weeks, said Dick Bailey, spokesman for the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner's Office, which performed Martin's autopsy over the weekend. The report is awaiting the results of toxicology tests that take that long to complete. Tampa police do not suspect foul play. ...more

March 16, 2009

Florida is hoping to blunt the effect of a softening economy with the state's first national tourism ad campaign aimed at persuading travelers to visit. ...more

February 12, 2008

She'll Take The Savings Your letters page has carried many complaints about the average savings of $240 on property taxes being insignificant and not worth the effort to vote on the proposed amendment. ...more

January 28, 2008

Workers Would Be Hurt Regarding "An Income Tax Could Rescue Florida" (Commentary, Jan. 13): ...more

January 21, 2008

Letter writer misses the point Re: "County experiencing a turnip crop failure." ...more

December 10, 2007

County experiencing a turnip crop failure I am beginning to hear the distant drums beating for a state income tax. These drums need to be silenced before they become a misguided movement that will promised great tax relief only to find that the promised relief disappeared somewhere in Tallahassee. ...more

November 19, 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

Now that the Florida Legislature's much-touted property tax relief proposal is in limbo, it is time to take stock and consider alternatives. A proposal created by the state's county property appraisers, which advocates a universal tax break for all property owners , sounds practical and something that could be considered in part if a new plan is ever created. But for this and some other proposals to survive, the Legislature and the voters have to ask themselves a tough question: Is saving Save Our Homes Amendment worth the price it has extracted? ...more

October 9, 2007