These are indeed difficult times. Floridians are losing their jobs, consumer consumption is at very low levels, global trade volumes are declining and Florida is facing a significant budget deficit. Yet this is also a time of opportunity for us as a state to create jobs now and position our economy for the future. ...more

March 15, 2009

Judging from the solid waste generated by some first-rate public relations flackery, you would think the good citizens of Central Florida arise every morning and gaze longingly out their windows in the unrequited hope that someday soon a CSX choo-choo will come blowing by to turn their pastureland into a teaming hub of locomotion. ...more

May 3, 2008

Uncertainty over a state investment fund left government officials with little definitive information Friday, even after face-to-face meetings here with the state's chief financial officer. ...more

December 8, 2007

Crisis is not new to the agency that oversees Florida's multibillion-dollar investments of pensions and other large taxpayer funds. ...more

December 8, 2007

Pasco County leaders on Thursday unanimously agreed to withdraw the maximum 15 percent, or $65 million, from a state investment pool as they wait for assurances that the fund can remain solvent. ...more

December 7, 2007

The headlines have been downright scary: "Investor Fund Panic." "State Pool Frozen." "Fear Rocks State Fund." ...more

December 6, 2007

A day after state leaders tried to repair a state investment fund decimated by uncertainty and massive withdrawals, its shareholders were still sorting out the results. ...more

December 6, 2007

When top Florida leaders meet this morning to try to fix a troubled state investment pool, Hillsborough County officials will be watching closely. ...more

December 4, 2007