Less than a month after flocking to downtown Tampa to show their support for an issue that hits close to home, a group from south Hillsborough County got their wish - at least some protection from the noisy, dusty excavation of borrow pits and the truck traffic that comes with it. ...more

November 26, 2008

As a resident of the Kansas City area through the 1970s and early '80s and a fan of the Royals during their rivalry years with the colorful but bizarre Yankees, suffice it to say the George Steinbrenner was far from the top of my list of admired or respected people. ...more

February 10, 2008

Developers who want county water and sewer lines extended to new projects in rural areas got no cooperation Monday night from the Hillsborough Planning Commission. ...more

January 29, 2008

A proposal to build 18 town homes instead of professional offices on Livingston Avenue was sent back for review after residents said the project could turn into student housing. ...more

September 30, 2007

Necessary Duplication 'Duplication of services,' 'efficiency' and other such buzz words are being used more and more by the development community in attempts to garner even greater benefits than they currently enjoy. For example, the article by Steve Allison ('Take Hard Look At County Planning,' Other Views, Sept. 22) uses the above words as reasons to change the current modus operandi of the Planning Commission. What Allison failed to state is that he is a land planner who makes his living by pushing projects through the system that is currently in place. ...more

September 29, 2007

LUTZ A proposal to build 18 town homes instead of professional offices on Livingston Avenue was sent back for review after residents said the project could turn into student housing. ...more

September 25, 2007