Politics As Usual What a shame that the very fine sports community in Tampa/Hillsborough County cannot have a coexistence between city and county appointees. It would not surprise me if an investigation revealed a violation of the Florida Sunshine Law by certain members of the Tampa Sports Authority when deciding the future of Henry Saavedra, who was forced to resign as executive director. ...more

March 21, 2009

The Avon Park City Council voted after a public hearing Monday night to meet once a month. ...more

March 11, 2009

In this day of constantly changing technology, government officials must be even more vigilant about properly communicating county business - even when it comes to their home computers. ...more

February 18, 2009

The county is entering a critical phase of its two-pronged approach to ensure the Hernando Beach channel project finally comes to fruition. ...more

January 21, 2009

House Speaker Ray Sansom continued on Tuesday to insist that he did nothing wrong by accepting an unadvertised, $110,000 post at Northwest Florida State College after channeling an extra $25 million to the Niceville college. ...more

January 21, 2009

An allegation of misconduct by a Highlands County commissioner is included in a lawsuit filed by Preston Colby this week charging that county officials did not fully comply with his public records requests. ...more

January 8, 2009

At its meeting tonight, the City Council will discuss and possibly select a temporary replacement for Councilman Dan Andrews, who was suspended indefinitely last week by Gov. Charlie Crist, after being arrested on three felony charges. ...more

December 2, 2008

Three days after losing her bid for a third term on the county commission, Diane Rowden says she is regrouping and figuring out what's next. ...more

November 9, 2008

Was there a meeting or wasn't there? As it turned out, there was - and it was recorded. ...more

November 1, 2008

The mailing by county commission candidate John Druzbick is below the belt in reference to Commissioner Diane Rowden's 1993 brush with the Sunshine Law when she was new to the political process. ...more

October 23, 2008