On Tuesday, the Highlands County commissioners will hear a company's request for permission to build and operate a construction and demolition (C&D) landfill. ...more

January 19, 2009

Regarding the letter on Dec. 29: That was certainly a short season of peace on earth, goodwill to men! ...more

January 1, 2009

Homeless In Library Recently I decided to go to the downtown branch of the Hillsborough County Public Library. To my surprise I found it has become a homeless shelter. Nearly everyone in the library had the typical homeless backpacks. The majority of these people were occupying the library's computers. Walking around I found that these individuals were not on job search sites but were watching movies, playing games and viewing other meaningless sites. Is this Tampa's way of dealing with the homeless problem, to keep them entertained at taxpayer expense? ...more

December 29, 2008

"American Lightning: Terror, Mystery, the Birth of Hollywood, and the Crime of the Century," by Howard Blum (Crown, $24.95) ...more

September 21, 2008

The Florida Supreme Court has removed three proposed state constitutional amendments dealing with school taxes and vouchers from the Nov. 4 ballot. ...more

September 3, 2008

Appellate Judge Charles Canady, who as a congressman helped prosecute then-President Clinton at his 1999 impeachment trial, was appointed Thursday to the Florida Supreme Court by Gov. Charlie Crist. ...more

August 29, 2008

Two proposed state constitutional amendments that could expand school vouchers will stay on the Nov. 4 ballot, a judge ruled Monday. ...more

August 5, 2008

Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae get the promise of government subsidy and protection to avoid the terrible pain of bankruptcy. Bear Stearns gets a government guaranteed bailout. ...more

July 20, 2008

In her response to my Jan. 5 letter, Tarpon Springs Mayor Beverly Billiris once again demonstrated the arrogance of a typical politician, says Michael Mattia. ...more

February 9, 2008

Shocked But Not Awed Recently, Tampa Tribune articles would make us readers wonder why so many of our elected officials compete for the Pasco County "DUH" award since, in doing so, they bring ridicule upon themselves and their office in full view of us tax-paying serfs. ...more

January 30, 2008