1 percent to 4.2 percent Range of merit raises for police officers, firefighters and general employees ...more

October 1, 2009

Our government is out of control! There is no reason that a Hernando County commissioner's salary is a state mandated annual salary of more than $60,000 per year for a part-time job when the median household income of the county is $43,000 per year. ...more

September 30, 2009

Taxpayers have until Tuesday, Sept. 8, to file a petition with the Value Adjustment Board and appeal their tax assessment. ...more

September 2, 2009

Re: "City workers, union split on raises" (Metro, Aug. 5): ...more

August 7, 2009

Hillsborough County residents who think they will have trouble paying their 2009 property taxes can make partial payments starting in November. ...more

August 4, 2009

The upcoming school year in Hillsborough County has 14 half days scheduled. If the school board wanted to save money, why don't they have seven additional student days off for teacher planning or shorten the school year by seven days? ...more

July 31, 2009

I thought that the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) was not going to happen and that taxpayers would not be forced to fund abortions. ...more

July 30, 2009

I am 83 years old and I have seen things come and go. I have never written to my congressman or any newspaper because everything would seem to come back and it wouldn't hurt the people. Now people, get your calculator. The stimulus package has cost the taxpayers in the trillions of dollars. ...more

July 8, 2009

As a longtime resident of Sebring and reader of Highlands Today, I would like to make the following observation: I go to the library to do business research where the information must be entered into a laptop computer. ...more

July 1, 2009

The state has created an economically unsustainable property insurance program — Citizens. ...more

June 25, 2009