An award created to honor Hillsborough County citizens who take courageous stands against government was renamed today to honor controversial conservative activist Ralph Hughes. ...more

September 17, 2008

A months-long scrap between Pasco County officials and the owner of a mobile home park for low-income residents ended Monday night. ...more

September 17, 2008

Residents who have paid their utility bills on time for the past two years could be getting a deposit refund under a proposal being considered by the city commission. ...more

August 23, 2008

Gene Thomason's attorney says the developer will be completely exonerated if his fraud case goes to court. ...more

August 20, 2008

Gene Thomason's attorney says the developer will be completely exonerated if his fraud case goes to court. ...more

August 15, 2008

Municipal budget meetings are often dry and detail oriented, but at Tuesday's special budget meeting, the sparks flew. ...more

August 14, 2008

One man has spent years deciding the values of other people's property. The other still feels the sting of being denied an agricultural exemption. ...more

August 8, 2008

Arnold Vallombroso told his 82-year-old neighbor in Shalimar Trailer Court he could make her some serious cash, according to authorities. All he needed was her to help a bit. ...more

August 6, 2008

Arnold Vallombroso told his 82-year-old neighbor in Shalimar Trailer Court he could make her some serious cash, according to authorities. All he needed was her to help a bit. Late last year, he told the woman he had a $900 million inheritance coming from Nigeria, a Pasco County Sheriff's Office report states. Because Vallombroso was out of work, he reportedly told her, he needed cash to pay customs so he could get the money. She bit but in the end wound up being out thousands of dollars. On Monday, Pasco deputies caught up with Vallombroso after receiving a tip that he was at his mother's home at 9033 Shawn Ave. He was arrested on a charge of scheme to defraud. He was being held Tuesday in the Land O' Lakes Jail with bail set at $5,000. ...more

August 5, 2008

I am frankly mystified at the endless palaver concerning the surge, which, according to my recollections, was an infusion of some 25,000 additional troops into Iraq last year. Such a decision was not a change in tactics or certainly not a new strategy, yet it is currently a subject of political debate as if such a decision was a stroke of military genius as to warrant a complete rewrite of the curriculum at West Point. ...more

July 28, 2008