Hey government, I've maxed out my credit cards, I'm about to lose my house, my car - everything - due to some very bad decisions on my part (mainly trying to get rich quick at Seminole Hard Rock). Please give me $1 million before I lose it all. ...more

October 11, 2008

So, in the first two months of using cameras to surveil certain troublesome intersections, Port Richey has tagged 570 scofflaw drivers for running red lights. ...more

July 6, 2008

MELBOURNE (AP) – Just as Florida's fruit shippers are entering their busy period, they've been saddled with some additional scrutiny — full-time government inspectors in the packinghouses, checking citrus for signs of canker blemishes. It's not that the U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors are unwanted, but ... "I know they're just doing their job," said Jim Harvey, an owner of Harvey's Groves in Rockledge — one of Brevard County's major fruit shippers. "But it certainly is inconvenient." ...more

December 2, 2007

SEBRING — The county's closing of public access to Lake Denton in August wasn't the first time government officials declared this crystal clear lake a dangerous place. The threat of attacks kept Lake Denton off the state's first official map of what would become Highlands County. ...more

October 6, 2007