What Tom Dempsey considers little more than a chance conversation may someday come to be regarded as Pasco County's New Year's Miracle, a serendipitous moment that, in a single swoop of divine intervention, happily cured about a half-dozen difficulties on the county's crowded agenda. ...more

January 8, 2010

Is it just me, or does the fog surrounding Pasco County's proposed sports complex grow thicker the deeper we go? One commissioner who must be persuaded despises the company selected to vet the process and put it into action. At least two other commissioners reject the site for the center selected by the aforementioned company. ...more

December 18, 2009

The more I hear about the county's proposed sports multiplex, the more I like the original Pasco National Tennis Center concept. I know, I know. The tennis center idea is dead as a coffin nail and buried in a grave of bureaucratic overkill. That it continues to exist at all - in the tormented memories of the diehard few - is tribute to the original synergistic genius of the plan. ...more

December 16, 2009

Almost two decades into collecting a tax to foster a nearly nonexistent tourist industry, Pasco County keeps plugging away. Its latest attempt to use the portion of the revenue for that tax earmarked for the construction of tourism-related facilities could be in danger of foundering like previous attempts. ...more

December 9, 2009

The more I hear about the county's proposed sports multiplex, the more I like the original Pasco National Tennis Center concept. ...more

December 6, 2009

The developers of New River Township announced Wednesday that they're willing to put up land and money to help set up Pasco County's planned multimillion-dollar sports complex. ...more

November 19, 2009

The Hillsborough County Tourist Development Council tabled two issues Thursday until its February meeting. ...more

November 17, 2009

About 30 people attended a public meeting Tuesday night regarding an $11 million, county-financed sports complex that will be built somewhere in Pasco County. ...more

November 12, 2009

Everybody loves a hometown guy, especially when it comes to hometown politics. That's why you can't help but want to chuck Jack Mariano amiably on the chin - ya big lug, ya - whenever he goes all parochial on behalf of hyper-local issues. ...more

November 8, 2009

I am strongly opposed to any creation of new taxing districts, a.k.a. taxing methods such as MTSU, to specialize the collection of taxes for EMS, countywide fire rescue, public schools or any such purpose. ...more

April 23, 2009