The owner of Macklin Towing & Recovery in Avon Park said he is losing money because of incompetent city and county employees. ...more

March 26, 2009

Legislation designed to crack down on rogue towing companies in the Tampa Bay area is working its way up to Tallahassee. ...more

December 3, 2008

A local bill designed to crack down on predatory towing companies is headed for Tallahassee. ...more

December 2, 2008

PLANT CITY The Hillsborough County legislative delegation will hear public testimony this morning on a bill designed to crack down on predatory towing companies. The legislation would give Hillsborough's Public Transportation Commission enforcement powers over towing companies that target cars on private business property without the owner's written permission. ...more

December 2, 2008

meet some of the faces of bankruptcy ...more

November 30, 2008

Owners of towing companies aren't the most sympathetic figures, hauling away and impounding illegally parked vehicles as they do. But Jeffrey Peters said this accounts for only about 5 percent of his business. Split Second mainly moves heavy equipment for contractors, and that's a business hit hard by the one-two punch of falling home construction and, until recently, rising fuel prices. ...more

November 28, 2008

The Hillsborough County legislative delegation will hear public testimony next month on a bill designed to crack down on predatory towing companies. ...more

November 15, 2008

It's rare when an industry asks the government to step in and have a say on how it conducts business. ...more

October 28, 2007