Citing a weak economy, Hillsborough County's transit chief executive David Armijo says he is willing to forfeit his annual performance bonus in the coming year. ...more

November 5, 2009

Bailouts Misdirected If the U.S. government had truly considered a meaningful stimulus package with benefits for the American consumer, they could have taken the $750 billion dollars and divided it among every taxpaying citizen of the United States, requiring it to be used to reduce debt or purchase American-made products. ...more

December 12, 2008

County commissioners at their Tuesday meeting approved higher fares for THE Bus, Hernando County's mass transit system. ...more

September 17, 2008

County Administrator David Hamilton is due to get his six-month evaluation from county commissioners this month. ...more

September 6, 2008

Government employees who make $65,000 or more annually will be asked to forego any salary raises this year. ...more

August 29, 2008

Government employees who make $65,000 or more annually will be asked to forego any salary raises this year. ...more

August 29, 2008

Some city and county officials want to look at freezing wages for some or all of their employees as a way to help balance budgets. ...more

February 18, 2008

After 28 years with the city, Sgt. James Contento called it quits. When he left, the city gave him a check for nearly $70,000 for his unused sick and vacation time. ...more

February 12, 2008

The will of the people is being violated by many organizations, churches, unions,. Unions were organized to represent "we the people," but if you look how the wage scale has remained low for the last 50 years, and how many of our largest unions represent and promote foreign nationals, creating huge numbers of people for each and every job, forcing wage scales down. The AF of C, Teamsters, United Auto Workers, United Aircraft Workers are just a few. Many of these unions have corporations sitting on both sides of the negotiating table on all contracts. This was made illegal many years ago, in the 75th Congress, where the Pinkerton Detective Agency had infiltrated the leadership of many unions for corporations, so as to control unions. ...more

December 1, 2007