Transportation, moving people and freight, is an essential ingredient for a strong economy. The time has come to recognize that we must complement our existing road systems with rail alternatives. This is vital as we seek to renew our urban industrial centers and build a stronger future for Florida. ...more

December 7, 2009

It was not exactly a fireside chat or what you might have expected from a sitting mayor whose eyes already wander occasionally outside city hall. ...more

March 25, 2009

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Insulated from the harshest effects of the housing bust - and buoyed by an abundance of energy and agriculture - five contiguous rural states have the lowest unemployment rates in the land. ...more

January 11, 2009

taking 52 percent of the popular vote to John McCain's 46 percent. ...more

November 9, 2008

Developers are proposing several large residential and commercial projects in rural areas that critics say will cripple Hillsborough County's efforts to contain sprawl and cost taxpayers big bucks for county services far from urban centers. ...more

January 16, 2008

The year 2007 will certainly be remembered for the housing market downturn, especially here in Florida. ...more

December 14, 2007

Even now, at 81 and with her memory beginning to fade, Gloria Donadello recalls her painful brush with bigotry at an assisted-living center in Sante Fe, N.M. Sitting with those she considered friends, 'people were laughing and making certain kinds of comments, and I told them, 'Please don't do that, because I'm gay.'' ...more

October 13, 2007

Hillsborough County planning commissioners resisted pleas from developers and voted Monday night against extending public water and sewer service outside the county's urban service area into rural areas. ...more

September 25, 2007