BROOKSVILLE - At 2 p.m. Friday, embattled County Emergency Management Director Tom Leto was ushered into the county administrator's office to hear whether he still had a job. ...more

May 9, 2008

Late last week, Ellen Posivach, Tarpon Springs City Manager for the last nine years, decided it was time to gracefully bow out after all. ...more

May 3, 2008

Under fire worldwide for dumping a quadriplegic man out of a wheelchair, a veteran Hillsborough County detention deputy has quit. ...more

February 19, 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

Last year, Tampa paid out a total of $16.5 million to its employees to compensate them for unused sick and vacation time, and it expects to pay out about the same amount this year. ...more

February 12, 2008

SEBRING — Through a new legal firm, former Sun 'n Lake of Sebring interim general manager and planning director Michael "Mick" Grosh sought an employment settlement with the improvement district, claiming he was illegally terminated. A letter dated Jan. 21 to District Manager Al Grieshaber Jr., from the Disparti Law Group, P.A., in Holiday, Fla., indicated its willingness to settle and compromise with the district. The letter cites discrimination and violations of the Florida Civil Rights Act; deprivation of benefits pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security; and violation of the Florida Whistle Blower Act. It cites discrimination due to Grosh's weight as well as an attempt to smear Grosh by reporting his district cell phone as stolen. ...more

February 5, 2008

A 30-year-old man whose body was found 10 days ago in a burned-out pickup in this rural west Pasco County community was the victim of a homicide, according to the sheriff's office. ...more

January 28, 2008

Regarding "2 Inspectors Under Inquiry Quit" (front page, Dec. 18): The two fire inspectors under inquiry are being rewarded for their misdeeds. By resigning, and the city accepting their resignation, they will receive their pensions and accrued sick and vacation time. Their actions are nothing less than criminal and could have resulted in the loss of lives, the life of someone's son or daughter, husband, mother etc. ...more

December 19, 2007

Two fire inspectors accused of taking gifts from a company whose work they monitor and falsifying time cards resigned Monday, a move that could help them keep their city pensions. ...more

December 18, 2007

TAMPA - Tampa fire inspectors Toy Pelaez and Manuel Perrone resigned from their positions effective at noon today. They are the subjects of criminal and administrative investigations into whether they inappropriately accepted favors from Advanced Engineered Systems, a company that does business with the city. ...more

December 17, 2007