This is a quote from the Tampa Tribune on Sept. 24. It came from the mouth of Karen Peoples, who has been the Tampa Housing Authority Commissioner since 1998 and she has, by this article, lived in this residence since 1984. The rent payment Ms. Peoples was responsible for was a mere $26 per month and the article states she was $58 in arrears. She stated she had nowhere to go. The article stated that the authority had been trying to work with Ms. Peoples since January. They offered to relocate her from her four-bedroom house to a one bedroom apartment at three different housing properties. She refused each offer, because it would have taken her out of her East Tampa neighborhood she calls home. ...more

September 27, 2008

Tampa had the right to force Capt. Marion Lewis to resign from the Tampa Police Department when he ran for mayor in 2007. ...more

September 26, 2008

A Pinellas County judge Wednesday ruled that five men wielding anti-gay signs at St. Petersburg's gay pride parade in 2007 violated the city's sign ordinance. ...more

August 28, 2008

State officials are expected to call for a recount in the circuit judge election between sitting judge Kevin Carey and challenger Catherine Catlin. ...more

August 28, 2008

A Pinellas County judge today ruled that five men wielding anti-gay signs at St. Petersburg's gay pride parade in 2007 violated the city's sign ordinance. ...more

August 27, 2008

State officials will call for a recount in the circuit judge election between sitting judge Kevin Carey and challenger Catherine Catlin. ...more

August 27, 2008

In an exceptionally close race, family law attorney Catherine M. Catlin was narrowly defeating sitting Circuit Judge Kevin Carey late Tuesday night. ...more

August 27, 2008

BRADENTON — A former youth minister was sentenced this afternoon to 120 days in the Manatee County jail and two years of probation for secretly videotaping girls as they undressed in his homes in Bradenton and Ellenton over a two-year period. ...more

August 21, 2008

He was the last in line for a first appearance. The mood in the courtroom dropped from serious to somber. ...more

August 5, 2008

He was the last in line for a first appearance. ...more

August 5, 2008