ST. PETERSBURG - Moving to appease residents who want Al Lang Field preserved as parkland, the city council decided today to seek community input on the fate of the 10-acre waterfront site if it does not become the new home of the Tampa Bay Rays. ...more

February 7, 2008

Should Highlands County have an elected or appointed superintendent? We don't really know. There's compelling arguments for and against both systems. For the last many years, we did fine with an elected superintendent. Then one day, somebody raised the idea of appointing the school superintendent instead, and suddenly the whole subject's become a talked-about issue. But if the system is not broken, should one fix it? ...more

February 4, 2008

Despite election reforms Florida officials approved last year, most voters in the state will rely this month on the same touch-screen machines that have come under fire nationwide. ...more

January 24, 2008

County Commissioner Al Higginbotham spent about an hour Friday with members of the South Shore Roundtable answering questions about regional planning, county spending and the upcoming vote on property taxes. ...more

January 23, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. Last Friday, the West Pasco Board of Realtors held a pep rally to boost support for proposed changes in the state's property tax system that Floridians will vote on Jan. 29. ...more

January 18, 2008

The city council took its first tentative step Thursday toward building a new baseball stadium on the downtown waterfront, giving the go-ahead for the city to solicit proposals to redevelop Tropicana Field. ...more

January 18, 2008

The police are just as out of control and inefficient as the rest of our government. It took me three separate visits to recover some stolen property from the sheriff's office. My attempts were made during normal posted working hours and as instructed by our finest. ...more

January 4, 2008

Apart from ditching the "Devil" in 2007, the Tampa Bay Rays proposed building an open-air ballpark on the downtown St. Petersburg waterfront. ...more

December 25, 2007

With a property tax-cut plan due to appear on the ballot in a little more than a month, state Sen. Ronda Storms stopped by Riverview to discuss the proposal. ...more

December 12, 2007

With a property tax-cut plan due to appear on the ballot in a little more than a month, state Sen. Ronda Storms stopped by Riverview to discuss the proposal. ...more

December 12, 2007