Vincent Pawlowski, a personal injury lawyer and former Ybor City nightclub owner, filed paperwork this week with the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections to run for City Council District 5, which comprises East Tampa, Ybor City and parts of West Tampa. Councilman Tom Scott, who currently owns the seat, is running for mayor. ...more

December 11, 2009

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

He was forced to shut down his hair salon business after filing for bankruptcy protection. Creditors are still chasing after him for unpaid bills. Now the bank that holds the mortgage to the New Tampa house where he lives is foreclosing on the property. ...more

October 30, 2009

Let's move on I am over this useless loss of life that we are seeing daily in two very unnecessary wars. ...more

October 29, 2009

Monday morning, the board of Tampa Bay Water voted to spend $1 million for a consultant to help the regional wholesale utility select the firm that will get the job of fixing the many cracks that have developed in its 15-billion-gallon C.W. Bill Young Reservoir. Fixing this crack problem at the reservoir, which is less than five years old, is going to cost almost as much as the $146 million it cost to build it. When you're throwing around that kind of dough, what's another million tacked onto the bottom line? ...more

October 21, 2009

A New Tampa real estate broker plans to challenge incumbent Tampa City Councilman Joseph Caetano in the 2011 elections. ...more

October 3, 2009

I applaud Tampa City Councilwoman Linda Saul-Sena in her attempt to make code enforcement charge daily fees for the gross negligence of the owners of our once-beloved Kress building in downtown Tampa. ...more

August 20, 2009

The religious order that founded the Academy of the Holy Names removed the historic South Tampa school's board of trustees this afternoon and formed a new interim board. ...more

July 1, 2009

Interest seemed to dry up years ago in a regional, reclaimed water network while rainfall was plentiful. ...more

May 2, 2009

Interest seemed to dry up years ago in a regional, reclaimed water network while rainfall was plentiful. ...more

April 25, 2009