The Pundit of Parker Street has noticed the employment policies of the Pasco County school district, and he is not amused. Thursday, he seized on the storied dismissal of Jim Piculas, a substitute teacher with a talent for minor prestidigitation, and pinned it to the cover of the Metro section as a prime example of how civilization is replaced by foamy-mouthed superstition at the northern edge of County Line Road. ...more

May 18, 2008

After hearing nearly two hours of arguments, the Tampa Sports Authority delayed a decision Monday on whether Hillsborough County paramedics will be allowed to work Tampa Bay Buccaneers games along with city emergency personnel. ...more

February 26, 2008

Suggestion Has Merit Regarding "Jim Norman's Disappointing Focus" (Our Opinion, Feb. 20): ...more

February 26, 2008

City and transportation officials are hoping proposed new rules will allow them to funnel more money to mass transit downtown and in the West Shore business district. ...more

February 20, 2008

The community's entryway makeover continues on pace with community development district supervisors' vote last week to solicit bids for the estimated $1.11 million project. ...more

February 20, 2008

City workers on Wednesday found the body of a dog killed two days earlier by an alligator at Al Lopez Park. ...more

February 14, 2008

TAMPA - City workers on Wednesday found the body of a dog killed two days earlier by an alligator at Al Lopez Park. ...more

February 13, 2008

City Councilwoman Linda Saul-Sena has apologized to Ikea. She said she was sorry for her "strong language" and hoped to make amends by taking the Ikea president out for a Cuban sandwich and a cup of cafe con leche. ...more

January 26, 2008

TAMPA City attorneys seeking a new trial were struck down, again, in a case of a man who was awarded $18 million after a crash involving a water department truck. ...more

January 23, 2008

Speaking during a break Tuesday at the Senior Bowl, Bruce Allen sounded more like a Tampa city councilman than the Bucs' general manager. ...more

January 22, 2008