With unemployment, food scares and demands on food banks all up, the time is now for an organic revolution. President Obama and Congress are currently considering a massive financial stimulus package to rescue our economy. Absent from the discussion has been any reference to supporting a sustainable and organic food system. ...more

February 4, 2009

The Office of Business Development has drafted an amended economic development incentive ordinance that targets several new kinds of industry for Hernando County and sweetens a company's bottom line if it brings in higher-paying wages. ...more

October 14, 2008

Rewards companies that create higher-paying jobs. ...more

October 14, 2008

With the price at the pump rising past four dollars a gallon and no end in sight, everyone's favorite "Gee I wish" is for cheaper gas prices. This is surely to be desired. Regretfully, relief is more of an illusion than an achievable reality, especially in the short run. Since it is about to be dragged into the presidential campaign, it might be useful to examine a few unpleasant aspects of the reality. To the man on the street, the dream of energy independence has been equated to gasoline cheap enough for him to continue to operate his gas hog, 12-miles-to-the-gallon SUV into the future. ...more

June 12, 2008

In regards to Dallas Dunlap's letter in this past Sunday's edition, I beg to differ in one respect to his letter: Environmentalists have played a major role in a current energy crisis situation. ...more

June 4, 2008

SEBRING — A Tampa-based bio-fuels refinery company told Highlands County commissioners their proposed $40 million plant in the southern end of the county would be virtually pollution- and problem-free, while providing an economic boon to local farmers. ...more

February 6, 2008

Colette Brooks' sprawling ocean-view property is dotted with tricked-out cars - from a low-rider Lincoln Continental to a Cadillac with plush leather seats. ...more

September 10, 2007