Students and parents enrolled at the Florida Virtual School plan to gather Tuesday morning at the Capitol in Tallahassee and protest the budget cuts the Legislature has planned. ...more

April 20, 2009

Community Redevelopment Agency Commissioner Jim McCollum has taken an interest in gardening, community gardening that is. ...more

April 13, 2009

The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority on Thursday amended the 2009 budget for Tampa International Airport to account for an estimated 8.1 percent decline in passengers this fiscal year that will result in a loss of $12.5 million in revenue. ...more

April 10, 2009

The Senate's plan to expand gambling may net the state far less than its sponsor was predicting. ...more

March 31, 2009

A new report says domestic violence centers in Florida saw an almost 40-percent jump in demand last fall, an increase that experts say is related to the worsening economy. ...more

March 30, 2009

"The budget should be balanced, the treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living off of public assistance." Cicero - 55BC. Apparently Cicero was the Ron Paul of that era. ...more

March 20, 2009

The building department has been bleeding money ever since the falloff in construction. ...more

March 14, 2009

The University of South Florida, always on the cutting edge, has a new plan to improve schools. ...more

March 13, 2009

City council voted unanimously Monday to repair the downtown fire station after staff trimmed the project's budget by more than $150,000. ...more

March 11, 2009

If a bad transmission renders a $30,000 car inoperable, the entire car could be remanufactured, or the transmission could be repaired (if it isn't broke, don't fix it!) Ninety-two percent of the home buyers are meeting their mortgage payments. Three percent were initially qualified buyers who have fallen on hard times and need temporary assistance. The remaining 5 percent were not and are not qualified to buy the house. Such houses should be foreclosed so that qualified buyers can purchase the houses. What is so terrible about buying a house within a person's budget or with renting? ...more

March 7, 2009