and the public - is rightly quick to point out to point out bureaucratic bungling, we're not so quick to highlight government successes. ...more

January 5, 2009

Efforts to place on the 2008 ballot a property tax to help the county conserve environmentally sensitive lands appeared to be dead late Wednesday afternoon after its backers conceded to a county advisory commission that the worsening economy would dampen its support. ...more

August 1, 2008

Residents of the North River neighborhood like their lawns. There are 483 households in the affluent riverfront quarter and, according to city figures, residents there use more than 109,000 gallons of water a day to keep the grass green. ...more

January 8, 2008

Florida is more than sandy beaches, golf courses, Disney World and other attractions. The environment is as beautiful as anywhere in the country, and that includes Pasco County, with its rivers, salt marshes, lakes and thousands of acres of conservation land in public ownership. ...more

September 26, 2007