A federal investigation should determine the truth about allegations that several employees at Hillsborough's affordable housing office formed a company that could compete for office grants and tried to guide business to a firm owned by a worker's spouse. ...more

June 6, 2008

CLEARWATER - Clearwater residents could someday be drinking treated sewage. City officials are looking to meet the ever-increasing demand for drinking water with purified wastewater. They say recycling wastewater would take pressure off the aquifer, cut the amount of sewage running into local waters and eventually trim water bills. ...more

May 25, 2008

Ashlee Simpson – Jessica's sister, and the one who actually sells records – will perform June 19 at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen-Booth Road in Clearwater. ...more

May 12, 2008

WASHINGTON -- A New York Times story on a female lobbyist's ties eight years ago to John McCain has an important Tampa connection: She worked then and now for the firm of Hector Alcalde, a prominent Tampa-connected political figure. ...more

February 21, 2008

Why aren't cities and counties screaming, hollering and lobbying against Amendment One, an amendment which if passed would severely cut its revenue? Is it because they are afraid to take on the state? Perhaps they believe they can easily operate with less money? Or maybe they think they have no credibility with the voters? Doubtful on all counts. The most logical conclusion is that if Amendment One passes, local governments will continue to get the revenue they need to provide the services we are used to and demand. ...more

January 20, 2008

When it comes to nerves or jitters, Dale Earnhardt Jr. says it is all relative. ...more

January 16, 2008

I read with interest the op-ed in the Jan. 12 edition of Highlands Today, on whether evolution should be debated in science classes. It was attributed to the South Florida Sun Sentinel. What the author apparently meant was that evolution should be accepted as proven fact, and that no other theory should be considered. I am sick of the argument that, "Evolution is science and creation and intelligent design are not, so don't debate them in science class!" ...more

January 16, 2008

Without appearing to be sacrilegious to you women, I believe that Oprah Winfrey's credibility has taken a significant hit. She is all gung ho for Barack Obama, presumably because he is black. Certainly he has little in the way of experience or the qualities which we need to lead our country. Here is a man who refuses to salute our flag, nor honor our national anthem, yet he has the gall to ask us to elect him as our president. The sad truth is that many unthinking and misguided Americans would probably vote for him, given the chance. My question is, why? Born a Muslin and still a Muslim, he could only bring disharmony to our country, and we have had only too much of that already. ...more

December 22, 2007

North Korea is providing evidence to the United States aimed at proving it never intended to produce highly enriched uranium for nuclear weapons, undermining a key U.S. intelligence finding, South Korean and U.S. officials said this week. ...more

November 10, 2007

For 34 hours, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office withheld the news that a Tampa woman had been slain, leaving the public to think that she and her boyfriend were still missing. ...more

November 6, 2007