Elections officials in two local counties have mailed absentee ballots to voters with races missing. ...more

October 24, 2008

People are skittish about the economy's immediate future. Ask how things will be in a year and you hear a different story - and a remarkable show of optimism despite economists' widespread expectations that a serious recession is brewing. ...more

October 24, 2008

Longtime New Port Richey lawyer Robert Altman and Paula O'Neil, a veteran administrator and county employee, are battling to become Pasco County's next clerk of circuit court. ...more

October 24, 2008

Elections officials in two local counties have mailed absentee ballots to voters with races missing. ...more

October 23, 2008

Democratic Sen. Barack Obama announced Sunday that he raised more than $150 million in September, obliterating previous fundraising records and giving him an enormous tactical advantage over Republican Sen. John McCain in the final weeks of the presidential campaign. ...more

October 20, 2008

Republican John Legg is seeking a third term representing state House District 46, which covers coastal Pasco County. ...more

October 19, 2008

I have been following the reports concerning the "bi-partisan" committee which investigated the alleged misdeeds of Governor Palin on the firing of a man in Alaska. I understand Governor Palin states that the man was fired for insubordination. I don't know the exact makeup of the committee except I am informed that the chairman is a Democrat. It is likely that even Republicans on the committee may have been predisposed to find fault with the governor, since she had reprimanded some in her own party. I understand that the report did not find anything illegal in the actions of Governor Palin but that the question was one of ethics. ...more

October 18, 2008

When the Legislature voted in May 2007 to create the Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority, state Sen. Mike Fasano, R-New Port Richey, hailed the move as a "tremendous victory" for the Suncoast. TBARTA, he predicted at the time, will "have a huge impact in addressing our transportation needs." Barely 18 months later, getting TBARTA into a state in which it can do anything about the transportation problems in Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough and four other counties in west-central Florida is proving a difficult task. ...more

October 18, 2008

James Tullis of Clearwater says Republican Club ad about Barack Obama was not far off mark. ...more

October 18, 2008

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Who is Joe the Plumber? ...more

October 15, 2008