Tom Pelham, the secretary of the state Department of Community Affairs, said very little last week during a visit to Lakeland to hear from Polk County residents worried about how the proposed $491 million rail realignment plan might affect local communities and neighborhoods. ...more

October 3, 2007

Like everything, there's a lot of gray area with Avon Park Police Chief Frank Mercurio's resignation. He's an honest man who worked hard to clean up the city he was hired to protect. His tactics and personality, however, didn't mesh with enough people, and most importantly, the people he worked for. That's always a recipe for failure. ...more

September 20, 2007

There is no photograph of Satan, so we must improvise with what we have: Osama bin Laden. ...more

September 12, 2007