"A letter to the editor is democracy in action. Get in the act and write," urged actor Ed Asner in 1981, when he was co-chairman of National Letter-Writing Week. ...more

March 7, 2010

Thinking that his general counsel was siding with a new board member who was critical of him, Tampa International Airport director Louis Miller yelled at airport lawyer Gigi Rechel for making recommendations about doing business in public, e-mail messages from Rechel to an outside attorney released Friday indicate. ...more

March 6, 2010

Brief school news item. ...more

March 6, 2010

Hillsborough County commissioners are calling for an investigation into allegations that someone from County Administrator Pat Beans' office has been prying into their e-mail messages and those from the internal auditor's office. ...more

March 6, 2010

North Pinellas business brief. ...more

March 6, 2010

No other tennis team in Hillsborough County has done what Wharton High's boys team did last year. Now they want to do what few teams in the state of Florida have done — three-peat. ...more

March 5, 2010

Jessica Rendleman's love of dolphins began when she was just a baby fighting cancer. That love inspired an essay that led to the trip of a lifetime – to visit a special dolphin at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium. ...more

March 5, 2010

The Florida Lottery is considering a new game that is fundamentally different from any other it offers. ...more

March 5, 2010

The Greater Brandon Chamber of Commerce will hold its 2010 Health Fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Campo Family YMCA, 3414 Culbreath Rd., Valrico. ...more

March 5, 2010

Do you believe in palm readers and psychics? Last week, Highlands County commissioners permitted a palm reader to operate. ...more

March 5, 2010