Hindsight is 20/20, especially when it comes to missed trading opportunities. But when the government has the trade of the century at its fingertips and fails to take advantage of it, someone has to play the Monday morning quarterback. ...more

October 31, 2009

Just because money is tight doesn't mean you have to give up the grape. ...more

March 29, 2009

You've got to look out for No. 1. It's a dog-eat-dog world. Everybody's in it for themselves. ...more

March 14, 2009

The downtown post office, a fixture since 1935, could close under a planned consolidation of facilities to cut costs, according to the U.S. Postal Service. ...more

March 4, 2009

The Florida Legislature returned to Tallahassee last week to make the budgetary reductions necessary to meet our state's constitutional requirement for a balanced budget. ...more

January 13, 2009

At a time when Florida has to cut funding for schools, nursing homes and the disabled, only the most zealous environmentalist would oppose trimming the state's land acquisition program. ...more

January 9, 2009

In today's economy when donation dollars are more precious than ever, our community has the opportunity to expand our animal care without spending a dime. All it takes is a community effort. Individual people working toward the same goal can make a difference. ...more

December 30, 2008

Faye Dowdell and other Bay area folks spent the morning at the Tampa Port Authority office for the first installment of the NFL's Super Bowl XLIII Playbook for Small Business Workshop Series. The free workshops are designed to help local small and minority businesses. ...more

December 11, 2008

A public hearing on an ordinance that would provide a method for waterfront homeowners to set up and finance a coastal canal dredging program has been delayed until at least January. ...more

December 10, 2008

"Chagall: A Biography," by Jackie Wullschlager (Alfred A. Knopf, $40) ...more

December 7, 2008