It has been a while since my last article but I cannot stand by in silence as the city council will assess a fee on all homeowners. Brace yourselves and get ready to feel the wrath of the crown jewels. The crown paid $32,000 to come up with this fee and let's face it, it is a way to circumvent the reduction in taxes that was voted on and overwhelmingly passed by us the Florida taxpayers. ...more

June 8, 2008

A 6-year-old boy who tumbled out of bed early Sunday morning spotted a neighbor's vacant house on fire, allowing his father to alert residents in adjacent homes where the fire was spreading. ...more

June 2, 2008

TAMPA - A 6-year-old boy who tumbled out of bed early this morning spotted a neighbor's vacant house on fire, allowing his father to alert residents in adjacent homes to the danger. ...more

June 1, 2008

Investigators say Mia Gayshonne Dix was in trouble. The 37-year-old had been fired from her job. Her car had been repossessed. Her home was in foreclosure. ...more

May 22, 2008

TAMPA - Investigators say Mia Gayshonne Dix was in trouble. ...more

May 21, 2008

Port Richey, following the surprise announcement last week that Matt Brewi was resigning as the city's public safety director after little more than one year on the job, is faced with a couple of options, according to City Manager Richard Reade. Since this is Port Richey neither make much sense. One or the other, however, will be chosen. ...more

May 21, 2008

The City of Sebring has chosen the right way to impose its proposed fire assessments. Make groups of property owners pay proportionally to the fire calls they make, and don't exempt anyone. After the City of Avon Park's harrowing experience to make groups –– initially exempted –– pay their share of the assessment, Sebring has decided that exempting anyone, and later asking for their money, is a bad idea. That's a good policy in making taxation as fair as possible. Fires do not discriminate, be it a church building, a government office or a home, or a vacant lot. And there's no reason why some property owners should be discriminated against when paying this proposed assessment. ...more

May 12, 2008

I would like to make a suggestion in order to save some money on gas for publicly funded vehicles. I think we should charge parents of the public school system children $10 per day to ride the bus to school since they, too, are "wasting gas." ...more

May 9, 2008

Two controlled burns authorized by the Department of Forestry are burning nearly 200 acres in Pasco County today. ...more

February 20, 2008

On the night before the Sept. 11 attacks, Sneha Anne Philip bought three pairs of shoes, bed linens and lingerie at a department store across the street from the World Trade Center. She was never heard from again. ...more

February 2, 2008