I just wanted to give a big "thank you" to all the Floridians who voted yes on Amendment 1. As usual, Florida voters did a bang-up job of researching and understanding the implications of what they were voting for. I will save a whopping $175 on my property taxes this year. But please let me tell you how the cuts in funding have affected my family and the community I live in. ...more

August 24, 2008

There's a new Amendment 1 in Florida, and it doesn't have anything to do with your tax bill. ...more

August 18, 2008

Barack Obama intends to use a huge organization involving "thousands" of volunteers, along with thousands of new voters, to win Florida, his campaign manager told some of those volunteers during a trip to Florida this week. ...more

August 16, 2008

If only the federal government could pull off this trick. The proposed fiscal 2009 budget Pasco County Administrator John Gallagher unveiled last week is 19 percent below the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. That would put the county budget for next year below the $1 billion threshold, at roughly $980 million. ...more

July 23, 2008

When write-in candidates manipulate the election process by slamming precinct doors on voters, as they've done to 280,000 people in Pasco and Hillsborough counties this election season, it's time to fight back. ...more

July 21, 2008

Two voters who filed a lawsuit to disqualify write-in candidate John M. Taylor and open the District 1 county commission primary to all Pasco County voters abandoned their claim Wednesday. ...more

July 10, 2008

A lawsuit filed to disqualify write-in candidate John M. Taylor and open the District 1 county commission primary to all Pasco County voters could end next week. ...more

July 4, 2008

A lawsuit seeking to disqualify write-in candidate John M. Taylor and open the District 1 county commission primary to all Pasco County voters is holding up the mailing of 10,000 absentee ballots. ...more

July 3, 2008

Two registered voters have filed a lawsuit in Pasco County challenging the write-in candidate "loophole" in state election law. ...more

July 1, 2008

Declining property values and bigger tax breaks for homeowners drained about $2.9 billion from Pasco County's taxable property value during the yearlong period ending Jan. 1. ...more

July 1, 2008