The fraternity targeted for a possible lawsuit in the death of a Wharton High School graduate says Harrison Kowiak did not die as a result of hazing. ...more

January 15, 2009

Why is Washington Heights area of Sebring still shut off from the most direct route for emergency care? This has always been a question to me and no one has provided a logical answer. Why was this not considered a problem when they planned the construction of the Sebring Parkway? Now I don't live in this area but I do have children that live in the area and I pray to God nothing ever happens to one of them where they need emergency care and it's delayed because they're shut off from the most direct route to the hospital. It didn't take the county long to tear up Kenilworth Boulevard and have it back in operation, but Highlands Avenue that leads into the Washington Heights area has been shut down for months, maybe even close to a year. ...more

January 10, 2009

The Hillsborough County Commission has tentatively settled a lawsuit by a public access television network over $355,000 in budget cuts to the station. ...more

January 6, 2009

As if contractors were not feeling enough pain from the downturn in the economy, in October the Florida Supreme Court gave construction companies yet another burden to overcome. ...more

December 20, 2008

A proposed settlement between the city council and two advertising companies will allow the city to maintain aesthetics in heavily traveled areas, city officials say. ...more

December 18, 2008

TAMPA -- A proposed settlement between the city council and two companies will allow the city to maintain aesthetics in high-view areas, city officials say. But several council members, who are expected to vote on the proposal Thursday, say it would mean a proliferation of digital billboards — which look like massive television screens and display multiple advertisements — that will ruin the city's landscape and create public safety issues. ...more

December 16, 2008

City officials have proposed a settlement to end a more than decade-old dispute with two sign companies over the number of billboards they can put up across the city. ...more

November 21, 2008

TAMPA City officials have proposed a settlement to end a more than decade-old dispute with two sign companies over the number of billboards they can put up around the city. City attorney Chip Fletcher said the settlement will require CBS Outdoors and Clear Channel Outdoors to take down billboards from so-called "view corridors" — high-view areas where the city wants to maintain aesthetics. ...more

November 20, 2008

I hear there are new state laws concerning condominium associations? Do you have any information on the changes? ...more

October 26, 2008

A federal judge has ordered mediation of a lawsuit by a public access television network against the Hillsborough County Commission over $355,000 in budget cuts to the station. ...more

October 10, 2008