TAMPA - Shelley Broader, who led the conversion of the Kash n' Karry grocery chain into Sweetbay Supermarkets, is leaving the company. ...more

May 28, 2008

I have concluded that the old mighty government is fooling no one but itself. ...more

May 22, 2008

Plant High School inducted 15 members into The Order of the Gold and Black honor society during a ceremony April 22 at the home of senior Alissa Morris. Principal Robert Nelson and sponsor Derek Thomas were the keynote speakers. ...more

May 21, 2008

The city has a new fire chief - for now. Capt. Tim Sirois was tapped Tuesday to run the fire department after last week's sudden resignation of public safety director Matt Brewi. ...more

May 21, 2008

Ah, there's nothing like a relaxing three-day weekend. ...more

May 18, 2008

It is time America woke up to the fact that the females of our species have an extraordinary chance to promote their gender, a chance of a life time. A chance to force equality in the workplace, equal pay for equal work; ladies have proven their leadership all over the world. Who better to lead us in this time of greed and corruption to lead and change the direction of these United States. Honor all your mothers in the 2008 presidential election by electing a woman for president. ...more

May 5, 2008

It didn't occur to Lisa Marie Gritzinger that she might be cut out to be an athlete. ...more

February 9, 2008

It's no surprise that South Florida Community College's President Norman Stephens received a positive evaluation. He's as good as they come in his position anywhere in the nation. The fact is, our area is filled with leaders who do a fine job. Stephens has continued a tradition of excellence at SFCC. If anyone's been critical of his leadership, we haven't heard it. That's amazing because rarely does anyone in a position of power maintain such high regard from so many people. Even many outstanding leaders, due to the tough decisions they have to make every day, generate a few enemies along the way. City managers, county administrators, school superintendents and a number of other key positions are tasked with difficult jobs that require decision making that upsets some people. Often those jobs have a high turnover. A lot of city administrators around the country last about five years and move on, due to their inability to be effective. ...more

February 1, 2008

What chutzpah! First the state intrusively reduces local governments' revenues, tacitly accusing them of wasting money. Then it proposes House Bill 683 designed to kill one county's innovative money saving idea – building its own asphalt plant – in order to endear itself to a special interest group. Our leadership should join forces with officials of other counties that either currently do or contemplate doing their own road construction in aggressively fighting this legislation that forces them to use private contractors for non-maintenance roadwork. ...more

January 30, 2008

Can anyone remember a more exciting political race to watch than this year's presidential election? Probably not, if what a person considers exciting is a race so wide open. Often a front-runner emerges early and stays there. Of course, it's still early in the primary season. Soon, though, we'll have both fields narrowed down a great deal. ...more

January 23, 2008