Florida Hospital Heartland Division's President/CEO Tim Cook announces the appointment of CFO/Vice President Dima Didenko. ...more

May 31, 2009

Tom James will step down as chief executive officer of Raymond James Financial in spring 2010 and hand off day-to-day leadership to St. Petersburg native Paul Reilly. ...more

March 4, 2009

Mary Wilson's campaign has come under fire for "negative" campaigning. We would like to point out that never have we discussed anything that was not campaign related or anything that was not related to Mr. Germaine's job performance. We don't feel that just because an issue shines a negative light on a candidate that is "negative" campaigning. Before you condemn Mary for "negative" campaigning ask yourself these questions: ...more

October 22, 2008

Isn't a knee-jerk reaction wonderful? Just like the county's employee firings, Ms. Allwood's response to my (and other) letters shows more reaction than understanding. At no point in my letter did I condone the actions of any of the employees. What I and others have tried to point out is that "all" these employees broke the "same rule" but each was treated differently. Although I have not seen the actual wording of the rule I can bet that it does not say that it's OK to have content of one type but not content of another type. It would be impossible to write such a rule that would define everything one might or might not include in a message so rules are made to be general. Most likely it says it's wrong to use the county's equipment for personal use – period, that covers it all. But now we have county administrators, after the fact, rewriting the rule to fit their own agenda (or cover their own past actions) and to protect a higher-up employee while firing lower-level employees. That's wrong, and shows poor management skills. There's an old saying: "You can't be almost pregnant." Apparently you can in Highlands County. ...more

February 8, 2008

Presidential campaigns, with their boiler-room pressure, news media scrutiny and organizational challenges, have always functioned as something of a dress rehearsal for the White House. How do the candidates make tough decisions? Are they willing to listen to opposing points of view? Do they micromanage? ...more

November 24, 2007