Miami and St. Petersburg will select new mayors Tuesday with the candidates disagreeing over economic plans for their respective cities and the construction of stadiums for baseball's Florida Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays. ...more

November 1, 2009

Tarpon Springs Public Services Director Juan Cruz has retired after working for the city 43 years. ...more

October 21, 2009

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio's team holds the No. 2 selection in Thursday's draft for the Yahoo Sports Fantasy Football Mayoral Face-Off. Tampa is one of 11 cities participating in the draft. The winning city will receive $15,000 and give the money to a local youth charity with a sports element. ...more

August 19, 2009

Re: "City workers, union split on raises" (Metro, Aug. 5): ...more

August 7, 2009

We were told that user fees are not a tax. Please put user fees on all alcohol. It will also help save lives. ...more

May 1, 2009

We don't see looting. We don't see street violence. We don't see people sitting on their rooftops waiting for the government to come and save them. ...more

April 4, 2009

prepared remarks of president barack obama in fort myers, fl. ...more

February 10, 2009

this season, anyway - to sport a blue Mohawk and have people instantly understand. ...more

November 1, 2008

That's the spirit! Miss Prudence Fipwhistle, a social director who died in 1899 at age 44, led about 150 people on a tour Sunday that raised the past from the grave. Miss Fipwhistle, aka historian Maureen Patrick in 19th century mourning attire, hosted the sixth annual Gothic Graveyard Walk through Oaklawn Cemetery, Tampa's Victorian-era necropolis. Following brick pathways under moss-bearded oaks, the visitors heard tales poignant and hilarious about local notables buried at the site, including 13 former mayors and veterans of seven wars. The $5 donations benefit the Tampa Historical Society. ...more

October 27, 2008

Unimpressed by Charles de Gaulle's droll observation that the graveyards are full of indispensable men, Michael Bloomberg, New York City's 108th mayor, has decided that he is indispensable. So the law limiting mayors to two terms must be revised to allow three terms. ...more

October 12, 2008