On Tuesday, Nov. 10, the Board of County Commissioners will consider temporarily reducing the impact tax back to 2001 levels. ...more

November 7, 2009

I applaud Tampa City Councilwoman Linda Saul-Sena in her attempt to make code enforcement charge daily fees for the gross negligence of the owners of our once-beloved Kress building in downtown Tampa. ...more

August 20, 2009

Generations: the sum of the general population's mood, taste, accomplishments, and personality, are as distinct as the people who have lived through them. And while the world has gone in and out of wars, toppled walls separating democracy and communism, and put men on the moon, there remained a common thread pulling everyone together. That thread was the people themselves. ...more

April 1, 2009

Modern parents need to stop feeling guilty for not bonding with their child 24/7. ...more

January 16, 2009

A woman wearing an explosive belt packed with ball bearings blew herself up in Baghdad near one of Iraq's most sacred Shiite shrines, killing as many as 40 other people and wounding scores more in a devastating attack that shattered festive celebrations ahead of one of Shiite Islam's holiest days. ...more

January 5, 2009

From Hawaii to Indiana to Washington, D.C., voter rolls are swelling, and now Hernando County can be added to the list. ...more

October 16, 2008

Halloween is lurking right around the corner, and glow in the dark costumes hang on every department store's racks. Chemistry is not my forte, for sure, and how they can make paint that glows in the dark is a mystery to me. However, because Halloween is so soon upon us, it's kind of fitting that the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2008, announced on Oct. 8, goes to three men who played leading roles in the discovery of the remarkable, brightly glowing green fluorescent protein, GFP. ...more

October 15, 2008

The Children's Museum has just reopened after two weeks of heavy-duty labor. Much of what was accomplished will not be visible to our families coming in to play. But it was necessary work to keep improving what we offer to the children in Highlands County. I would like to thank several people that put forth an extra effort to help the museum accomplish the very long list of needed jobs. ...more

September 5, 2008

From a challenge to the new sprinkler ordinance by a nationwide homebuilder to an investigation of payroll discrepancies in the police department, the cost of safeguarding this city from legal action has nearly doubled in the past year. ...more

August 28, 2008

Joan Rubin of Palm Harbor disagrees with earlier letter to the editor on John McCain and the Second Amendment. ...more

July 26, 2008