Hillsborough County is facing a budget deficit of at least $110 million in fiscal year 2010 due, in large part, to reduced property tax revenue. ...more

March 18, 2009

Randy Ludacer wrote an excellent piece on the price of war. I would like to add a few comments. A few months back a writer wrote that we should Google 9-11 and remember why we are at war and who is protecting us. I did just that. Until I started this research, I was just like most Americans, thinking it was terrorists. I no longer believe the official story. There are reams of information that prove a cover-up on the part of the Bush administration. I researched both sides, the conspiracy side and the debunking the side. Common sense and facts won out and I am convinced that there is a cover-up. Before you label me a liberal Bush basher, I am a conservative; I supported Bush in both elections. ...more

December 9, 2008

In his short time behind the bench, interim Lightning coach Rick Tocchet has delivered his message loud and clear - he's in charge and things are going to be done his way. ...more

November 21, 2008

It didn't take Trever Miller long to find a new home. The veteran Rays reliever is expected to sign with the St. Louis Cardinals today, according to a report in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The newspaper reported Miller was scheduled to be in St. Louis this morning to undergo a physical, the last step before a deal would be finalized. ...more

November 20, 2008

Does the president of the board have the right to approve patios and screened rooms being built on common ground without a discussion of, or approval by, the board of directors? ...more

September 25, 2008

'The Best American Poetry 2007,' edited by Heather McHugh (Scribner, $30) ...more

September 16, 2007