The coming years will, perhaps, be the most difficult in Highlands County government history. Major cuts loom for next year's budget, if projections are accurate, and we believe they are. Deciding where those cuts come from and how to protect essential services vital to the county will require strong leadership, good judgment and an inherent understanding of the direction our county needs to go. ...more

October 10, 2008

St. Pete Beach has become a living laboratory to study the statewide consequences of a proposed constitutional amendment called Hometown Democracy. ...more

May 28, 2008

The Wiregrass Ranch development of regional impact in Wesley Chapel is a textbook example why the Legislature needs to revamp Florida's regional planning laws. ...more

October 3, 2007