LAND O' LAKES - The local school district collected fewer sales tax dollars from Penny for Pasco in the first 10 months of 2007 than in the same period the previous year, officials reported Tuesday. ...more

January 23, 2008

The University of South Florida plans to cut more than $52 million from its budget during the next two years, a grim prospect that likely will force layoffs and could further reduce the number of students accepted. ...more

January 18, 2008

NATION Delta Mum On Mergers Delta Air Lines officials were mum Friday on the outcome of a board meeting at which executives could get the green light to enter formal talks with two competitors about a combination. Asked whether the meeting in New York had been completed, board member Walter Massey responded, "I can't talk about that." He then hung up the phone. Atlanta-based Delta declined to comment. Two people familiar with the situation said Delta's board may be asked to allow formal talks between Delta and Northwest Airlines and UAL Corp.'s United Airlines, with the idea that Delta would choose to combine with one of the two. ...more

January 12, 2008

Tax Amendment Mess Letters are showing up more and more about the constitutional amendment dealing with property taxes. I generally am against most of these proposed amendments simply because I think the amendment process is too easy and at the mercy of special interests. ...more

December 12, 2007

Playing With Fire I am very concerned about the emergency evacuation route on State Road 54 from Bruce B. Downs Boulevard to Morris Bridge Road. The widening of part of this route has been delayed to 2015 or beyond. ...more

December 12, 2007

Pasco County leaders on Thursday unanimously agreed to withdraw the maximum 15 percent, or $65 million, from a state investment pool as they wait for assurances that the fund can remain solvent. ...more

December 7, 2007

Beware The 'Rs' The less taxes, less government and more guns chairman of the Pasco Republican Party, Bill Bunting, wants everyone to support the state's ballot initiative on Jan. 29 that would increase the homestead exemption to $50,000. Isn't it ironic that the Legislature's support for raising the constitutional amendment passage rate from 50 percent to 60 percent in support of business interests that hate this voice of the people may well come back to bite them in the backside? ...more

December 5, 2007

So you finally splurged on that sweet plasma high-definition television, snagging it for a bargain $2,000 from an online electronics retailer in the Midwest. ...more

November 16, 2007

Florida's state revenue will fall nearly $2.5 billion short this fiscal year and next, taking its steepest nose dive since the early 1990s and behaving as if the state were in a recession, state analysts said Wednesday. ...more

November 15, 2007

The county's transit agency is looking for an alternative to property taxes to fund - and potentially increase - its budget. ...more

November 6, 2007