For several years, elected officials at every level have been promising big tax cuts. Voters, when finally given a chance to weigh in on the issue in January, overwhelmingly approved an amendment that was part of what Gov. Charlie Crist called the largest tax cut in Florida history. ...more

September 14, 2008

Larry Rogers complained to his Rotary group that the assessed values of his home and another property he owns rose, although voters passed Amendment One. ...more

September 3, 2008

Joan Atkins of Palm Harbor says Barack Obama's "socialistic agenda illustrates that he is seemingly unqualified to become our nation's next president." ...more

August 23, 2008

Democratic U.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, the first black woman to represent Ohio in Congress and a strong critic of the Iraq war, died Wednesday after a brain hemorrhage, a hospital spokeswoman said. ...more

August 21, 2008

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio performs a nice balancing act with her proposed budget. It invests wisely in public safety, infrastructure, parks and the necessities that sustain a community's quality of life. ...more

August 14, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS – Police Chief Mark LeCouris, the interim city manager, wants a chance to prove he can do the job on a permanent basis. ...more

June 18, 2008

President Bush is considering new measures to help stimulate the battered economy, the White House said Friday as unemployment and oil prices soared and Wall Street sank. ...more

June 7, 2008

Faced with a mountain of overtime debt, officials in this small, east Pasco County municipality have come up with a novel approach to compensate workers: offering them plots in the city's cemetery. ...more

May 29, 2008

John Arango of Hudson says Republican policies are noT good for the poor and middle class. ...more

May 10, 2008

Memorial Day is upon us again, while our American troops wage war on two fronts. We live in strange times here in the United States. ...more

May 9, 2008