Taxpayers debating Amendment One in public forums, including responses to a Tribune editorial last week advising voters to reject it, express an astonishing range of justifications for positions both pro and con. ...more

January 24, 2008

"Although the absolute numbers seem large and impressive, they are small compared with the existing tax revenues and local economy." - Dennis Coates and Brad Humphreys, Cato Institute, "The Stadium Gambit and Local Economic Development" ...more

December 21, 2007

The Tampa Bay Rays' vision of the future represents an exciting escape from the cavernous confines of the domed Tropicana Field, ringed by barren parking lots and separated from the revived urban bustle of downtown St. Petersburg. ...more

November 29, 2007

The Tampa Bay Rays' vision of the future represents an exciting escape from the cavernous confines of the domed Tropicana Field, ringed by barren parking lots and separated from the revived urban bustle of downtown St. Petersburg. ...more

November 28, 2007

Legislative leaders say they have agreed to remain in special session until October 22 to try to cut property taxes. ...more

October 10, 2007

The property tax problem was never one of total tax revenues being too high, rather it was one of unfairness. Unfair because one group underpays for the services it receives from local governments and another group overpays. ...more

September 30, 2007

Is the county board taking the easy way out? We applaud the proposed lowering of the tax millage by a total 1.57 mils, which looks like it will fly tonight at the final budget hearing. But is this all a shell game? ...more

September 26, 2007