The nonprofit Seniors vs. Crime Project until now has focused on helping elderly residents get their money back from scam artists. ...more

September 3, 2008

Countrywide's acquisition by Bank of America Corp. was supposed to help keep the troubled mortgage lender from collapse. Things might not turn out exactly as planned. ...more

August 16, 2008

The Republicans had control of Congress for over 12 years and were responsible in committee for oversight; checks and balances for the  three branches is the basis. Yet Americans are on the verge of destruction in many areas that cried for oversight. From bank and mortgage fraud and infusing taxpayer dollars into the stock market for speculators and profiteers I am reminded of the big crash of years ago. Scandal and thievery has rocked Congress because those Republicans and senators got greedy. Taxpayers are bailing out Bears and Sterns now Indy-Mac, Freddy-Mac and Fannie-Mae are all in line for money as a result of oversight. World-Com, and Enron used creative accounting to destroy those companies and Republicans did nothing; corruption, gifts, payoffs and bribes will continue to surface. ...more

August 4, 2008

Crippled by millions of dollars in bad loans, First Priority Bank was seized and closed Friday by banking regulators. ...more

August 2, 2008

The Federal Reserve was scrambling to prevent a "contagion" from infecting the nation's financial system when it took unprecedented actions to back a Bear Stearns rescue package and provide emergency loans to big Wall Street firms. ...more

June 28, 2008

Walter Dartland of the Consumer Federation (Other Views, June 10) expressed his support for Gov. Charlie Crist's veto of the funding for the highly successful Insurance Capital Build-Up Incentive Program reauthorized by the Florida Legislature a few weeks ago. ...more

June 25, 2008

Reporter Josh Poltilove can be reached at jpoltilove@tampatrib.com or (813) 259-7691. ...more

June 18, 2008

Hillsborough Commissioner Kevin White deserves his day in court on allegations that he sexually harassed a former aide. But no matter how this case turns out, taxpayers will pay the price. ...more

June 11, 2008

Florida is currently at a major environmental crossroads in regards to seagrass restoration and protection. Seagrass is a critical component of our ecology and vital to maintaining our state's natural beauty. ...more

June 6, 2008

The House easily overrode President Bush's veto of a $307 billion farm bill Wednesday night, handing him the most significant legislative rebuff of his presidency after Republicans broke with the White House en masse to side with farm groups, anti-hunger advocates and the biofuels industry. ...more

May 22, 2008