Hillsborough County has gotten itself in a legal mess with its garbage haulers and has no choice but to modify its rules or even renegotiate its franchise contract. ...more

November 5, 2007

TAMPA - What do Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Fidel Castro and four current Hillsborough County commissioners have in common? Their likenesses all appear in an ad the Tampa Bay Community Network plans to air this weekend to raise money for a legal fund. The network is suing Hillsborough County over its decision to cut $355,000 in spending for the station from this year's budget. The network has prepared at least three fundraising ads for the court fight. The most hard-hitting is an ad that opens with images of Hitler, Stalin and Castro and then fades to pictures of the four county commissioners who voted to kill the station's stipend. ...more

October 25, 2007

A public access network sued Hillsborough County commissioners Monday, hoping a federal judge will force the government to restore $355,000 in budget cuts to the station. ...more

October 2, 2007

TAMPA - The Tampa Bay Community Network has sued Hillsborough County commissioners in federal court, seeking restoration of the budget for public access television. ...more

October 1, 2007

The spray of bullets that killed one Miami-Dade County police officer and hurt three others this week came from something increasingly common on this city's streets. ...more

September 15, 2007