TAMPA - A new era in the leadership of the Hillsborough County Commission began this morning. Commissioners elected Ken Hagan to serve as chairman, the first time in three years there has been a change in the board's top leadership post. ...more

November 8, 2007

GO FISHING is a daily look at the area fishing scene through the eyes of local charter boat captains and fishing guides. Today: Mike Anderson, right (with "Reel Animals" partner Billy Nobles). ...more

November 2, 2007

I am writing in response to your Oct. 24 editorial on the proposed special taxing district for canal dredging. ...more

October 30, 2007

Waterfront residents willing to tax themselves to pay for canal dredging will have their plan presented to the city council at 10:30 a.m. Thursday. ...more

October 24, 2007

Tampa City Council members will get their first look Thursday at a sensible compromise for homeowners with backyard canals so clogged that boats can't get through. ...more

October 24, 2007

Alexander Hamilton was an ambitious young striver, and he created an economy where people like him could rise and succeed. He used government to rouse the energies of the merchant class, to widen the circle of property owners and to dissolve the constraints on commerce and mobility. ...more

October 14, 2007

Once again the residents of Erin Park have stepped up to the plate and took care of a problem that should have been resolved by the county or the state. ...more

September 30, 2007

A group of waterfront residents supporting canal dredging near West Shore Boulevard and on Davis Islands will host two meetings next week to discuss the issue. ...more

September 29, 2007

Tuesday night for several hours, city officials tried to clarify misinformation and how setbacks occurred in the process to obtain permits for the city's decade-old dredging project. ...more

September 27, 2007

The Port Authority Board wants the city to fire the private consultants advising officials on the multimillion-dollar dredging project because of a loss of confidence in the firm's ability to complete the permitting process. ...more

September 27, 2007