Retiring Pasco County Attorney Robert Sumner should have stayed out of the effort to find his replacement. ...more

October 24, 2007

A second workshop is in sight to help finalize incentives for builders to use "green" construction techniques more friendly to the environment. ...more

October 23, 2007

For the first time in seven years, the city is poised to charge builders and developers more for shepherding their projects through the permitting process. ...more

October 13, 2007

Regarding 'Bracing For Boom, Bridges On Alafia' (Metro, Oct. 8): Fifth-graders know when a council allows zoning changes at the beck and call of developers, infrastructure has to be considered in advance. Simple things like water supply, power, environmental problems and traffic movement must be considered. I know warnings were given repeatedly by the Tribune on all these subjects and were ignored by the 'first-graders' on the commission. ...more

October 12, 2007

Pasco County officials maintain Hillsborough County has 'no legal basis' to demand $28 million for improvements to Bruce B. Downs Boulevard, despite claims the Wiregrass Ranch mall and related developments will create significant new demands on the road. ...more

September 22, 2007

When developers planned Country Village, a small subdivision off Hutchinson Road north of Ehrlich Road, there was no plan to keep up common-area grass or the neighborhood's wall. ...more

September 19, 2007

I recently moved here and live in south Hillsborough County. When I bought my home, a sprinkler system was included that had a rain sensor. As we all know, we are under a water shortage and must conserve water; the residents are only allowed to water their lawns once a week on a particular day and time, depending on their address. ...more

September 4, 2007