Responsible condo and homeowners are increasingly being hit with special assessments and higher association fees to cover the growing cost of those who are not meeting their obligations because they have lost their homes. ...more

September 23, 2008

Why do Republicans constantly talk about compromise and bipartisanship when Democrats almost never do and when they do, don't mean it? Democrats rarely compromise when they are in the majority. ...more

September 9, 2008

Institute Fee Re: "Sports Leagues Oppose $20 Fee" in the Aug. 31 edition of Hernando Today. ...more

September 4, 2008

Richie Dellasso has had it up to here with the property across the street from his house. ...more

August 22, 2008

Code Enforcement officials have more cash to tackle the overgrown lawns of vacant homes, but they have a request for frustrated neighbors: Be patient. ...more

August 22, 2008

Hernando County Animal Services will once again be open for business on Saturdays starting in January. ...more

August 20, 2008

At 2:45 p.m. today, the wind chimes on front porches are signaling what might be Tropical Storm Fay finally reaching Central Tampa. ...more

August 19, 2008

or they shrug, buy some blue chemical and apply it lavishly without really knowing why. ...more

August 14, 2008

Walk On By This is a rebuttal to the letter entitled "Teaching Children to Beg." ...more

August 12, 2008

Monday afternoon the Indian Beach area of Sarasota was soaked for hours by a dying thunderstorm. Tuesday, on my predawn bicycle ride through the neighborhood, three sprinkler systems were watering (drowning) lawns. It's a given that these are automatic watering systems which take no account of moisture in the soil. Therein lies a small part of our water conservation problem. ...more

August 7, 2008