WEST TAMPA - Al Noto began the fundraiser for Tampa's MacDonald Training Center 34 years ago. Through the years it has grown to a fundraiser that attracts people from all walks of life, including judges, politicians and civic leaders who come to lend a hand serving spaghetti. ...more

March 31, 2009

President Barack Obama didn't have time to join a roast of prominent officials by the journalists who cover them, cracks Vice President Joe Biden, because Obama is getting ready for Easter. ...more

March 23, 2009

Dale Gottschalk of Hudson says New Port Richey City Manager Tom O'Neill will be double dipping if he "retires" and then is rehired after a month under the state's DROP setup. ...more

March 11, 2009

Fred Palensar of Holiday wants ordinary people, not business executives and ex-politicians, on the utility rate-setting Florida Public Service Commission. ...more

March 7, 2009

Gerald Roach of Hudson doesn't believe the "handouts" in President Barack Obama's economic plan will assure America's future. ...more

March 6, 2009

It's a phrase flying liberally from the mouths of nightly news broadcasters and politicians alike: We're in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. ...more

March 1, 2009

The news in recent months has brought us details of the ongoing recession. We've heard several politicians refer to this as the worst since the Great Depression. ...more

February 26, 2009

Hillsborough County is jumping on the Twitter trend, sending out county news via the social media service under the name @HCNews. So far, there's a small following -- 25 people -- but more could be flowing soon, given tweets from the county such as this one: ...more

February 25, 2009

According to the article "Carbon Emissions Growing Faster" in last Sunday's Tampa Tribune, Co2 emissions have been growing at 3.5 percent per year since 2000. At this rate, the increase will reach a total of 41 percent by the year's end. Since Al Gore and his so called scientists and researchers have already conclusively linked increases in Co2 emissions with that of increases in global warming, wouldn't one have expected a rather dramatic or possible even a catastrophic increase in the earth's temperature during this period? Not so, for as studies have shown and we all we know, absolutely no warming has taken place since! It's time to finally lay Gore's theory to rest. ...more

February 20, 2009

The Issue: Limiting Citizen Input And Reducing The Number Of County Commission Meetings Each Month. Our Opinion: Bad Ideas. ...more

February 19, 2009