TARPON SPRINGS - A proposal to construct a 128-unit "workforce" housing complex on 9-acres at Rainville Road and Alt 19 was deferred Monday night by the Planning and Zoning Board. The city staff had been recommending approval of a preliminary development plan for the project, known as Raintree Cove Apartments. Other details on the plan the developer offered Monday night, however, changed staff's view on the project, city planner Rodney Chatman said. ...more

August 2, 2008

Sick of filling up the tank for 60 bucks? Considering a place near work downtown and tossing the car keys? ...more

July 29, 2008

Flight Meets Tragic Fate Regarding "Small-Plane Crash Kills 3" (front page, July 18): ...more

July 23, 2008

This is proving that it would probably be easier for Jabba the Hutt to move his keister than to get Karen Peoples to please, simply go away. ...more

July 22, 2008

For two years, Edwin Letras searched for a home he could afford. Discouraged, he thought his three young children were destined to grow up in a two-bedroom apartment. ...more

July 18, 2008

Tampa Housing Authority Commissioner Karen Peoples has abused her position of power, shirked her responsibilities as a renter and gone out of her way to malign people perceived as enemies. And you, the taxpayer, have subsidized her stay in public housing for 24 years. ...more

July 18, 2008

Tampa Housing Authority commissioner Karen Peoples arrived late Wednesday morning for what may have been her last board meeting. ...more

July 17, 2008

Tampa Housing Authority commissioner Karen Peoples responded angrily this morning to a Tampa Tribune report that she is being evicted for violating federal housing guidelines. "Whoever was responsible for this article, may God be with you when the time comes," Peoples said near the end of the authority's monthly board meeting. "This was not necessary." ...more

July 16, 2008

The Tampa Housing Authority on Tuesday began eviction proceedings against one of its own: longtime housing Commissioner Karen Peoples. ...more

July 16, 2008

PLANT CITY - As soon as they walked in the door, they knew they were home. ...more

June 27, 2008