I appeal to the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners to not allow the recommendations of the Hillsborough County Transportation Task Force to proceed to a ballot initiative in November 2010. The BOCC should not be satisfied with the poorly researched recommendations. ...more

November 28, 2009

Pasco Sheriff Bob White is asking for the community's help in reaching out to county residents going through tough times this holiday season. The sheriff's office's annual Holiday Food Basket Drive is under way. ...more

November 18, 2009

In less than a month, Pasco County commissioners will learn where a California company wants to put an $11 million county-financed sports complex. ...more

November 11, 2009

For those who spent Saturday night watching the news as the votes for the House of Representative's health care reform bill came in, the announcement could have felt like a great victory or a complete disappointment. ...more

November 10, 2009

At least 20 Hillsborough County residents, and possibly as many as 195, were double-billed for their property taxes this week because of a California company's computer malfunction. ...more

November 4, 2009

County Tax Collector Doug Belden shut down his office's online bill payment today after discovering some residents were being double-billed for their property tax payments. ...more

November 3, 2009

The county closes libraries, senior service centers, Head Start centers, the animal shelter and other services as the first of five unpaid furlough days hits. ...more

October 30, 2009

Repurposing household throwaways to serve a higher calling as yard art may be its own reward, but the payoff just got bigger. ...more

October 25, 2009

Family historians never have enough time in research facilities. It's especially difficult to have only a few hours or a single day in a mecca such as the library at Salt Lake City or the National Archives in Washington, D.C. ...more

October 25, 2009

Turn off the television or videogames, get off the couch and "Get Outside," water district officials encourage Pasco County residents. ...more

October 24, 2009