Every 25 years, the city renegotiates its franchise with Tampa Electric. To environmental advocates, the talks provide a window of opportunity for city officials to push for green policies, renewable energy programs and other concessions from the regional utility. ...more

October 24, 2008

The plot thickens in the ongoing drama that centers on whether Wal-Mart can construct a SuperCenter along U.S. 19, north of Tarpon Avenue, abutting the Anclote River. ...more

October 22, 2008

Hiring And Firing Of Tampa City Council's Attorney ON THE BALLOT: "Should the Charter be amended to allow City Council, rather than the city attorney, to employ an attorney whose salary and qualifications are comparable to other city attorneys; to render independent advisory opinions pursuant to vote of City Council and legal advice relating to City Council business that may be requested by any member, and remove the responsibility for the attorney to perform other duties as required by the city attorney?" ...more

October 19, 2008

People the Tarpon Springs City Commission pays to advise its members on land use matters are warning commissioners against declaring the city's 2005 development order with Wal-Mart no longer valid. Will commissioners listen? ...more

October 11, 2008

The City Commission voted Tuesday night to determine whether Wal-Mart's city-approved plan to develop one of its Supercenter retail complexes near the Anclote River has lapsed and will have to be reconsidered. ...more

October 8, 2008

City Commissioner Peter Dalacos wants to tackle the issue of whether Wal-Mart's development agreement with the city to build a store on U.S. 19 has expired. ...more

October 6, 2008

The city council voted to ban panhandling, charity collections and newspaper sales on medians along city streets, rejecting pleas from people who said they will lose money in the move. ...more

October 2, 2008

Though Sarah Palin depicts herself as a pit bull fighting good-old-boy politics, in her years as mayor she and her friends received special benefits more typical of small-town politics as usual, an Associated Press investigation shows. ...more

September 28, 2008

The Port Richey City Council will hold a special meeting Tuesday night to interview potential members for the city's proposed Charter Review Committee. The committee would study the charter, the document that makes Port Richey a city and specifies how it operates, and recommend any changes the committee believed are needed. Council would then have to decide whether to ask city voters to approve any proposed charter changes. ...more

September 27, 2008

The Tarpon Springs Planning and Zoning Board will hear Wal-Mart's request to amend the site plan for the retailer's proposed 203,077-square-foot Supercenter on U.S. 19 near Beckett Way. ...more

September 22, 2008