The Cone Ranch Advisory Committee, of which I am a member, was asked to listen to the proposal by Florida Conservation & Environmental Group and recommend to the Hillsborough County Commission the best way to preserve and protect Cone Ranch. ...more

November 6, 2009

A rift has developed on Hillsborough County's Cone Ranch advisory committee over a meeting between county officials and a private group of investors who want to sell a large swath of the 12,800-acre, county-owned ranch. ...more

November 3, 2009

If we had our way, Hillsborough County would restore Cone Ranch, transforming ditches and pastures into creeks and wetlands, and open it to the public as a wilderness park. ...more

November 2, 2009

Cone Ranch is a unique and extremely valuable asset belonging to the taxpayers of Hillsborough County. But it is threatened by a deal to allow the Florida Conservation and Environmental Group (FCEG) to sell it off at the very bottom of the real estate market. ...more

October 31, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Citizens for Sanity, Pasco County's home-grown environmental group, has thrown a wrench into the county's hopes of landing financial giant T. Rowe Price. ...more

March 14, 2009

Pasco leaders hope to stop and get directions next week about how much federal stimulus money the county might expect for road projects here. Proposals for the federal aid package have been changing almost daily, Doug Uden, the county's transportation planning coordinator, said. ...more

February 7, 2009

Highlands County commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday not to permanently close public access to Lake Denton. ...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

Most of the people who sat through Monday night's four-hour city Planning and Zoning Board meeting on the proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter never got a chance to speak on the controversial issue. ...more

September 23, 2008

The Clorox Co., targeted by activists for emitting pollution, has a new partner: the Sierra Club. ...more

July 17, 2008