Pinellas officials had no good news for people who attended a Tuesday night town hall meeting on the county's budget plans for the 2010 fiscal year. ...more

March 4, 2009

Hundreds of confidential government documents have turned up in trash bags and garbage bins instead of being shredded as required by law, according to a Pinellas County audit. ...more

November 8, 2008

Funeral services are scheduled Friday for Margaret V. "Peggy" Woodard, mother of Mark Woodard, Pinellas assistant county administrator, and the mother-in-law of Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio. ...more

August 21, 2008

Funeral services are scheduled this week for Peggy Woodward, mother of Pinellas assistant county administrator Mark Woodward and mother-in-law of Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio. ...more

August 20, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - The next Pinellas County administrator might be required to live in the county, and that could pose a problem for the husband of Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio. ...more

July 3, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG - The next Pinellas administrator might be required to live in the county, and that could pose a problem for the husband of Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio. Mark Woodard, an assistant county administrator in Pinellas, is among four finalists chosen by county commissioners Tuesday for the top administrative post. ...more

July 2, 2008

CLEARWATER - Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. Former Pinellas County Administrator Fred Marquis, a fixture at the county courthouse for decades, is the county commission's unanimous selection to temporarily replace County Administrator Steve Spratt. Spratt, the county's top appointed official for nearly six years, is resigning at the end of this month amid political fallout over the county's controversial purchase of land from Property Appraiser Jim Smith. ...more

September 25, 2007

CLEARWATER - The land deal between Pinellas County and Property Appraiser Jim Smith has cost taxpayers far more than the $225,000 the county paid to buy Smith's vacant lot. ...more

September 21, 2007