I don't have a problem with volunteering, but if the state would make our county commissioners volunteer their time too, and give Hernando County that money saved, we would be way ahead of the game. ...more

September 24, 2009

A damaging verdict in a sexual harassment trial has not slowed County Commissioner Kevin White's drive for re-election. ...more

September 2, 2009

Gov. Charlie Crist announced today that he has chosen Earl Lennard to be Hillsborough County's supervisor of elections. Lennard replaces Phyllis Busansky, a Democrat, who was elected in November 2008 and died last month. Lennard, a Republican, will fill the position until 2010, at which point he may run for election. ...more

July 14, 2009

Nearly 4,000 poll workers will undergo an intensive training course at the Phyllis Busansky Clerks Academy prior to next year's elections. ...more

July 9, 2009

Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Phyllis Busansky was found dead today in a St. Augustine hotel room, sheriff's officials in St. Johns County said. She was 72. Busansky was found unresponsive in her room at the Renaissance Hotel at the World Golf Village, where a conference of Florida's elections supervisors was held. ...more

June 23, 2009

The cities of New Port Richey, Port Richey, San Antonio and Zephyrhills are conducting municipal elections Tuesday. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. ...more

April 12, 2009

City Councilman John Dingfelder has filed to run for a Hillsborough County Commission seat in 2010. ...more

April 10, 2009

Pasco County's large contingent of residents of Greek ancestry gathered for a recent ceremony marking the 188th anniversary of Greece's independence from the Ottoman Empire. Hugh Townsend presided over the observance Friday in front of the West Pasco Government Center in New Port Richey. ...more

April 1, 2009

Dormant for several years, the New Tampa Republican Club has a new charter and officers. ...more

March 18, 2009

A state agency will hire an independent auditor to determine how former Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson spent federal money meant for voter education and equipment. ...more

March 13, 2009