The widow of Tampa civil rights icon Bob Gilder says she can't get a straight answer as to why her husband's name has not been restored to the Hillsborough County elections office on Falkenburg Road. ...more

January 15, 2009

The recent fiasco at the Hillsborough supervisor of elections office seems to be compounded by a considerable lack of oversight by the county. ...more

January 12, 2009

Otho Eugene Hays' grandson described him as a "tough old bird." ...more

January 8, 2009

No blemishes were found in the daily operations and bookkeeping of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, according to an audit by an independent accounting firm. ...more

January 7, 2009

Buddy Johnson may be out of office, but the mess he made as Hillsborough County supervisor of elections will haunt taxpayers in the coming months. The dismaying episode provides a useful lesson for voters. ...more

January 7, 2009

Tuesday was her first day on the job, and Hillsborough County's new elections supervisor was faced with a $2 million deficit and voting machines that had misfired on election night. ...more

January 6, 2009

Christmas Is No Threat The letter you printed Dec. 25, "Christmas Defended," by Emily Harper was a satirical letter whose purpose was to make the "conservative Christians" feel bad about wanting to keep the tradition of saying "Merry Christmas" alive in this world. ...more

December 28, 2008

Fourteen local clubs and organizations earned $37,852.69 to give back to the community by staffing precincts on Election Day last month, Supervisor of Elections Brian E. Corley announced recently. In the Adopt-A-Precinct program, volunteers from the groups are paid the standard poll worker wage. Adopt-A-Precinct participants, however, agree in advance to donate their Election Day salaries to a charity of their club's choosing. ...more

December 27, 2008

Hillsborough County commissioners are right to call in auditors to find out why the Supervisor of Elections Office needs a $2.3 million emergency bailout a few weeks before Buddy Johnson turns over the keys to Phyllis Busansky, who beat him in the November election. ...more

December 20, 2008

Outgoing elections supervisor Buddy Johnson has changed his mind about asking the county commission to give his office more money. ...more

December 19, 2008