SEBRING — It seems the pain at the pump may not be the only way we'll pay for high gasoline prices. While medical device repairman Jason Rybinski is parking his 2005 GMC Sierra pickup truck in favor of a Japanese sedan, Sheriff Susan Benton is upping her 2009 gasoline budget from $498,000 to $800,000. So even though the sheriff has told her department heads to assemble a flat budget, more tax money than ever will buy fuel for deputies to protect Highlands County. ...more

May 25, 2008

Editorial Omitted Facts Regarding "Private-School Students Deserve Chance on Public School Fields" (Our Opinion, May 12): ...more

May 19, 2008

Pitiful Taxpayers Dear pitiful taxpayers of Hernando County: Did you read April 9 article in Hernando Today, "Leto To Turn In County Vehicle?" ...more

May 4, 2008

TAMPA The owner of a restaurant on South Westshore Boulevard was arrested Tuesday, accused by the Florida Department of Revenue of collecting more than $83,000 in sales tax from customers but failing to send it in to the state, investigators said. ...more

February 21, 2008

Mayor Pam Iorio is proposing to use tourist tax dollars to fund the flagging streetcar system, owned by the city and county transit agency. The streetcar "has a strong connection to tourist development. There's no question about that," Iorio said. ...more

February 20, 2008

After two of the five Sarasota County commissioners changed their positions on a proposal to renovate Ed Smith Stadium, the commission voted to offer $17.6 million toward the project, a decision that could keep the Cincinnati Reds baseball team from leaving its spring training facility in Sarasota. ...more

February 13, 2008

Two of the most overpaid public servants the county has, Guy Maxcy and Carl Cool, have come out against Amendment One. Why? Because they will have a little less money to throw toward contractors and Realtors who are bound and determined to over-build the county at the expense of its citizens. They won't be able to throw our tax money around like the federal government does. Have they ever thought about cutting back on their spendthrift ways? No. They come up with ways to spend more of your tax money that will affect you for years to come. ...more

February 4, 2008

Two Bay area transit agencies are trying to come up with a list of improvements, including expanded bus service and local rail system, they can offer residents as an incentive to change the way local mass transit is funded. ...more

January 22, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – The Sheriff's Office sought to rev up support today to buy seven traffic patrol motorcycles with Penny for Pasco revenue. ...more

January 22, 2008