By a 4-1 vote Tuesday, the county commission affirmed that the owners of Gulf Landings have 'vested rights' to build commercial and multifamily housing on three tracts west of U.S. 19, finishing a project approved 50 years ago. ...more

October 26, 2007

Are you tired of developers leaping over the local comprehensive land use plan with the approval of county commissioners and building larger and higher and covering more wetlands and wildlife habitat? ...more

October 21, 2007

Since it was enacted in 1972, the Clean Water Act has prompted the cleanup of waters throughout the nation, from Tampa Bay to the Great Lakes. ...more

October 6, 2007

Lawmakers, in Tallahassee to deal with a $1.1 billion budget shortfall, are preaching the need for fiscal austerity. But they don't deserve much credence when the state has spent more than $32 million for the planning of an unneeded Panhandle airport and, as the Tribune's Mike Salinero reports, still plans to spend about $87.3 million more in the coming years on the boondoggle. ...more

October 6, 2007

The fill dirt covered a mucky patch on the banks of Lake Grady for so long that saplings took root and grew into trees. ...more

September 27, 2007

In the spring of 2006, less than two weeks after a contentious election that divided this small waterfront city, a newly elected council faced a difficult choice. ...more

September 24, 2007

Roy Schiro is tired of having to corkscrew about on various roads to get anywhere. ...more

September 17, 2007

What appears to be happening with the cracks in the reservoir might not be due to sinkholes, but could it be a result of questionable quality of the soil cement that was used to construct the base? Why was $500,000 put in Tampa Bay Water's budget last year for 'maintenance' for the reservoir? Did someone know this was coming? Isn't taking $200,000 to 'fix' the reservoir going to diminish the regular maintenance money? Are these inflated costs or was there prior knowledge of defects? What is going on? ...more

September 10, 2007