I can't believe so many negative articles on Lake Istokpoga. I have people using my boat ramp every day (today a 26-foot pontoon put in with no problem) and last year too. The water isn't that low. The businesses that rely on fishermen are going to go out of business just from all the bad publicity. Last year all the scare about how the lake was going to go down to maybe 35.5 stopped a lot of fishermen from coming over the summer. We went down to about 37.4 and we are now at 38.6. ...more

December 23, 2007

South Tampa residents Ted Hull and Jackie Trigg met with Stevie Wonder in Atlanta this month to have the R&B legend autograph a Braille version of Hull's book "The Wonder Years." ...more

November 28, 2007

With home foreclosures skyrocketing, the House on Thursday voted to crack down on mortgage lenders by forcing them to get licenses, making them responsible for discovering whether borrowers can really repay and fining them for steering people toward risky subprime loans. ...more

November 16, 2007

Regarding "Commission's Vote On Trash Makes Independents' Day" (Metro, Nov. 8): ...more

November 12, 2007

Mitchell Elementary second-graders Michelle Ferlita and Lila Goodwillie and third-graders Laurel Thaxton and Lauren Robinson were rewarded with a limousine ride and pizza party for being among the school's top sellers of gift wrap and other products. ...more

November 3, 2007

Hillsborough High's Reed Shimberg swims the 100 and 200 freestyle, and he takes classes harder than most of us remember from high school. ...more

September 19, 2007

Misguided MAP I feel compelled to write about the newest performance pay plan, Merit Award Program (MAP), that will be voted on in the school district. ...more

September 14, 2007