Fleet manager Jack Stepongzi's admission of receiving kickbacks from a Texas parts supplier has triggered a wider investigation into the county's fleet department. ...more

October 31, 2009

Adkins says 'questionable' purchases could extend beyond Stepongzi. ...more

October 30, 2009

A doctor who vanished eight years ago after he was charged with molesting two girls in Pinellas County has turned up under a different name in Ireland, and now is fighting extradition, according to Dublin news organizations. ...more

April 1, 2009

If something we read recently is correct, then the old saw about the Chinese ideogram for the word crisis being made up of one element denoting danger and the other opportunity is wrong. Regardless, Pasco County is facing a bit of a budget crisis because of falling revenue. So while the county's taxing and spending status quo appears in danger, Pasco officials are taking the opportunity to take a look at how Pasco will change over the next few years and how county government will fit into that change. ...more

April 1, 2009

Facing the prospect of major budget cuts next year, Pasco County officials took the hard questions directly to the taxpayers Monday night in the first of a series of public meetings aimed at setting priorities for the county's future. ...more

April 1, 2009

With a $28.8 million drop in revenue expected in the next fiscal year, Pasco County officials are asking the public to weigh in on the county's future during a series of two-hour meetings beginning Monday. ...more

March 29, 2009

A proposal to stimulate construction by dropping county-levied impact fees for the rest of the year has found little traction in the halls of Pasco County government. ...more

March 22, 2009

The closing of the sale of Aloha Utilities is scheduled for Friday, but controversy might not end even then. ...more

February 25, 2009

In an era of falling revenue, the County Commission has taken a LEAP of faith and authorized spending nearly $160,000 on strategic planning for greater efficiency. The county already has its own system, Lean Efficient Accountable Pasco, to stretch every tax dollar. But commissioners believe a firm, ICMA Consulting Services, can help them deliver services better while conserving every penny of revenue. More than 220 cities and counties already get assistance through ICMA's Comparative Performance Measurement Program. ...more

February 4, 2009

People get so busy rushing from one place to another they tend to become "human doings" instead of "human beings," Royce M. Decker said at the Business Development Week kickoff luncheon Monday. ...more

January 29, 2009