Last week, the Gang of Five that controls the seven-member Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners, defying a line of protesters, voted to name its annual Moral Courage Award after the same developer who fattened every one of their campaign chests. For a board that has raised arrogance to an all-time level, it was still a spellbinding moment of shoving it back in the public's face. ...more

September 24, 2008

This year's recipient of Hillsborough County's Moral Courage Award said renaming the award for the late conservative activist and businessman Ralph Hughes will bog down the honor in never-ending controversy. ...more

September 17, 2008

PORT RICHEY -- In a year in which all economic news seems to be bad, cities everywhere have been holding their collective breath in anticipation of the release of budgets for the next fiscal year. So there was a nearly giddy sigh of relief July 24 when City Manager Richard Reade presented the City Council with his fiscal 2009 budget proposal. ...more

August 2, 2008

So, in the first two months of using cameras to surveil certain troublesome intersections, Port Richey has tagged 570 scofflaw drivers for running red lights. ...more

July 6, 2008

Every day, the small camera at the crossroads of Ridge Road and U.S. 19 catches at least a dozen red-light runners passing through the busy intersection. ...more

July 2, 2008

BASEBALL COY REPLACED BY FORMER MLB PITCHER ...more

June 17, 2008

The lights and cameras have been in place for two months, and there's still plenty of action for them to record at U.S. 19 and Ridge Road. ...more

June 9, 2008

PORT RICHEY - The lights and cameras have been in place for two months, and there's still plenty of action at U.S. 19 and Ridge Road for them to record in the way of drivers who run red lights. But now that violators are getting slapped with fines, the Port Richey Police Department is hoping word will spread and one of most dangerous intersections in Pasco County will get a little less so. "The whole idea of this program is deterrence," Officer John Schwarz, who is the system's local point man, said. ...more

June 6, 2008

PORT RICHEY - The lights were off in City Manager Richard Reade's office, but he was in there, working away. Reade finds himself with an unexpected personnel issue, as Public Safety Director Mathias Brewi turned in his resignation May 15, about a year after taking the then-newly created position that put him in charge of both the police and fire departments. ...more

June 4, 2008

As the man they call "King Richard" prepares to leave his kingdom, his subjects sent him off with praise and prose befitting royalty. ...more

May 28, 2008