Sometimes good ideas have to be put on hold during desperate times, and considering Florida's economic climate, that time is now. We support a bill sponsored by Rep. Denise Grimsley that would postpone impact fees for a set period of time, although we differ on the length of the postponement. ...more

March 13, 2009

Cuba is expected to rapidly improve its infrastructure and accommodations for tourists as soon as U.S. restrictions on travel there are lifted, Pinellas County tourism officials said Wednesday. ...more

March 5, 2009

President Barack Obama's senior White House adviser says Americans will soon see positive effects of the massive economic stimulus plan passed last week by Congress. ...more

February 15, 2009

The speed with which the president wants to get this "stimulus" bill enacted into law makes me suspicious of what is really in it. I understand the bill consists of 500 pages. I don't think the House or Senate members have had time to read it thoroughly and know its contents fully. ...more

February 12, 2009

America's roads, public transit and aviation have gotten worse in the past four years. Water and sewage systems are awful The basic physical backbone of American society is barely above failing, a report by top engineers says. ...more

January 30, 2009

Sharon Lam of Hudson wants Congress to mandate that employers use the E-Verify system to ensure potential employees have legal immigration status. ...more

January 7, 2009

On Friday, Dec. 19 I read where Jeff Carlson opposes the new sheriff's building, which most people, I think, know we need now. It's not a project that is speculative at best. I must ask, does Mr. Carlson have a personal interest in the Sebring Parkway project with so many other open areas for growth? Is the water and sewer, if installed, suitable for only the sheriff's building, or could it benefit infrastructure as well? As Mr. Youngman wrote in his letter on Dec. 18, we as a county have to assure that no illegal aliens are working in our county. ...more

December 30, 2008

Encore, the planned Central Park Village redevelopment, would boost Tampa's economy by creating thousands of jobs - both short-term construction jobs and hundreds of permanent positions. ...more

December 11, 2008

TAMPA -- Encore, the planned Central Park Village redevelopment, would boost Tampa's economy by creating thousands of jobs –- both short-term construction jobs and hundreds of permanent positions. The Tampa Housing Authority is pushing those jobs as a means to spur interest in breaking ground on the mixed-use, mixed-income community it is developing with Bank of America on Nebraska Avenue. ...more

December 9, 2008

Riot police charged into a group of doctors and nurses protesting Zimbabwe's deepening economic and health crisis, eyewitnesses said Wednesday as deaths rose sharply from a cholera epidemic blamed on collapsing infrastructure. ...more

December 4, 2008