With the reduction in revenue and property values during the current economic downturn, the Pasco County Commission will be required this summer to make some tough decisions as to what services we will offer next year, the level of service to be provided and how we will pay for those services. Based on letters to the editor, e-mails and one-on-one conversations with residents, we realize we need to do a better job of explaining to our citizens the budget decision process. ...more

March 29, 2009

Six years after the Pasco County Commission agreed to build a national tennis center in Wesley Chapel, the Tourist Development Council has signed off on a management agreement with Saddlebrook Resort. ...more

August 7, 2008

Six years after the Pasco County Commission agreed to build a national tennis center in Wesley Chapel, the Tourist Development Council has signed off on a management agreement with Saddlebrook Resort. ...more

August 6, 2008

Jim McKay, the longtime host of the ground-breaking "ABC's Wide World of Sports" who died in early June at the age of 86, would have loved what is going on in Pasco County. ...more

June 29, 2008

Saddlebrook Resort owner Tom Dempsey and Pasco County officials still are finalizing a management and construction contract for the Pasco National Tennis Stadium. ...more

May 20, 2008

More than five years after the county commission agreed to build a tennis stadium in Wesley Chapel with Saddlebrook Resort, the parties still are at odds on key issues. ...more

January 9, 2008

DADE CITY - More than five years after the county commission agreed to build a tennis stadium in Wesley Chapel with Saddlebrook Resort, the parties still are at odds on key issues. ...more

January 8, 2008

The owners of Wiregrass Ranch have donated 24 acres next to Saddlebrook Resort to Pasco County, clearing the way for design and construction of the planned $7.9 million Pasco National Tennis Center. ...more

October 19, 2007

Marketing studies and sports' league officials suggest Pasco County could become a big player in the amateur sports market. But county commissioners, most notably Michael Cox, are getting way ahead of themselves by agreeing to explore the possibility of building a multipurpose complex for tournaments and other competitions. ...more

September 28, 2007

Michael Cox has the blessing of his fellow Pasco County commissioners to make a new pitch for a multipurpose sports complex. ...more

September 26, 2007