In November 2005, Hernando County hired Brooksville-based Creative Environmental Solutions Inc. to head up the testing at the contaminated former public works compound in downtown Brooksville for $22,276. ...more

December 16, 2009

The more I hear about the county's proposed sports multiplex, the more I like the original Pasco National Tennis Center concept. I know, I know. The tennis center idea is dead as a coffin nail and buried in a grave of bureaucratic overkill. That it continues to exist at all - in the tormented memories of the diehard few - is tribute to the original synergistic genius of the plan. ...more

December 16, 2009

Pasco County commissioners Tuesday gave County Administrator John Gallagher greater authority to act alone on behalf of the county in the wake of natural disasters and other sudden emergencies. ...more

December 16, 2009

The developers of Cypress Creek Town Center won a 10-year extension on their construction plan Tuesday from Pasco County. ...more

December 16, 2009

It will cost the county $35,325 to have 12 homes demolish and eight other removed along Elgin Boulevard to make way for roadway widening. ...more

December 16, 2009

Because jail costs are coming in less than anticipated for the first two months of this fiscal year, the county's purchasing director said the jail budget should realize a $412,787 decrease, bringing the total budged amount down from $11.3 million to roughly $10.9 million. ...more

December 13, 2009

With a fierce ambition and savvy political skills, Pat Bean survived the rise and fall of seven Hillsborough County administrators before she got the job in December 2003. ...more

December 13, 2009

An injection of federal stimulus money could reverse some of the cuts Pasco County made this fall to its firefighting force in response to falling tax revenue. ...more

December 12, 2009

Back in 2008, the people who plan and coordinate Hillsborough County's road and transportation system were in jam; actually more of a logjam. ...more

December 11, 2009

Four years ago, Pasco County commissioners let Florida turnpike officials put off planning for a link between the Suncoast Parkway and the county's planned Ridge Road extension. ...more

December 11, 2009