Meeting Friday with tenants of the Port of Tampa, Steve Fidler, the port's senior director of operations, had a message for anyone who does business at the port: "Get a TWIC" by Sept. 25. ...more

January 19, 2008

The Great American Teach-In was a few weeks ago and my "Theory of Knowledge" class was one of many other classes that went to our auditorium to listen to a guest speaker from Montevideo, Uruguay, talk about the relationship of art, architecture and music. ...more

December 27, 2007

Although strolling through downtown Tampa may never replicate the experience of window shopping on Michigan Avenue in Chicago or New York's Fifth Avenue, 2008 could be the year that downtown Tampa begins to amass enough restaurants, galleries and shops - and buzz - to pique the interest of people accustomed to spending all their time, and money, in the suburbs. ...more

December 19, 2007

I can't believe that two purportedly professional people of Highlands County are having a public catfight, and worse yet, they are bringing it into the courts. What a waste of our law enforcement and court's time and money over a "flashlight" valued less than $30. It will be interesting to know how much this will cost the taxpayers of Highlands County. ...more

December 18, 2007

In its second season, the Broadway Art Project in Dunedin's Douglas Village has been redesigned to resemble similar street parties in cities like Safety Harbor and Gulfport. ...more

December 15, 2007

Ever drive through a city and get the feeling upon entering the city limits that citizens there value beauty and serenity? ...more

October 25, 2007

What has changed this school year with physical education? Students in K-5 public schools are required to take 150 minutes of physical education every week. There is not a requirement for middle school students, but schools are encouraged to provide 225 minutes of physical education per week. High school physical education has been reduced from 2.5 semesters - including one semester of health - to two semesters of physical education, with health integrated. ...more

September 23, 2007

When developers planned Country Village, a small subdivision off Hutchinson Road north of Ehrlich Road, there was no plan to keep up common-area grass or the neighborhood's wall. ...more

September 19, 2007

The Internal Revenue Service may be losing hundreds of millions of dollars because it won't spend the time and money to match millions of income statements with incorrect or missing identification numbers to existing tax accounts, an IRS watchdog said Tuesday. ...more

September 12, 2007