To keep the municipal bus service running for another year would have cost the city of Plant City less than $200,000 - and, maybe, with some extended service runs, a little bit more; however, the city of Plant City has now agreed to spend $475,000 to buy nearly a half-acre - a vacant lot downtown - that used to have a very well-done mural of historic Plant City that was razed. Mr. Devane is going to donate back to the city of Plant City $50,000 for use for landscaping the property? He has been using it for a parking lot - why didn't he do the landscaping then - or didn't the city of Plant City care a hoot? Folks, we are in a recession/depression - or hadn't you noticed. ...more

December 10, 2008

The city has agreed to spend $475,000 to buy nearly a half-acre that was left vacant by a 2005 arson fire that destroyed almost a block in historic downtown. ...more

December 3, 2008

The city has agreed to spend $475,000 to buy nearly a half-acre that was left vacant by a 2005 arson fire that destroyed almost a block in historic downtown. ...more

December 3, 2008

Plant City has agreed to spend $475,000 to buy nearly one-half acre that was left vacant by arson in 2005 that destroyed almost a block in historical downtown. ...more

November 28, 2008

The owners of Snellgrove's Restaurant, a family owned downtown institution for nearly a half-century, have specific plans for their vacant property across the street - as soon as the economy turns around. ...more

August 27, 2008

The 2005 fire that destroyed nearly a block of historic downtown created what one Plant City commissioner calls an eyesore and a blight. ...more

August 6, 2008

The 2005 fire that destroyed nearly a block of historic downtown created a void one Plant City commissioner calls an eyesore and a blight. ...more

July 31, 2008

Proponents of Amendment 2 are deliberately misleading the public by calling it the "gay marriage" or "same-sex" marriage amendment. ...more

June 7, 2008

The labor and delivery of this cherished creation is unlike any other these women may have experienced. ...more

May 28, 2008

Ken DeVane is no longer a member of the city's municipal code enforcement board. ...more

May 24, 2008