On a warm evening last week, some of the area's most well-heeled set munched on crab cakes and pasta. The wining and dining took place at the luxurious and sprawling home of their leader. The talk was politics. ...more

June 22, 2008

Skipper's Smokehouse will host two concerts with proceeds to benefit local organizations. ...more

May 24, 2008

More than 600 students were removed from the "active voter" list in 2007, dropping voter registration on the University of South Florida campus from more than 1,000 to just over 400 for last month's presidential primary. ...more

February 13, 2008

Please excuse an impertinent observation, but isn't the idea of the supervisor of ELECTIONS hiring a company to teach people how to VOTE, about as goofy as the tax collector retaining the services of a couple of panhandlers to gather up revenue? ...more

February 2, 2008

Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson has hired a public relations firm to teach voters how to use new optical scanning voting machines before they go to the polls in November. ...more

January 29, 2008

Voters registered in one of New Tampa's largest precincts must visit a new location Tuesday to cast a ballot in the Florida presidential preference primary. ...more

January 26, 2008

Yuletide cheer reaches a fever pitch this week with Christmas events that include appearances by the Jolly Old Elf. ...more

December 6, 2007

Yuletide cheer reaches a fever pitch this week with Christmas events that include appearances by the Jolly Old Elf. ...more

December 3, 2007

Two residents have applied to fill a seat on the Community Development District board of supervisors, left open when Cory Thomason resigned last month. ...more

November 12, 2007

A voter registration program targeting high school seniors netted 308 registrations recently at Armwood and Bloomingdale high schools. ...more

October 3, 2007