Regarding "Traviesa's Aide Tapped For Race" (Metro, Aug. 16): Local Republican Party leaders made a poor choice selecting the too young, inexperienced, undereducated, carpetbagging Rachel Burgin as their candidate for Florida House District 56. There is no logical case that can be made why a one-term legislative aide for another carpetbagger bests the likes of Sandy Murman, Mark Proctor and the others who really live in and care about District 56 for more than one term. ...more

August 22, 2008

"Hold Tight," by Harlan Coben (Dutton, $26.95) To read this fast-paced novel is to hope that the events Harlan Coben describes will never, ever happen to you. But maybe they will, and that's the point. ...more

July 27, 2008

Assistant County Attorney Kent Weissinger said his Web site - which has garnered much media attention recently - will be "on break" for a few days. ...more

June 22, 2008

WEISSINGER COULD DISCONTINUE WEB SITE ...more

June 21, 2008

SEBRING – Former longtime Highlands County administrator Carl Cool told Highlands Today that he will not run for a county commission seat. Cool said that after talking with many people, he believed that not enough public support was there for a successful race. He had planned to challenge incumbent Barbara Stewart for her seat. ...more

June 16, 2008

This week I read that Carl Cool, who retired as Highlands County Administrator, had announced his candidacy to run for county commissioner. I was very surprised to see an employee of the county who retries one week and announces he was seeking re-employment by the county within two weeks. I thought this would be unethical. ...more

June 15, 2008

Near the end of "What Happened," Scott McClellan's tough-love critique of President Bush and his failed presidency, he recounts a bizarre and telling moment in the Oval Office. ...more

June 1, 2008

Stephanie Anderson, the former county emergency management secretary accused of forging payroll records, pleaded not guilty to her charges on Tuesday. ...more

May 28, 2008

Students took over classrooms and administrative offices at Hudson Middle School on May 16 - and their teachers helped them do it. ...more

May 23, 2008

The head of the city's risk management division resigned Sunday, one day after the Tribune wrote about his workers' complaints against him. ...more

February 25, 2008