About $1.4 million appropriated last year for new voting machines was instead spent on personnel costs in Hillsborough County's elections supervisor Buddy Johnson's office, according to the county's budget director. ...more

December 24, 2008

Reeling from criticism of his postelection, $2.3 million budget request, Hillsborough Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson rejected claims that his office kept county officials in the dark about his budget. ...more

December 23, 2008

Hillsborough County's troubled affordable housing office is getting a new director. ...more

December 20, 2008

Hilllsborough County's troubled affordable housing office is getting a new director. ...more

December 19, 2008

Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson will tell county commissioners today that he's in a financial jam and needs a $2.3 million bailout. ...more

December 17, 2008

An internal audit found Hillsborough County's Affordable Housing Office to be mismanaged, yet it let the county's top manager, Administrator Pat Bean, off the hook. ...more

December 11, 2008

Poor management and lax oversight caused Hillsborough County's Affordable Housing Office to lose $2 million in federal funds last year, according to an internal audit released Monday. ...more

December 9, 2008

TAMPA -- An internal audit released today blames poor management and a bad reporting system in Hillsborough County's Affordable Housing Office for the loss of $2 million in federal funds. It provides a blistering assessment of housing officials, specifically those assigned to oversee or assist the department from 2004 to 2006. The audit, at different points, refers to the county's previous housing management as "inept" and lacking "ambition and initiative to promote and pursue standards, principles and values." ...more

December 8, 2008

With little likelihood of getting state money next year for local projects, Hillsborough County commissioners instead asked legislators Tuesday to end state mandates that tie local governments' hands. ...more

December 3, 2008

A year ago, Hillsborough County's Affordable Housing Office lost $2 million in federal money for not committing the funds to eligible projects in time. ...more

November 11, 2008