Last week's column didn't reach fruition because of an ill-timed cataract operation. Your obedient servant can now see clearly, but no longer gets sympathy for bumping into things. Two weeks' worth of results follow. ...more

November 25, 2009

Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Nov. 4 to award the first phase of the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard widening project to a company that submitted a bid $31 million less than the county's estimated cost. ...more

November 13, 2009

Your obedient servant and his traveling companion have returned from our Panama Canal cruise, and are pleased to report the canal is still there. We investigated on-board duplicate opportunities, but were met by an austere gentleman of English persuasion who said, rather off-puttingly, "Wal, it is going to cawst you some mon-eh." It was a very private group. We decided to play social bridge instead. ...more

November 11, 2009

Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Nov. 4 to award the first phase of the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard widening project to a company that submitted a bid $31 million less than the county's estimated cost. ...more

November 11, 2009

Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Wednesday to award the first phase of the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard widening project to a company that submitted a bid $31 million less than the county's estimated cost. By a 4-3 vote, the commission approved a $40.5 million bid by Kamminga & Roodvoets Inc. of Tampa to widen Bruce B. Downs Boulevard from Palm Springs Boulevard to Pebble Creek Drive. The company, which is also known as K&R, submitted the lowest of eight bids for the job. ...more

November 5, 2009

An upscale dance club might be the next use for an 1895 building - one of the oldest in downtown Tampa - that originally housed the Tampa Harness & Wagon Co. ...more

March 5, 2009

An upscale dance club might be the next use for an 1895 building – one of the oldest in downtown Tampa – that originally housed the Tampa Harness & Wagon Co. ...more

March 4, 2009

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February 6, 2009

The Sun City Center Art Club will hold a varied palette of art classes this fall. ...more

October 15, 2008

Why don't opponents to an elected county mayor with veto power want to fix an archaic governmental system? Why are they afraid to let the voters decide whether to change the structure of county government? ...more

August 1, 2008