Dunedin residents are being asked to conserve water during what city officials are calling "crisis" caused by a leaking water main along Dunedin Causeway. ...more

February 5, 2010

Dunedin residents have been asked to cut water use after a break in a water main on the Dunedin Causeway this week, officials said. ...more

February 5, 2010

I used to think I was cheap. Now, however, I know I have just been lacking in consumer confidence. For whatever reason, I have never been comfortable with spending money like there was no tomorrow. I have thought for a long time that if everyone were as cheap as me there would be a permanent recession. I've always ranked low as far as consumer confidence, whatever that means. I'm thinking it means that I am confident I would be able to buy something without worrying later that I should have spent that money on something else more critical for survival - food, nonhybrid seeds, gold coins, ammo or colloidal silver. ...more

January 16, 2010

Michael Moore quotes in his current film, "Capitalism: A Love Story." ...more

October 28, 2009

A small plastic bag containing cocaine was found in a washing machine at a St. Petersburg fire station recently, leading to two separate investigations, police said. The police department heard of the find at a station at 4701 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. St. S. shortly before 5 p.m. Friday, said St. Petersburg police spokesman Bill Proffitt. ...more

September 24, 2009

77 years old. The owners on the floor above me installed a washing machine from which suds and water come into my apartment through the wastewater drains. I reported the problem to the manager but nothing has been done to correct the problem. We have laundry rooms in the building but, of course, people prefer to have their own machines. ...more

March 29, 2009

Let Medicare Negotiate I keep my Medicare policy, plus my supplementary insurance policy, because I know that if I get cancer or another major disease, Medicare will not call me in the middle of the treatment to tell me my benefits have expired. HMOs are for-profit businesses whose main concern is profit, which means spending as little money as possible for clients. ...more

March 23, 2009

Our house burned down. Not the one in which we currently reside. And it didn't actually burn down, but it burned badly enough to level it and replace it with something that isn't our house. ...more

March 22, 2009

Offers of help are pouring in for a young couple burned out of their house when a pan of French fries caught fire in their kitchen Jan. 5. ...more

January 21, 2009

Offers of help are pouring in for a young couple burned out of their house when a pan of french fries caught fire in their kitchen Jan. 5. ...more

January 21, 2009