Why raise our taxes without raising impact fees for developers?

Creative Loafing Tampa - Thu Nov 05

I have to give Commissioner Mark Sharpe credit for promoting alternative transportation options.A On its face, rail sounds like a good idea, but take a closer look at how our county currently operates and how we got here in the first place and that rail vision starts to blur.

Police ID man from Kinsley Street standoff

Nashua Telegraph - Thu Nov 05

" Police released the identity of the man who occupied officers, including members of the department's special response team, during a 5-hour standoff last night.

Hillsborough school district restricts athletes' clothing

Bradenton Herald - Thu Nov 05

A Florida Gulf Coast school district is trying to prevent track athletes from practicing in limited clothing, despite complaints it could subject them to heat stroke.

Bomb scare at Alvirne HS in Hudson, N.H.

Lowell Sun - Wed Nov 04

State and local police, along with a bomb-sniffing dog, scoured the Alvirne High School parking lot Wednesday after a student reported that another student told her he had planted explosive devices in cars.

Fla. Police Dept. Investigates Conduct During an Arrest

Officer.com - Wed Nov 04

ROBERT ECKHARTSarasota Herald Tribune SARASOTA SARASOTA: As investigation wraps up, more voices are beginning to chime in City Manager Bob Bartolotta drove to Hillsborough County on Tuesday to pick up more than 2,000 pages of investigative records that will shape the future of the Sarasota Police Department.

Hillsborough schools stand on the verge of massive, Gates-funded reforms to boost teaching

St. Petersburg Times - Wed Nov 04

Imagine radically reinventing America's teaching force. You could lure new talent with competitive pay and support.

Hillsborough tax collector: Some double-billed on tax payments

Tampa Bay Online - Tue Nov 03

An unknown number of Hillsborough County residents were double-billed for their property taxes this week due to a California company's computer malfunction.

Developer welfare in Hillsborough: Impact Fees

Creative Loafing Tampa - Tue Nov 03

You probably already know that growth does not pay for itself and taxpayers are left holding the bill for things like roads, fire safety and parks despite what politicians would like you to believe.

NH doesn't place responsibility for falling trees

Nashua Telegraph - Tue Nov 03

The horrifying story of a trick-or-treater killed when a birch tree fell on him after being hit by a gust of wind raises a question often overlooked in this well-forested state: What responsibility do we have for harm done by the trees on our property? The answer, said the county forester, is not much.

Hudson cop foils Cumberland Farms robber before he strikes

Nashua Telegraph - Mon Nov 02

A police officer spotted a man preparing to hold up a convenience store and stopped the robbery before it happened, police said.