By Matt Wiley
If you follow politics, you know that Florida is a little “out there.” So much so that the Florida House of Representatives decided to pack up the 2015 Legislative Session and leave Tallahassee three days early this year due to disagreements over the state budget. Continue reading
By Matt Wiley
The murmur of conversation echoes around the Omar K. Lightfoot Senior Recreation Center on N. 56th St. in Temple Terrace on May 12. People sit around at folding tables, discussing transportation topics with Hillsborough County officials. While one county employee guides the conversation, another takes notes on an oversized notepad on an easel.Continue reading
By Gary Nager
Our heartfelt congratulations go out to the Rotary Club of New Tampa (which meets Fridays at 7 a.m. at Tampa Palms Golf & Country Club) and the City of Tampa for seeing an important public-private-partnership plan through to fruition.Continue reading
I first lost nearly 50 pounds between eight and nine years ago, but I haven’t ever really worked too hard at getting back down to my original goal weight since then. I was therefore a little dismayed in March of 2014 when I realized I had gained back a little more than half the weight (about 28 lbs.) I had lost in 2006-07 and resolved to get back into good enough shape to do at least two thirds of a sprint triathlon (half-mile-to-one-mile swim, 10-20 miles on the bike and 3-6-mile run).Continue reading
By Matt Wiley
It’s been more than a year since the verdict was read for convicted killer Julie Schenecker, who murdered her two teenage children in 2011. Four years later, Schenecker said that she doesn’t regret killing her kids in an exclusive interview with reporter Sarina Fazan that aired on ABC Action News (WFTS-TV) in April.Continue reading