So far, all the plans I’ve read about for raising impact fees on new construction here have been based on the size of the house, measured in terms of how many bedrooms and bathrooms it contains. The most recent proposal I’ve seen would increase the county’s impact fee (which does not include additional impact fees [...]

You’d never know from reading either the Bradenton-is-no-longer-part-of-our-name Herald or the Sarasota Herald-Tribune that the Bradenton Police rank and file are busily negotiating a new employment contract with the city. But they are, and several officers I’ve talked to have said they are depressed by the lack of citizen support for them in these negotiations. [...]

The controversial oil company-sponsored (i.e. astroturf) YouTube video, Al Gore’s Penguin Army, misuses the famous Linux mascot, Tux. And no credit is given to Tux’s creator, Larry Ewing. Shame, shame, shame!