Agency for Workforce Innovation Director Cynthia R. Lorenzo issued an advisory warning Floridians to be wary of companies offering beach cleanup jobs for a fee.Recent reports indicate some Floridians have paid fees to submit applications or undergo training for oil spill-related jobs, only to later discover the advertised jobs were not available or the training not as described. ...more

July 4, 2010

People linked hands across the Fred Howard Park beach shoreline at noon last Saturday, refusing to let be the oil spill off the Louisiana coast and the environmental damage it is causing. ...more

July 3, 2010

After reading many accounts of the Gulf oil spill by BP, that to some degree this is an industry problem and to some degree other oil companies such as Exxon, Chevron, etc., should be helping to clean up and solve the problem. There should be a Christian brotherhood in the oil industry. ...more

July 3, 2010

Pasco County and Florida are known for their spectacular sunsets, but kayakers will get a front-row seat to Mother Nature's artwork Saturday, July 17. ...more

July 3, 2010

BP and the Obama administration face mounting complaints that they are ignoring foreign offers of equipment and making little use of the fishing boats and volunteers available to help clean up what may now be the biggest spill ever in the Gulf of Mexico. ...more

July 2, 2010

Hurricane Alex ripped off roofs, flooded streets and forced thousands of people to flee coastal fishing villages as it pushed into northern Mexico. ...more

July 1, 2010

There are three political rules of thumb (RoT) that public officials ignore at their own peril. ...more

June 30, 2010

Before the school year ended, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill provided a learning opportunity to fourth- and fifth-graders at Muller Magnet Elementary. ...more

June 30, 2010

As the gulf oil spill continues to spread, there are disputes over how much oil has leaked, whether the cleanup is working, where sea-borne slicks are headed, and how much damage the spill is doing. ...more

June 30, 2010

Before the school year ended, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill provided a learning opportunity to fourth- and fifth-graders at Muller Magnet Elementary. ...more

June 30, 2010