In recent years the Florida Legislature has gone after home rule polices restricting guns, vacation rentals, plastic bags and tree ordinances, just to name a few. When is overriding home rule merited?

The Voting Rights Act created a special class for Puerto Ricans. Once of the consequences is the weakening of the incentive to assimilate.

Road changes are designed to slow traffic around pedestrians.

It is symbolic of a bigger issue: Who's in charge? Citizens? Commissioners? City manager?

The directors and CEO of Selby Gardens are doing their job: enacting a vision to turn the endangered asset into the jewel is deserves to be.

Questions over Epoch appeal raise a broader issue of expertise, involvement on advisory boards.

Debate goes on over County Commission's plan to draw new districts.