DOWNS FACTS WHERE: 11225 Racetrack Road, Oldsmar, (813) 855-4401 ...more

December 12, 2009

Welcome back, Snowbirds. Welcome back to the land of grapefruit and palms; the land where it never snows and Lake Woebegone never ices over. ...more

November 4, 2009

Female golfers appeared to be headed to an early October funeral, but it was not a person as much as a place they were mourning. ...more

October 28, 2009

One of three benchmark Sun City Center golf courses for sale by WCI Communities closed Oct. 5. ...more

October 14, 2009

As you may know by the report in last week's Sun, the Sun City Center Board of Directors has refused to fund the golf course study proposed by a board-appointed task force. ...more

February 25, 2009

While the community at large is unlikely to get a glimpse of WCI's financial condition until the end of this month at the earliest, the current economic climate makes it doubtful there will be any improvement in either cash flow or assets at the beleaguered developer. ...more

January 28, 2009

There is good news from the land of WCI. The 2009 dues numbers are out and we will not be lambasted this year. The increase is more than modest as you will see below. And, just as important, it looks like we again have access to the North Lakes Course. ...more

November 12, 2008

Community Association vice president and golf course task force chairman Ed Barnes drove his seven-member group to warp speed, and in 10 days (10 days, my friends is an unheard of blink of the Sun City Center eye), presented the Community Association Board of Directors with a proposal for the golf course evaluation to go forward, a statement of work and some ancillary material. This last item includes studying what it would cost to convert the North Lakes Course to "open space," or "green space," or "a park," and to maintain it as such. ...more

October 8, 2008

While George Steinbrenner's public appearances have dwindled in the past year, his passion for horse racing remains as strong as ever. ...more

December 30, 2007

Don't be too surprised to smell smoke or see fire in two natural areas this month. ...more

December 6, 2007