Is Gainesville recession proof?
Those never-ending lists of best places to retire always seem to include the same categories: size of the elderly population, climate, number of doctors, etc. But has anyone peeked at home values and the stock market lately? SmartMoney.com did. In its recent Seven Recession Proof Places to Retire, Gainesville is ranked first, followed by Ithaca, N.Y., and Orlando. Rounding out the field are Pittsburgh; Portland, Ore.; San Antonio, Texas; and Tucson, Ariz. Gainesville got the nod because the average sales price for existing homes was $211,100 last year, down just 1 percent from 2006. He wants a taxi crackdown Limo operator Moshe Leib has ratcheted up his feud with Hillsborough County transportation regulators. Leib wants a state judge to make the county’s Public Transportation Commission crack down on out-of-county taxis and limos. Those companies don’t need a Hillsborough license to drop off customers inside the county. In a recent suit, Leib says the policy violates state law. If he w
