Author Matt Lettelleir says success is behind an ‘Open Door’

Hospitality, Matt Lettelleir contends in his new book The Open Door, has all but gone the way of the dodo and the passenger pigeon. As the cost of living goes up, and the hustle for bucks becomes more competitive, the unhurried, personal experience gets lost.

Always, Lettelleir insists, there is hope that generosity, civility and a genuinely welcoming environment will return.

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Tax reform could slash bus, ferry service across Pinellas

Boats for a new year-round ferry between St. Petersburg and Tampa are arriving in Tampa Bay this week. But before the service carries its first passenger, Pinellas transit officials are warning that a proposed overhaul of Florida’s property tax system could jeopardize the ferry, eliminate roughly 25 of the county’s 40 bus routes and cost as many as 120 agency jobs.

Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority officials laid out those potential consequences Tuesday during a meeting of the agency’s Transit Riders Advisory Committee. The preliminary scenario assumes voters approve Amendment 3, a November constitutional amendment that would substantially increase homestead property tax exemptions.

Nora Gunn

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