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Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 29, 2018

Two sales tax initiative campaigns are joining forces in a last minute push to garner support ahead of the Nov. 6 election. All For Transportation and Strengthen Our Schools are asking voters to support 1 percent and one-half percent sales taxes to fund better transportation and transit and public school improvements. The two groups want […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 29, 2018

The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) is doing its part to get out the vote by offering free rides to Hillsborough County polling locations on Election Day. Voters can ride at no charge on all HART services, except for HARTPlus, the agency’s paratransit service. The “Roll to the Polls” promotion will run throughout the day on Tuesday, Nov. […]

Jacob OglesOctober 27, 2018

Democratic state Senate candidate Janet Cruz encouraged voters to bring friends to the polls and showed up with some prominent ones of her own—namely U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez and Senate Democratic Leader Audrey Gibson. Cruz held the first of two get-out-the-vote events at her Tampa campaign headquarters, before rallying people to go cast ballots through […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 27, 2018

Pinellas County Commission candidate Kathleen Peters is touting her voting record standing up for consumers during her tenure in the Florida Legislature. In a mailpiece sent to voters this week by Peters’ political committee, Florida Speaks, Peters highlights her record fighting utility companies and pushing back on monopoly control. “We need electricity to survive but […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 27, 2018

Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik brought his total contributions from his personal account and business interests to $600,000 for Hillsborough County’s transportation referendum, Supervisor of Elections reports show. Vinik’s Strategic Property Partners, which is behind the $3 billion Water Street Tampa development, contributed $150,000 during the most recent campaign fundraising period of Oct. 13-19. […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 27, 2018

A new route is in store to connect the downtown Tampa’s central business district to the Channel District, along Cumberland Avenue from Meridian to Brorein avenues, a coalition of partners announced Friday. Strategic Property Partners, the Jeff Vinik-affiliated group behind the $3 billion Water Street Tampa project in the Channel District, partnered with the Ardent […]

Guest AuthorOctober 27, 2018

The Clearwater Referendum offers residents the opportunity to enable positive change in their government for decades to come. While the City Manager Bill Horne and your current Mayor George Cretekos have much to be proud of and will be remembered for ably steering Clearwater through the worst recession since the Great Depression, let me offer a perspective on the upcoming […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 26, 2018

Kristen Carlson continues to pad her campaign war chest in an unlikely toss-up election in the conservative Congressional District 15. Carlson raised more than $400,000 from Oct. 1-17, bringing her overall fundraising total to $1.2 million. That’s nearly triple what her Republican opponent Ross Spano raised in the same period and only $83,000 less than […]

Drew WilsonOctober 26, 2018

If Election Day were today, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum would “bring it home.” At least in the Tampa Bay area. That’s according to a new survey from Public Policy Polling that found the Democratic nominee with 50 percent support among likely general election voters living in the Tampa media market. His Republican rival, former Congressman […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 26, 2018

The back and forth of ethics complaints between Republican state Sen. Dana Young and Democratic challenger Janet Cruz continues unabated. Young has personally filed a complaint against Cruz, alleging she spread false information in a television ad that claims Young was under investigation for supporting legislation that directly benefited her family business. “This statement is blatantly […]

Tampa Bay

Hillsborough sales tax campaigns: Don’t forget bottom of ballot

Hillsborough transit agency to offer free rides to the polls on Election Day

Janet Cruz brings in Nydia Velazquez to boost early voting

Kathleen Peters mailer touts pledge to fight special interests

Jeff Vinik has now donated more than $600K for Hillsborough transportation referendum

New downtown road planned to feed Water Street Tampa

Bob Buckhorn: A strong mayor would bring greater accountability, progress to Clearwater

Kristen Carlson collects $400K in final push against Ross Spano

PPP Poll: Andrew Gillum up 5 in Tampa Bay region

Janet Cruz lying about Dana Young, new complaint alleges