Tag: All for Transportation
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Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 17, 2018
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Monday is the deadline for defendants in the All For Transportation sales tax lawsuit to request that the presiding judge take herself off the case. The question remains: Does Hillsborough Circuit Judge Laurel Lee have too big a conflict of interest to oversee the case in an impartial and unbiased manner? The 1 percent transportation and transit sales […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 15, 2018
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3min229
The Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority is looking for two residents to fill open positions on the Independent Oversight Committee being created to oversee spending of the one percent sales tax voters approved for transit and transportation improvements. The agency is moving forward with filling its positions on the committee despite a lawsuit challenging the […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 11, 2018
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4min271
The judge named to preside over a lawsuit against several local governments and constitutional offices that will receive revenue from the recently approved transportation sales tax will make the ultimate decision whether she takes the case. Hillsborough County Circuit Judge Laurel Lee was assigned to hear Hillsborough County Commissioner Stacy White’s lawsuit aiming to overturn the […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 10, 2018
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Ed Turanchik is the only actively campaigning Tampa Mayoral candidate who did not condemn Hillsborough County Commissioner Stacy White’s decision to file a lawsuit against the county and other governments and agencies within the county over the All For Transportation referendum raising sales tax 1 percent to fund transit and transportation improvements. Voters approved that referendum […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 5, 2018
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5min351
Hillsborough County is moving forward with plans to appoint four members to the transportation sales tax oversight committee despite a lawsuit questioning the validity of the new charter amendment voters approved in November. The commission voted Wednesday to begin exploring options for appointees including advertising the positions broadly online and in the media and allowing […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 4, 2018
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8min573
Hillsborough County Commissioner Stacy White has filed a lawsuit against Hillsborough County, all three cities within the county, the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority and several county constitutional offices – all of which will receive a portion of the revenue created by the new one percent transportation and transit sales surtax taking effect next month. […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 30, 2018
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5min281
Newly elected Hillsborough County Commissioner Mariella Smith is endorsing Ed Turanchik for Mayor of Tampa. “Ed Turanchik is a very rare combination of visionary, pragmatist and fiscal conservative,” Smith said during a campaign fundraiser for Turanchik at Jackson’s Bistro Thursday night. Turanchik is running in a crowded field to replace Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn who […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 26, 2018
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7min332
The All For Transportation oversight committee could be compiled as quickly as January, according to some officials charged with choosing its members. Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Hillsborough County Clerk of Courts Pat Frank have both already chosen members and several other agencies are prepared to begin choosing their representatives. On Nov. 6, Hillsborough County […]


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