Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 15, 2019
6min263
December is one of the hardest months to raise funds.
Tag: Bill Carlson
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 15, 2019Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 14, 2019
4min342
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is backing Lee Lowry in the Tampa City Council District 4 race, the campaign announced Monday. Lowry became the third candidate in the race to replace Harry Cohen who is leaving office due to term limits and running for mayor. District 4 covers South Tampa, Westshore and Davis Islands. Lowry has […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 4, 2019
4min377
A third candidate has entered the Tampa City Council District 4 race. South Tampa resident Lee Lowry filed to run Friday. Lowry seeks the seat currently held by Harry Cohen, who is term-limited and running for Mayor in the March election. Lowry joins Bill Carlson and Salvatore Guagliardo Jr. in the race. Lowry currently serves as lead fundraiser for the […]
Drew WilsonSeptember 12, 2018
4min366
Bill Carlson posted another five-figure finance report for August, putting him far in the lead in the three-way race to succeed exiting City Councilman Harry Cohen, who is running in the crowded race for Tampa Mayor. Carlson started his campaign for the District 4 seat with a bang in June, bringing in more than $31,000 […]
Drew WilsonJuly 19, 20183min230
It has been a month since Bill Carlson announced his bid for the District 4 seat on the Tampa City Council, and his first finance report puts him atop the three-person field. Carlson, president of Tampa-based public relations firm Tucker Hall, raised $31,446 during his first 30 days in the race and ended the month with […]
Peter SchorschJune 14, 2018
13min893
There certainly has been a great deal of change since we published last year’s annual list of the Most Powerful Politicians in Tampa Bay. First of all, the website we published it to — SaintPetersBlog.com — is shuttered after the decision was made to focus all of our reporting energies into FloridaPolitics.com. Second, and more important […]
Joe HendersonMay 31, 20183min631
Bill Carlson, President of the giant Tampa-based public relations firm Tucker Hall, said he will run for the Tampa City Council District 4 seat in 2019. The district covers much of South Tampa and is currently represented by Harry Cohen, who is term-limited on the Council but is a candidate for Mayor of Tampa. Carlson, […]
Mitch PerryMarch 2, 2018
9min313
Only 16 days ago, a mass shooting at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas High School took the lives of 14 high school students and three adults. Nevertheless, some believe the gun control debate is “over.” That’s what Cafe Con Tampa head Bill Carlson was told when announcing the weekly lecture series would focus on three Hillsborough County students […]
Mitch PerryDecember 2, 2016
6min448
There is no region in the country that has been more involved in engaging with Cuba over the past five years than Tampa, but where that relationship goes in the future is now at the whims of President-elect Donald Trump. “Until a month ago, I thought that the biggest obstacle to trade between Tampa and Cuba […]
Mitch PerryAugust 12, 2016
7min484
If Florida Agricultural Commissioner Adam Putnam has a central governing philosophy, it might be the importance of having a long-term memory about the Sunshine State. “Having a longer memory I think helps us maintain the types of protections for our citizens that they expect and that they deserve,” he said while speaking at an hour long town-hall meeting at […]