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Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 4, 2019

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

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, 2018

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

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, 2018

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

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

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

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 […]

Mitch PerryJuly 21, 2015

Monday’s official resumption of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba was met with full-throated denunciations from Republican elected officials up and down the Sunshine State, and David Jolly, the latest entrant into the GOP 2016 Senate race, was no exception. “Look, I oppose the president’s decision,” Jolly told Florida Politics Monday regarding President Barack Obama‘s […]

Peter SchorschJuly 2, 2015

Veteran newsman Darren Richards has been named Chief Operating Officer for Tucker/Hall, one of Florida’s largest public relations firms. Richards has been promoted from Vice President and shareholder at the Tampa-based strategic communications company, which he joined in 2009 after a 23-year career as a news executive. As head of Tucker/Hall’s crisis practice group, Richards […]

Tag: Bill Carlson

Local fundraising pro enters Tampa City Council race

Bill Carlson cracks $50K raised for Tampa City Council bid

Bill Carlson makes a splash in first finance report

Sixth annual list of Tampa Bay’s 25 Most Powerful Politicians

Bill Carlson to run for Tampa City Council District 4 seat

Hillsborough students say they’ve only just begun to focus on gun control

Donald Trump’s unknown policy on dealing with Cuba worries Tampa advocates

Adam Putnam espouses the importance of water to Florida while speaking at ‘Cafe Con Tampa’

David Jolly supports expanded American travel to Cuba

Personnel note: Darren Richards named Tucker/Hall Chief Operating Officer