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Mitch PerryNovember 15, 2017

In a move critics called “chilling,” the Hillsborough County Commission voted 4-3 on Wednesday to seek financial reimbursement from four activists who filed a failed ethics complaint against Commissioners Ken Hagan and Sandy Murman. Hagan filed a petition for fees and costs for his attorney, Mark Levine, following the Florida Commission on Ethics’ announcement last month that it found no […]

Mitch PerryNovember 10, 2017

In her just-concluded re-election bid to the St. Petersburg City Council District 2 seat, Darden Rice received the backing of the Suncoast Police Benevolent Association, an endorsement of which she’s very proud. She’s also the niece of former Pinellas County Sheriff Everett Rice. Rice mentioned those facts, among others, to an audience at Tampa’s Oxford Exchange […]

Joe HendersonNovember 9, 2017

As a member of the Hillsborough County Commission, Jan Platt was best known for a single word: NO! Labels like that tend to stick, but this grand lady was much, much more than that. She fought to protect our waterways and environmentally sensitive land, and she loved to be out on the Bay with a […]

Mitch PerryNovember 8, 2017

George Niemann decided: If he can’t beat ’em, why not join ’em? The Dover activist, who has filed at least 10 ethics complaints against Tampa and Hillsborough County officials over the past decade, will be running as a write-in candidate in the countywide open County Commission District 5 seat being vacated next year by Ken Hagan. […]

Mitch PerryNovember 7, 2017

Interim Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan can now drop the “interim.” Two days ago, reports emerged that Dugan was disappointed that Mayor Bob Buckhorn wanted to conduct a national search to replace the outgoing chief, Eric Ward. On Tuesday, Buckhorn named Dugan as the new permanent leader of the Tampa Police Department. The mayor’s announcement comes during an […]

Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2017

The Florida Commission on Ethics announced Wednesday it has found no probable cause that Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Hillsborough County Commissioners Ken Hagan and Sandy Murman violated the state’s Code of Ethics. The commission’s investigation surrounded activities related to the Go Hillsborough effort. Go Hillsborough was a years -in-the-making proposal that would have placed a […]

Mitch PerryOctober 24, 2017

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Former Raymond James Board Chair and CEO Tom James, Equality Florida’s Nadine Smith and two Tampa Bay Rowdies soccer players are featured in a two-minute, forty-second video intended to woo Amazon to the Tampa Bay-area for its second headquarters. Dozens of cities across the country had a Thursday deadline to submit their bid to land the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 23, 2017

Interim Tampa Police Chief Brian Dugan admits that, at least publicly, his department doesn’t have much of a clue who shot and killed three people within a mile and a half of each other in Southeast Seminole Heights over the past two weeks. “We don’t know who this person is. That’s the reality,” the chief […]

Peter SchorschOctober 16, 2017

Chad Chronister is looking to shed the “interim” tag in front of his title as Hillsborough County Sheriff next year, and a peek at the host committee he’s wrangled for his Oct. 25 campaign kickoff shows his support is both far reaching and bipartisan. Chronister has been with the office since 1992 and was a […]

Mitch PerryOctober 13, 2017

In one of the highest profile appearances since her election in July as chair the Hillsborough County NAACP, Yvette Lewis took a shot at some of the most prominent establishment names in Tampa. During Friday’s Cafe Con Tampa at the Oxford Exchange, Lewis shared brutally honest thoughts on several topics: A lack of diversity at the University […]

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Hillsborough approves filing reimbursement for complaint against Ken Hagan

Darden Rice, Yolie Capin talk regionalism during Cafe Con Tampa

Joe Henderson: Jan Platt leaves legacy of service, integrity

Activist George Niemann files as write-in for Hillsborough Commission

Bob Buckhorn names Brian Dugan as Tampa Police Chief

Bob Buckhorn, Hillsborough commissioners cleared in ethics probe

Tampa Bay’s Amazon pitch features LGBT leader Nadine Smith, Rowdies players

‘Everyone is a suspect’ in Seminole Heights killings, Tampa Police Chief says

Chad Chronister boasts bipartisan backing in fundraiser invite

Hillsborough NAACP head Yvette Lewis takes on the establishment at Cafe Con Tampa