Janelle Irwin TaylorAugust 15, 2019
5min685
"It’s providing that chance to show their worth and to get out of the starting block.”
Tag: City of TampaA nice warm evening in Tallahassee on a very busy street while taking this shot.
Janelle Irwin TaylorAugust 15, 2019Janelle Irwin TaylorAugust 1, 2019
8min409
Castor would also not dip into reserves.
Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 10, 2019
6min400
Her focus: “...What residents feel will strengthen neighborhoods."
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 29, 2019
8min223
The employee's file raises more questions than it answers.
Staff ReportsJuly 20, 2018
4min502
A Tampa cop beat the rap for allegedly misusing police resources, but the city still won’t help pay his bills. A federal lawsuit alleged that Tampa Police Officer Richard Mercado improperly accessed the personal information of Dunnellon man Jorge Torres using DAVID, the state driver and information database. Torres claimed Mercado was dating Torres’ wife, […]
Joe HendersonMay 14, 2018
6min261
Whoever succeeds Bob Buckhorn next year as Tampa’s mayor will have a tough time matching his ability to deliver a speech. His pace and timing are excellent, his voice rising and rising when he wants to engage the listener fully and hammer home a point. Then again, Buckhorn’s message Friday in his “State of the […]
Joe HendersonOctober 31, 2017
6min274
House Speaker Richard Corcoran relishes the image of being a fierce protector of the public purse. He does more than rail against what he considers frivolous spending of public dollars. He goes all in to stop it, often in a headline-grabbing way designed to let the people know he is their guy. While that does […]
Ryan RayNovember 13, 2015
2min212
William Peebles’ two-man lobbying shop earned an estimated $310,000 in fees during the third quarter, according to recently submitted compensation reports. Approximately $95,000 came from executive branch lobbying while more than double that amount, $215,000, is estimated to have come from legislative advocacy efforts. The firm’s index of clients include the City of Tampa, which paid an estimated $60,000. Florida […]
Jim RosicaOctober 29, 2015
3min558
A Tampa lawmaker has filed a bill that would shield the identities of “witness(es) to a felony” from being released to the public. State Rep. Ed Narain, a first-term Democrat, submitted his bill (HB 475) on Thursday. The legislation creates an exemption from Florida public records law of witnesses’ “personal identifying information,” prohibiting its disclosure, including to […]