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Mitch PerryFebruary 20, 2015

Last summer when she first announced her candidacy for the Tampa City Council District 6 contest, Jackie Toledo was taken to task for taking a campaign portrait in front of the city of Tampa’s official seal. According to some photography experts, the seal was photoshopped in. It was a minor embarrassment after the story was […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 18, 2015

Last week, at a candidates forum in South Tampa, District 4 challenger Kent King assailed incumbent Harry Cohen’s performance on council over the past four years, saying he hasn’t represented South Tampa well at City Hall. But after King told moderator Christine Burdick at this morning’s Downtown Partnership candidates forum that the City Council is not the “lead […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 17, 2015

FDOT spokeswoman Kris Carson tells the Tampa Bay Times’ Rick Danielson that Tampa City Council District 6 candidate Jackie Toledo did not have permission to film her campaign ad inside a construction zone along Interstate 275. “You just can’t go into a construction zone and film a commercial without letting DOT know,” Carson said Tuesday morning. […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 17, 2015

FDOT spokeswoman Kris Carson tells the Tampa Bay Times’ Rick Danielson that Tampa City Council District 6 candidate Jackie Toledo did not have permission to film her campaign ad inside a construction zone along Interstate 275. “You just can’t go into a construction zone and film a commercial without letting DOT know,” Carson said Tuesday morning. […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 11, 2015

Fueled by a well-attended fundraiser at Tampa insurance executive Guy King‘s palatial estate off of Bayshore Boulevard this past month, Jackie Toledo has become the first person running for city council this winter who has raised more than $100,000 ($102,832 to be precise). The District 6 hopeful dominates the fundraising race over her two opponents, […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 28, 2015

(UPDATE: New information regarding the source of the push poll call below). Supporters of Tampa City Council candidates Guido Maniscalco and Tommy Castellano say that they and other residents residing in City Council District 6 have been receiving phone calls in the past week purporting to be from an independent pollster, surveying them about all three […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 19, 2015

Tommy Castellano has made a living in the air-conditioning business for the past 39 years, so it makes sense that he disdains the hot air that can be expended during a political campaign. And to him that includes the notion that based on her prodigious fundraising success, engineer Jackie Toledo is the front-runner in the […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 16, 2015

The field is set for this winter’s municipal elections in Tampa, and there will be no contests in two races. Lisa Montelione in District 7 and Frank Reddick 5 did not have anybody qualify against them by the noon deadline, and thus they have been re-elected for four more years. Here’s how it looks overall. […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 16, 2015

The field is set for this winter’s municipal elections in Tampa, and there will be no contests in two races. Lisa Montelione in District 7 and Frank Reddick 5 did not have anybody qualify against them by the noon deadline, and thus they have been re-elected for four more years. Here’s how it looks overall. […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 9, 2015

Though political ideology rarely surfaces in your typical Tampa City Council meeting, the fact of the matter is the current seven-member board is represented exclusively by Democrats at the moment. That may change in March, though, when the leading contender to succeed Charlie Miranda in the District 6 race is engineer Jackie Toledo, a registered […]

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Tampa citizen files complaint about Jackie Toledo’s use of Tampa seal in campaign photo

Transit talk dominates discussion at Tampa Downtown Partnership City Council forum

FDOT says Jackie Toledo didn't get permission to make ad on I-275

FDOT says Jackie Toledo didn’t get permission to make ad on I-275

Jackie Toledo continues to lead all Tampa City Council candidates in fundraising

Push poll roils Tampa City Council race

Tommy Castellano says HE is the front-runner in the Tampa District 6 City Council contest

Frank Reddick & Lisa Montelione automatically win re-election in Tampa City Council races

Frank Reddick & Lisa Montelione automatically win re-election in Tampa City Council races

Jeff Brandes & Dana Young help fundraise for Tampa Council candidate Jackie Toledo