Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 24, 2019
4min332
"Alan will be a champion for Tampa’s hardworking families."
Tag: Joe Citro
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 24, 2019Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 19, 2019
6min507
Most of the races are what engaged voters have expected.
Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 16, 20194min375
Clendenin is running in a crowded field of five.
Mitch PerryJanuary 3, 2018
2min203
It’s now 2018, which means it’s only 14 more months before Tampa voters will decide on a new mayor and a host of new City Council members. Getting a head start in the process is civic activist/hairdresser Joe Citro, who will be the first candidate running in the 2019 Tampa municipal elections to hold a fundraiser […]
Mitch PerryNovember 13, 2017
3min328
Civic activist and businessman Joe Citro announced Monday that he has filed to run for the Tampa City Council District 1 citywide seat to be vacated by Mike Suarez in March 2019. Citro makes his living as a hairdresser but is ubiquitous at civic events in Tampa. Over the past 15 years, he’s served on the […]
Mitch PerryOctober 10, 2017
6min264
Florida Department of Transportation officials call Tampa Bay Next a “process,” one in which more input from the public is always welcome. That attitude is impressing some of the agency’s critics, after what was widely perceived as a heavy-handed approach with the now-defunct Tampa Bay Express project, the multibillion-dollar proposal that most prominently included adding […]
Mitch PerryMarch 19, 2015
4min254
Tampa City Council members Yolie Capin and Frank Reddick have endorsed Guido Maniscalco in his race for the District 6 Tampa City Council seat that will be decided Tuesday. They made that announcement Wednesday night in Ybor City. Maniscalco is battling Jackie Toledo in a fierce contest to complete the seven-member roster of the council. […]
Mitch PerryMarch 3, 20154min170
Admitting that it hasn’t exactly been a very exciting campaign, Bob Buckhorn said today’s municipal election in Tampa is still very important. “Everyone has an obligation to vote,” he said while coming out of a polling place at the Sandy Freedman Tennis Courts center on Davis Island this morning. “If you don’t vote, don’t complain.” […]
Mitch PerryMarch 3, 20156min176
The most lackluster campaign that this reporter has covered in his 15 years living in Tampa comes to a conclusion tonight — at least for most of the candidates vying to win the five Tampa City Council seats up for election. There’s not much drama. Though there has been a lot of coverage of the […]
Mitch PerryFebruary 25, 2015
5min172
Tuesday night’s Tampa Bay Young Republicans City Council forum was the last official scheduled campaign forum of the 2015 campaign season, and while District 1 candidate Susan Long said she couldn’t recall a comment she made at an earlier debate because “there’s been so many of them,” the fact is that this was a relatively light […]