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Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 16, 2018

The group Walk Bike Tampa is hosting a mayoral forum tackling one of the city and region’s top ticket issues — transportation safety. The Dec. 11 forum will focus on candidates’ ideas on pedestrian and cyclist safety. That includes plans to create walkable spaces and improve neighborhood sidewalks. Tampa Bay Times reporter and columnist Ernest […]

Drew WilsonSeptember 4, 2018

Former Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor is making her case to be the next mayor of Tampa one living room at a time. Castor, one of nine candidates vying to succeed exiting Mayor Bob Buckhorn, held the first of several planned living room stops Thursday evening at a home in Seminole Heights. “I have always […]

Jacob OglesAugust 13, 2018

Tampa mayoral candidate Ed Turanchik pledged not to participate in any private candidate forums closed to the media and is asking his opponents to do the same. “I don’t think it’s right to have the candidate field all together in a forum that’s private, giving answers to people who have a very specific interest, and […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 5, 2018

Reflecting on his 2010-2011 bid for Tampa mayor, Ed Turanchik said that in that campaign Bob Buckhorn schooled him on messaging — and he learned his lesson. Perhaps that explains Turanchik’s emphasis on branding his candidacy as a “vision” to lead Tampa in 2019 and beyond — reflected both on his campaign website and in encounters Friday with […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 8, 2018

Saying he’s proud to be the underdog in the race, Topher Morrison is running for Tampa mayor, becoming the second candidate to declare for the March 2019 elections. Morrison made the announcement Monday at the 1895 Kitchen-Bar-Market on Franklin Street (the oldest building in downtown Tampa), speaking at a podium literally backed by friends and other small-business people. […]

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Next Tampa mayoral forum will tackle pedestrian, cyclist safety

Tampa mayoral candidate Jane Castor launches neighborhood listening tour

Ed Turanchik won’t attend private candidate forums

Ed Turanchik tees up next Tampa mayoral bid

Self-proclaimed underdog Topher Morrison announces bid for Tampa mayor