Staff ReportsJune 13, 2023
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Both will serve an additional two-year term.
Tag: Mike GriffinCrowds gather to see Atlantis at Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. (Gabrielle Russon)
Staff ReportsJune 13, 2023Staff ReportsJune 8, 20214min1115
Mike Griffin was elected vice chair.
Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 13, 2019
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Griffin’s appointment is effective immediately and runs through 2020.
Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 21, 2019
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Warren has been touting his bipartisan support.
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 13, 20185min288
The Florida Board of Governors appointed real estate executive Mike Griffin chair of the University of South Florida’s Consolidation Planning Study and Implementation Task Force Thursday. Griffin will replace Dr. Jonathan Ellen who resigned earlier this week from both the task force and as CEO of All Children’s Hospital. The task force oversees recommendations for […]
Danny McAuliffeJuly 25, 20184min344
Mike Griffin, a respected leader in the Tampa Bay area who was recently named one of Florida’s 100 most influential people in Florida politics, is resigning from his post at the Tampa Port Authority Board of Commissioners. Griffin told Florida Politics he feels it’s a good time to leave the board, and he’d like to […]
Drew WilsonJune 13, 2018
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Tampa attorney Todd Marks announced Tuesday that he’s entering the race for the District 7 seat on the Hillsborough County Commission, to replace retiring Commissioner Al Higginbotham. “I look forward to sharing my vision of a leaner county government that keeps taxes low and stays out-of-the-way of small business and land owners and holds the […]
Mitch PerryOctober 25, 2017
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After a nearly two-year search, Hillsborough County officials apparently settled on a location they would like Tampa Bay Rays to entertain a possible relocation. Maybe. As the Tampa Bay Times reports, Hillsborough Commissioner Ken Hagan identified a 14-acre site in the southern part of historic Ybor City, with the northern edge starting three blocks south of 7th […]
Mitch PerryAugust 15, 2017
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Gov. Rick Scott said he’s asked state agency heads to offer the University of Florida whatever help it needs to prepare for next month’s campus visit by a noted white supremacist. Scott on Tuesday said he contacted the heads of the Departments of Law Enforcement, Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the Florida National Guard. He asked […]
Mitch PerryAugust 1, 2017
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Gov. Rick Scott has named Mike Griffin, a well-regarded local leader and current chair of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, to the Tampa Port Authority. While announcing Griffin’s appointment, Scott took a shot at the agency over reports of excessive spending. “Recently, I was concerned to see media reports detailing wasteful spending by the executives at Port […]