Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 27, 2019
7min283
"No question the higher the turnout the better for us and for Tampa."
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Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 27, 2019
Mitch PerryFebruary 5, 2018
10min453
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 6, 2018
3min328
Republican Todd Marks has to run for the District 1 seat on the Hillsborough County Commission. The attorney and small-business owner joins Aakash Patel in the race for the GOP nomination. Florida House Democratic Leader Janet Cruz, who is term-limited from running again, is the lone Democrat in the race. Marks runs Westchase Law, a Tampa-based law […]
Mitch PerryDecember 5, 2017
7min220
Former Hillsborough County Commissioner and transit advocate Ed Turanchik is seriously considering entering running for Tampa mayor in 2019. “There’s been overwhelming broad-based encouragement from people that I should do it and that I needed to do it,” Turanchik told Florida Politics Tuesday afternoon. The Tampa Bay Times initially reported his of his renewed interest. The […]
Ryan RayJune 26, 2015
3min191
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn spoked to about 100 members of the Capital City Tiger Bay Club in Tallahassee early on Friday afternoon, where he told a North Florida crowd about his mayoral, ideology-free vision for the state as a whole. The visit stoked speculation back home that the mayor — re-elected virtually without opposition this […]
Mitch PerryMarch 27, 20155min198
Loretta Lynch, President Barack Obama‘s choice to replace Eric Holder as U.S. Attorney General, was in Tampa Thursday for the swearing-in ceremony of Lee Bentley, the new U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida. Lynch is the U.S. attorney in Brooklyn, and would be come the first black female AG in U.S. history if […]
Mitch PerryMarch 19, 2015
8min305
Several dozen people in the Tampa progressive community gathered Wednesday night in Ybor City to say goodbye (for now) to Mary Mulhern, the Tampa City councilwoman leaving the board because of term limits next week. “Mary has always stood up for everybody in this community,” said Tampa lawyer and prominent Democrat Gary Gibbons, who introduced […]
Mitch PerryMarch 19, 20158min161
Several dozen people in the Tampa progressive community gathered Wednesday night in Ybor City to say goodbye (for now) to Mary Mulhern, the Tampa City councilwoman leaving the board because of term limits next week. “Mary has always stood up for everybody in this community,” said Tampa lawyer and prominent Democrat Gary Gibbons, who introduced […]
Mitch PerryMarch 17, 20154min238
Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you and yours. Well, it was quite a busy Monday. I reported a number of stories, but none bigger locally than this: The Pinellas County Democratic Party already has one more candidate to challenge David Jolly in 2016 than they did this past year. He’s Eric Lynn, and he’s definitely […]
Mitch PerryMarch 13, 2015
8min169
The Guido Maniscalco campaign team has bristled at Jackie Toledo and Anthony Pedicini, her campaign consultant, after a mailer blasting Maniscalco hit homeowners in the Tampa District 6 area Thursday. It came days before early voting begins in their runoff election set for March 24. Toledo, though, isn’t backing down. The mailer bashes Maniscalco, claiming his […]