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Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 14, 2019
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The Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners is soliciting applications for the Independent Oversight Committee (IOC) charged with auditing transportation spending plans under the county’s new one percent sales tax. The county must seat four members on the committee, two of which must have at least seven years experience in transportation, planning, sustainability, engineering, or […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 4, 2019
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Hillsborough County and the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority both filed defenses to a lawsuit seeking to overturn the one-percent transportation tax voters approved in November.  Both entities argue, among other defenses, that Hillsborough County Commissioner Stacy White does not have legal standing to file the suit. White is seeking to overturn the voter-approved county […]

Ryan NicolJanuary 2, 2019
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The Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee is scheduled to take up a bill proposed by state Sen. Lauren Book (SB 60) that would exempt diapers and incontinence products from the state’s 6 percent sales tax. “For some families, this is just another piece of their monthly budget,” Book said in a statement to Florida Politics upon […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 20, 2018
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The All For Transportation campaign filed a motion Wednesday to have a team of its own lawyers intervene in the defense of its transportation referendum increasing sales tax by 1 percent, which voters approved last month. That motion provides some insight into how defending entities might argue their case. The primary argument is simple: “Counties […]


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