Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 21, 2019
6min508
She's supporting Les Miller in that race, all but confirming she has no intention to run.
Tag: Sandra Murman
Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 21, 2019Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 15, 2019
7min455
“Every single time it has been no and hell no.”
Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 13, 2019
4min357
"We still have a lot of unfinished business.”
Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 2, 2019
5min651
“He is a person who has his head tied down, not up in the clouds.”
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 5, 2018
3min483
Hillsborough County is moving forward with plans to bring electric scooters to the county. Hillsborough County Commissioners voted to have county attorneys work with staff from the electric scooter company Bird on how and where to implement service. Electric scooters are an emerging micro-mobility transit solution aimed at providing first mile/last mile solutions to transit […]
Drew WilsonJuly 26, 2018
7min385
Hillsborough Commission candidate Todd Marks has already attacked Republican opponent Aakash Patel for past donations to Democrats, but now he’s doing it over the airwaves. Marks, a Tampa attorney, is out with a new ad that intersperses clips of Patel’s first ad with his Jan. 28 interview on LeaderCast Tampa, where the Tampa businessman said […]
Drew WilsonJuly 17, 2018
4min413
Republican Aakash Patel announced Tuesday that the first TV ad backing his Hillsborough County Commission campaign is already hitting the airwaves. The 30-second spot, entitled “A Better Hillsborough,” features a half dozen Hillsborough residents saying what they are looking for out of the next commissioner to hold the countywide District 7 seat. “My county commissioner […]
Drew WilsonJune 21, 2018
4min433
Hillsborough County Commission candidate Aakash Patel snagged a nod former Republican Rep. Trey Traviesa Thursday, making for three endorsements in the past week. “I met Aakash Patel while he was a student at Florida State University working in Student Government and a member of the Seminole Torchbearers, an organization which acknowledges and encourages leaders at […]
Drew WilsonJune 15, 2018
3min337
Tampa Republican Aakash Patel snagged an endorsement from House Speaker Richard Corcoran in his bid for the countywide District 7 seat on the Hillsborough County Commission. “I’ve gotten to know Aakash through his work with the Early Learning Coalition and have seen him put conservative initiatives to work to bring early education to more children […]
Kate BradshawJune 13, 2018
4min347
Current Hillsborough County Commission Chair Sandra Murman was first elected to her District 1 seat in 2010. Her district includes Ruskin, Gibsonton, parts of South Tampa, Town ‘n’ Country and Keystone. At the dais, Murman, a Republican, has taken some credit for steering the transit debate in 2016 after the Go Hillsborough initiative tanked — even though […]