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Peter SchorschDecember 27, 2017

Few can disagree that Dr. Kiran Patel, Tampa’s prominent entrepreneur and philanthropist, deserves to be Florida Trend’s “Floridian of the Year.” The announcement came this week and will be featured in the magazine’s January issue. It should be noted that naming Patel as a man of the year, while well-earned, comes with no small degree of irony. […]

Staff ReportsDecember 18, 2017

The Miami Herald has promoted one of its regional government reporters in South Florida to cover the Legislature in Tallahassee. Elizabeth Koh, a 24-year-old Brown University graduate, started working at the Herald in May, and has written stories ranging from a Puerto Rican baby stuck in medical limbo after Hurricane Irma to the recent passage […]

Peter SchorschNovember 21, 2017

When my family gathers around the table this Thursday to express thanks for all our blessings, I will (quietly) think to myself of my continued gratitude for Adam Smith, the political editor at the Tampa Bay Times. Because were it not for Adam’s inexplicable detachment and laziness, I’m not sure this website — and all […]

Peter SchorschNovember 18, 2017

Dr. Kiran Patel, Tampa’s renowned entrepreneur and philanthropist, has confirmed he was one of the previously anonymous investors in the Tampa Bay Times. Patel, 68, and his wife Dr. Pallavi Patel, 62, are former cardiologists, and natives of India. Kiran Patel is also a health care executive and a real-estate developer. In September 2017, the […]

Jim RosicaNovember 14, 2017

A Tallahassee judge has agreed to the release of Department of Children and Families (DCF) records on home health care abuses to the Tampa Bay Times. Leon County Circuit Judge Karen Gievers last week OK’d an agreement between the newspaper and the department that would allow Times investigative reporter Kathleen McGrory access to certain redacted investigative records. State […]

Ana CeballosNovember 13, 2017

Emily L. Mahoney, who recently did investigative work for the Miami Herald during a 10-week summer internship, has been hired to cover the state Legislature for the Tampa Bay Times as part of the combined Times/Miami Herald Tallahassee bureau. Mahoney is currently finishing up the Cronkite Data Fellowship with the Houston Chronicle and will be […]

Mitch PerryNovember 6, 2017

If Rick Kriseman ends up surviving Rick Baker‘s formidable challenge to be re-elected Tuesday for another four years as St. Petersburg mayor, it will be despite the intense hammering he received at the hands of the Tampa Bay Times editorial page. The Times recommended Baker in advance of both the Aug. 29 primary and the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2017

St. Petersburg’s failure to notify the public on a recent sewage discharge is receiving intense criticism from a state lawmaker who helped pass legislation that requires the public be informed within 24 hours of such a release. After Hurricane Irma hit the Tampa Bay area the night of Sept. 10, the following day the city reported […]

Mitch PerryOctober 24, 2017

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Rick Baker is going there. With less than two weeks before Election Day in St. Petersburg’s mayoral race, the former mayor — behind in the public polls for the first time in the campaign — is airing a decidedly negative TV ad questioning the judgment of incumbent Rick Kriseman over his chief aide’s criminal past. “Sunshine” […]

Mitch PerryOctober 19, 2017

St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman‘s camp is using the “L-word” to describe Rick Baker‘s campaign — lying. The former two-term mayor is accused of pulling an ad from Tampa Bay area radio stations after it falsely claimed that Kriseman blew off a NAACP event earlier this month. “Rick Baker knowingly lied to voters,” Kriseman campaign manager Jacob Smith […]

Tag: Tampa Bay Times

Tampa Bay Times’ Florida Trend names Times investor Kiran Patel the “Floridian of the Year”

Personnel note: Miami Herald’s Elizabeth Koh to cover Florida Legislature

As thankful as ever for Adam Smith

Kiran Patel is no longer ‘anonymous’ as a Tampa Bay Times investor

Judge OKs release of abuse reports to Tampa Bay Times

Personnel note: Emily L. Mahoney joining Times/Herald capital bureau

Rick Baker thinks media coverage of the race was fair. Rick Kriseman? Not so much

Kathleen Peters blasts Rick Kriseman administration after most recent sewage spill

Rick Baker goes nuclear against Rick Kriseman, plays Kevin King card

St. Pete mayoral candidates feud over radio ad