Joe HendersonJanuary 28, 2021
7min660
In past years, strip clubs were a big storyline at Tampa Super Bowls, but not now.
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Joe HendersonJanuary 28, 2021Joe HendersonApril 29, 2019
6min414
Buckhorn's cooperation with Republicans rankled fellow Dems, but Tampa residents gave him sky-high approval numbers.
Joe HendersonApril 24, 2019
6min1089
Given time, she might even develop a little swagger.
Joe HendersonMarch 26, 2019
6min366
A wise man once said, though, that it ain’t over until it’s over.
Joe HendersonFebruary 25, 2019
6min315
The race to be Tampa’s next Mayor has become a mudfest. People love that and should just admit it. Check out the Page 1A headline Monday in the Tampa Bay Times. “Is Tampa run by a clique?” I read that story because that’s what good headlines should make you do, so it was mission accomplished. […]
Joe HendersonJanuary 21, 2019
6min418
People running for political office usually bellow they will shake things up, find solutions, and FIX THIS MESS! Dick Greco Jr. isn’t doing that. I found that out when I tossed him a hunk of red meat. I asked what Tampa would look like four years from now if he is elected Mayor. He did […]
Joe HendersonNovember 7, 2018
8min604
While candidates have been crisscrossing Florida for months trying to get your vote on Nov. 6, a low-key campaign has been going to see who will be the next Tampa Mayor. The election for that post won’t happen until March 5, 2019, so the eight people who are running to succeed term-limited Bob Buckhorn and […]
Joe HendersonOctober 29, 2018
6min260
When Jeff Vinik decided in 2010 to buy the Tampa Bay Lightning, it changed a lot more than just the city’s sports fortunes. Vinik has become one of Tampa’s leading philanthropists, and his massive $3 billion Water Street real estate and entertainment project is taking shape to give life to the moribund Channel District. The Lightning is regarded as […]
Joe HendersonAugust 16, 2018
6min327
Speculation has been out there for months that Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn would make an interesting candidate for Florida’s Lieutenant Governor. That’s not likely to subside when he formally endorses Democrat Gwen Graham at a news conference Thursday afternoon in Tampa. But do endorsements matter in statewide races? I mean, OK — this is a […]
Joe HendersonApril 2, 2018
6min301
While he certainly had controversial moments, Bob Buckhorn will go down as one of the most effective mayors in Tampa’s history. During his seven years on the job, Buckhorn’s signature achievement has been his relentless prodding and salesmanship that helped transform a once-sleepy downtown into a thriving, vibrant urban center. But he will leave office […]