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Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 27, 2018

Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik brought his total contributions from his personal account and business interests to $600,000 for Hillsborough County’s transportation referendum, Supervisor of Elections reports show. Vinik’s Strategic Property Partners, which is behind the $3 billion Water Street Tampa development, contributed $150,000 during the most recent campaign fundraising period of Oct. 13-19. […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 27, 2018

A new route is in store to connect the downtown Tampa’s central business district to the Channel District, along Cumberland Avenue from Meridian to Brorein avenues, a coalition of partners announced Friday. Strategic Property Partners, the Jeff Vinik-affiliated group behind the $3 billion Water Street Tampa project in the Channel District, partnered with the Ardent […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 25, 2018

The anti-tax, anti-rail group No Tax for Tracks showed up late to the game last week, sending voters mailers condemning Hillsborough County’s transportation initiative as a giant waste of money. Now two images are floating around social media making outlandish accusations about the proposed 1 percent sales tax increase that would fund both – yes, […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 24, 2018

The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) Board of Directors on Wednesday unanimously approved a three-year contract with its employee union, increasing starting pay rates and lump sum compensation based on attendance. The Service Employees International Union (SEIU) represents nearly 500 PSTA workers who carry out repairs, maintenance and operation of Pinellas County’s transit system. Ninety-five […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 19, 2018

A group serving the Tampa Bay area African-American community is backing Hillsborough County’s transportation initiative. The Florida Sentinel Bulletin, a bi-weekly newspaper, endorsed the All For Transportation referendum in its Friday edition. The publication isn’t considered a major player in the Tampa Bay market, but it is a key media arm of the African-American community […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 17, 2018

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is going all-in for the All For Transportation plan, which seeks to raise sales tax 1 percent to fund transit and transportation improvements. “The lack of investment in our core transportation infrastructure has reached a crisis point,” Buckhorn said in his endorsement Wednesday. “We need funding for projects that reduce congestion, make […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 16, 2018

Cross Bay Ferry is coming back. The service between downtown St. Petersburg and downtown Tampa launches November 1 with two new docking locations, officials overseeing the program announced Tuesday. The service will dock in the Vinoy Basin in St. Petersburg closer to the historic Renaissance Vinoy hotel. The previous dock in the Pelican Parking lot […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 15, 2018

Good news for All For Transportation: Hillsborough County’s transportation initiative should pass if the latest polling holds true. In a St. Pete Polls survey, 48 percent of respondents said they would or have already voted yes on the All For Transportation referendum. Only 43 percent indicated they would or have already voted no. The transportation […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 12, 2018

Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik took a rare step into the public and political spotlight Friday. He penned an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times urging voters to approve Hillsborough County Referendum No. 2, the county’s transportation and transit initiative on the Nov. 6 ballot. “Having studied this issue for over three years alongside fellow […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 11, 2018

More than 700,000 people are expected to move to Hillsborough County by 2045, according to the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s estimates. That’s a 52 percent increase to the county’s current 1.35 million population. An increase in residents means an increase in traffic. The campaign backing Hillsborough County Referendum No. 2 on the November 6 […]

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Golf ball and golf club in bag on green grass

Jeff Vinik has now donated more than $600K for Hillsborough transportation referendum

New downtown road planned to feed Water Street Tampa

No Tax for Tracks spreads Hillsborough transportation initiative falsehoods

Pinellas Transit to raise wages for union workers

Black community newspaper backs Hillsborough transportation initiative

Bob Buckhorn goes all-in with ‘All for Transportation’ plan

Cross Bay Ferry returns with Nov. 1 launch date

Poll: Hillsborough transportation initiative poised to pass

Jeff Vinik personally endorses Hillsborough transportation initiative

More traffic: Hillsborough County’s projected 30-year growth could fill Bucs games for more than a season