Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 7, 2019
6min319
“Experience matters. John is ready on day one to do the job."
Tag: Yolie Capin
Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 7, 2019Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 7, 2019
4min422
“Nicholas will move Tampa forward and build a city that works for everyone."
Mitch PerryFebruary 15, 2018
3min218
Florida law pre-empts local governments from passing any ordinances which regulate guns, a reality that Tampa residents became acutely aware ofwhen Mayor Bob Buckhorn attempted to keep his downtown safe ahead of the 2012 Republican National Convention. That 2011 law was mentioned briefly at the beginning of Thursday’s Tampa City Council meeting following the mass shooting Wednesday at a high […]
Mitch PerryFebruary 1, 2018
5min428
On Thursday, Tampa City Councilmembers kept hope alive for transit activists who want Bayshore Blvd. shut down occasionally on Sundays for bicyclists, walker, runners, rollerbladers and others to use without fear of getting hit by a vehicle. Members of “Walk Bike Tampa” appeared before the Council to advocate for a plan to redirect vehicular traffic […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 11, 2018
3min284
The Tampa City Council voted 6-0 on Thursday to approve an ordinance aimed at curbing human trafficking by cracking down on illicit massage parlors. The measure is a revision to an 1980s-era bathhouse ordinance, adapted to close the loopholes that allow such massage parlors in Tampa to operate. It comes after months of advocacy by the […]
Mitch PerryJanuary 8, 2018
5min186
Tampa’s City Council is poised to approve an ordinance Thursday that attempts to curb illicit activity at massage parlors. But critics maintain the move is a misdirected effort that will only hurt the people it’s intended to help. Aimed at combating human sex trafficking, the ordinance came to the council’s attention last year via members […]
Drew WilsonDecember 4, 2017
3min441
Hillsborough County Commission candidate Aakash Patel piled on another and a few thousand more for his campaign and committee last month, to give him $310,121 in total fundraising a year out from Election Day. Patel is running for the District 1 seat being vacated prematurely by Commissioner Sandy Murman next year. Murman intends to leave the […]
Mitch PerryDecember 4, 2017
8min313
Philanthropist and former banker David Straz Jr. had a coming-out party (of sorts) Sunday, hosting a spaghetti lunch for more than 250 people in West Tampa. It was his first public appearance since forming an exploratory committee two months ago for a potential run for Tampa mayor in 2019. The 74-year-old Wisconsin native already had enjoyed a […]
Mitch PerryNovember 16, 2017
8min333
A recent trip to Cuba by Tampa City Council Chair Yolie Capin and Councilman Harry Cohen was just the latest by members of the political establishment who have worked for nearly a decade to set up closer relations between the city and the Communist island. Former Councilwoman Mary Mulhern first visited Cuba as part of a […]
Mitch PerryNovember 10, 2017
10min304
In her just-concluded re-election bid to the St. Petersburg City Council District 2 seat, Darden Rice received the backing of the Suncoast Police Benevolent Association, an endorsement of which she’s very proud. She’s also the niece of former Pinellas County Sheriff Everett Rice. Rice mentioned those facts, among others, to an audience at Tampa’s Oxford Exchange […]