Janelle Irwin TaylorJuly 10, 2019
6min379
Two elected officials who made the list last year just missed it this year.
Kimberly Overman
Janelle Irwin TaylorJuly 10, 2019Janelle Irwin TaylorJuly 8, 2019
6min427
Kemp has become a fierce advocate for public transportation.
Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 12, 2019
11min527
"We should aspire to do better by building transit first."
Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 21, 2019
6min508
She's supporting Les Miller in that race, all but confirming she has no intention to run.
Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 15, 2019
7min455
“Every single time it has been no and hell no.”
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 5, 2018
9min932
Hillsborough County now has a funding framework in place to fund half of a new baseball stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays. However, the team has yet to say whether or not they are willing to play ball. The plan would leverage private investment to avoid taxpayer subsidies. If the team rejects the deal, there […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 5, 2018
5min351
Hillsborough County is moving forward with plans to appoint four members to the transportation sales tax oversight committee despite a lawsuit questioning the validity of the new charter amendment voters approved in November. The commission voted Wednesday to begin exploring options for appointees including advertising the positions broadly online and in the media and allowing […]
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 […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorNovember 9, 20187min338
Hillsborough County voters approved a 1 percent sales tax to fund transportation and transit improvements throughout the county. But there’s a lot of work to be done before solutions start rolling in. County residents and visitors won’t see the increase on their shopping bills until January 1; plans for the estimated $280 million in annual […]
Joe HendersonNovember 9, 2018
5min256
The tea party status as a political force in Hillsborough County may have just run off the rails, so to speak. When the All For Transportation sales tax increase to fund roads and other projects passed despite the usual warnings from tea folk that it was a Trojan horse to enrich billionaires, it was the […]