Tuesday’s election may resuscitate the effort to ban panhandling. Three new Tampa City Council members said Wednesday they support a ban. The fourth new member, Frank Reddick, said he does not. Returning members Charlie Miranda and Yvonne Yolie Capin have consistently voted against one. The apparent deciding vote, Mary Mulhern, was one of two members [...]
Three weeks ago, Rose Ferlita looked like the candidate to beat in the Tampa mayor’s race. She won more votes than any of the five candidates vying to be Tampa’s next mayor and found support across a wide swath of the city. She outpolled Bob Buckhorn in many of the precincts carried by Dick Greco [...]
Lisa Montelione captured the District 7 City Council seat Tuesday by strengthening her base in New Tampa and winning over some voters who supported her opponent just three weeks ago. Montelione won all of the precincts north of Fowler Avenue, as well as those in the university area to earn 61 percent of the vote. [...]
What seems like the longest mayor’s race in history is over, with voters decisively picking Mayor Bob for the job. So what did we learn on the way to electing former mayor’s aide and City Council member Bob Buckhorn to run Tampa? And what advice might those who have occupied the same seat have for [...]
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Bob Graham, Alex Sink campaigning for Keith Fitzgerald
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Jeff Brandes fundraiser at BayCities in Tampa
Rep. Dana Young receives ‘Defender of Liberty’ award from ACU’s Al Cardenas
