In Tampa City Council District 7, both Charlie Perkins and Lisa Montelione have asked for incumbent Joseph Caetano’s support. He said he plans to interview both candidates but is not sure yet whether he will endorse either, reports Tia Mitchell of the St. Petersburg Times. Besides, he’s still smarting over his election night loss, when he received [...]
Scott Strepina has pledged to make the adoption of a comprehensive panhandling ban his first act on the new Council, responding to an increasingly vocal public outcry to address the issue. As the number of panhandlers seeking donations at high-traffic Tampa intersections continues to rise, local residents have become significantly less tolerant of the practice, citing [...]
Former Hillsborough County Commissioner and pharmacist Rose Ferlita Tuesday became the first candidate for mayor to turn in the required number of signed petitions to place her name on the ballot for the March 1 city elections. Ferlita needed to turn in 3,905 petitions to qualify. She turned in 3,991. “We worked hard to try to [...]
Remember when I said Janet Long whined too much. Notice how no one disagreed with me. Well, it appears Long is going to whine right down to the wire in her re-election campaign. What’s interesting is that a friend of mine and Long’s tells me Janet is so sick to her stomach from all of [...]
The Jeff Brandes Campaign contacted me yesterday with an ad purchase which I, in these tough economic times, welcomed with wide-open arms. But it wasn’t the purchase itself that blew me away, it was the content of the ads: Rick Baker is endorsing Jeff Brandes! On the same day Brandes and Democrat incumbent Bill Heller [...]
Mike Fasano’s 2011 Farm Share feeds 500 families
Bob Graham, Alex Sink campaigning for Keith Fitzgerald
The Daily Show’s Aasif Mandvi asking Rep. Darryl Rouson to ‘pee in a cup’
Jeff Brandes fundraiser at BayCities in Tampa
Rep. Dana Young receives ‘Defender of Liberty’ award from ACU’s Al Cardenas
AG Pam Bondi campaigning for Jim Frishe
