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ACLU calls Bob Buckhorn’s comments on ‘fringe’ activists ‘needlessly divisive’

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The ACLUĀ is one of the leading groups calling for a civilian police review board in Tampa, and the civil liberties group does not appreciate Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s comments regardingĀ its participation in trying to establish such an agency. Earlier on Tuesday the mayor spoke out for the first time since last week’s extraordinary City Council meeting, where the board voted to explore giving itself the power to nominate seven members of a nine-member review board, the exact opposite of what…

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Bob Buckhorn says he won’t create a civilian review board that wants to ‘do nothing but tear down our community’

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Speaking in public for the first time since returning from a trip to Ireland with the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn lashed out at activists who have criticized his plan to name the majority of the members of a police Civilian Review Board. He also said that the City Council’s plans to continue to workshop the idea of giving them the power to name that board will go nowhere. “Weā€™re going to get a civilian review…

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Tampa citizens gather to present their version of a police civilian review board

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Early next month, Tampa Police Chief Eric Ward will present to the Tampa City Council the results of his research about a model for a civilian review board to oversee Tampa Police operations. City Attorney Julia Mandell will also brief the council about her own research into the city’s charter to determine whoĀ has the authority — the mayor or the council — to create such a board. Tampa is actually in the minority of big cities in the United StatesĀ in…

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Tampa City Council moves forward on creating civilian police review board

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The Tampa City Council today moved ahead toward the creation of aĀ citizens police review board, but what that agency will ultimately look like and who will appoint its members has yet to be determined. The Council approved a motion brought forward by Councilman Mike Suarez that will have the city’s legal department reviewĀ whether the Council can create such an advisory committee, and if so, canĀ it be a hybrid review committee, withĀ the powers to do so under the City Charter. “An…

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Tampa citizens to call for civilian review board to monitor police

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Two years ago, officials at California State University-Fullerton produced a comprehensive report onĀ policeĀ civilian oversight boards. Among their findings was that obstacles to creating a successful agency included politicians who have a ā€œlaw and orderā€ agenda not conducive to oversight — and, even if such an agency was created, the powerĀ that lawmakers have toĀ limit their oversight powers through legislation or budgets. That’s just part of the institutional barriers that Tampa citizens who will be calling for such a board may face…

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July 4th Weekend is brought to you by these lobbyists and political organizations

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It doesn’t get muchĀ more American than the Fourth of July. After all, the holiday commemorates the signing of the Declaration of Independence. It was then 239 years go our founders took great personal risk to declare their independence, and created this democratic republic out of their blood, sweat, and philosophical determination. The politics of 1776 were void of “registered lobbyists” but the things that we associate with Independence Day today, however ā€” trips to recreational locales, beer & Ā spirits andĀ even…

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Bob Buckhorn takes his act to Tally

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Bob Buckhorn travels to Tallahassee tomorrow in what is being seen as his first overt move to broaden his statewide appeal in advance of 2018, when heā€™ll likely take a run at the Democratic nomination for governor. The Tampa mayor will address the Tallahassee Tiger Bay Club on Friday, as well as tape an appearance on the local public affairs program,Ā The Usual Suspects. The visit comesĀ just a few months after Buckhorn breezed through a re-election “campaign,”Ā complete with receiving a walloping…

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