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Pat Kemp sworn in as newest Hillsborough County Commissioner

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Pat Kemp, Sandy Murman and Les Miller were all official sworn into office on Tuesday to serve on the Hillsborough County Commission for the next four years. For Miller and Murman, if all goes well they will have spent a full decade in office when their term ends in 2020. Both were elected in 2010, after serving previous stints in the Florida Legislature. For Kemp, it’s the culmination of her work over the past several years to finally sit on…

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Hillsborough County Commissioners honor Kevin Beckner as he departs the board

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Kevin Beckner was feted with plaudits and awards by his colleagues on Wednesday, his last day on the Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners. “My service was never about me, it was always about we,” the 45-year-old Indiana native said at a ceremony celebrating his eight years of service on the board. Term-limited out of his seat this fall, he had hoped to continue his political career by running for the Hillsborough Clerk of the Circuit Court seat, but lost in a bitterly…

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Kyle Cockream to step down from Hillsborough PTC at the end of the year

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A change in government in Washington has been preceded by a changing of the guard at one of the Tampa Bay area’s most troubled government agencies, the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission. On the same day the PTC finally approved rules legalizing ridesharing companies Uber and Lyft to operate in the county, the agency lost its chairman and soon, its executive director. Kyle Cockream announced Wednesday he will depart from the agency at the end of December. His tenure has become…

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Pat Kemp defeats Tim Schock in Hillsborough County District 6

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Democrat Pat Kemp defeated challenger Tim Shock for the Hillsborough County Commission District 6 seat. Kemp had 55 percent of the vote for a solid victory. Voters had two strong choices in this countywide race. Kemp, who narrowly lost to Republican Al Higginbotham in 2014, had transportation as her main issue. She has long been a vocal advocate for solutions to the area’s top long-term issue that goes beyond adding new roads. She advocates stronger growth management policies to help…

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Pat Kemp leading big in early count of Hillsborough County District 6 seat

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Democrat Pat Kemp looks poised to take the Hillsborough County Commission District 6 race against Republican Tim Schock. With 53 of the 340 precincts reporting, Kemp has edged out to a 14-percentage point lead, 57%-43%. This is Kemp’s second attempt to win a countywide seat in the past two years. In 2014, she narrowly lost to Republican Al Higginbotham in the District 7 race. Shock also lost to Higginbotham in 2014 in his first run for office in the GOP…

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Hillsborough PTC head Kyle Cockream calls possible investigation into his conduct ‘a witch-hunt’

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Despite the aims of Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission Chairman Victor Crist and county attorneys, Kyle Cockream is still the agency’s executive director, following a raucous board meeting Tuesday. The agency ultimately voted 3-2 to make a request for proposal to potentially hire a law firm at their next meeting next month to conduct an investigation into recent revelations about Cockream’s performance as the head of the agency. Crist called last week for an emergency meeting of the PTC to discuss Cockream’s…

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Hillsborough commissioners approve $600 million for transportation projects

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The Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners voted 6-1 on Wednesday to approve a $600 million transportation plan that would fund projects in the area over the next 10 years, despite severe criticism from some members of the public who say it skimps on funding transit and the needs for the city of Tampa. It calls for spending $123 million for intersection upgrades and new traffic signals, $291 million for resurfacing streets and maintaining rights of way, and $346 million for congestion relief.…

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