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Jeff Vinik Channelside project has now become a $3 billion plan – and won’t include Bay Plaza complex

Published on September 20, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

The master plan devised by Jeff Vinik’s Strategic Property Partners and Bill Gates’ Cascade Investment to revitalize the Channelside region of Tampa was originally designed as a 40-acre, billion-dollar plan when it was first unveiled in December of 2014. Then it went up to $2 billion. Speaking to the board of Port Tampa on Tuesday, SPP CEO James Nozar revealed that the investment has now grown to $3 billion and 53 acres, and its footprint has now expanded to between six…

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Joe Henderson: Supporters of MaryEllen Elia now get chance for revenge at ballot box

Published on August 4, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Joe Henderson

Things really got nasty around the Hillsborough County School Board in early 2015. That’s when four of the seven members voted to fire Superintendent MaryEllen Elia. They didn’t like her brusque and dismissive style. They felt Elia believed the board worked for her, not vice versa. The move was, to understate matters, highly controversial. Oh, who am I kidding? I can think of few things the board has ever done that created the stir that did. Those who voted in…

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Adam Putnam says global trends favor Florida’s agricultural brand

Published on April 27, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Mitch Perry

Adam Putnam says that new trade opportunities has historically had a negative impact on Florida agriculture, but a confluence of events is setting up the state to play a major role in feeding the world in the future. “Put very simply, by 2050 we will have 10 billion mouths to feed on Planet Earth,” the state’s Agricultural Commissioner said Wednesday in Tampa. “The only way to meet the demands of that population will be through productivity and yield gains in agriculture.…

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Read here without downloading: Richard Corcoran’s ‘manifesto’

Published on September 16, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

An 86-page policy paper from Florida House Speaker-Designate Richard Corcoran (nicknamed “The Manifesto” by reporters) calls for a new “legislative culture of purpose” that includes, among other things, a more transparent budget process. Many of the reforms proposed by Corcoran, a Land O’ Lakes Republican, in his Wednesday acceptance speech are also in the manifesto, which has a working title of “Blueprint Florida,” according to a copy provided to FloridaPolitics.com. “This is a working document, written years ago by a…

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