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Jackie Toledo files for Dana Young’s HD 60 seat

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Former Tampa City Council candidate Jackie Toledo is throwing her hat into the ring for House District 60, to succeed Republican Dana Young as she seeks a newly drawn Senate seat. Toledo, who narrowly lost the City Council District 6 seat in a runoff election against Guido Maniscalco last year, made the announcement Wednesday afternoon on her Facebook page. “After heavy consideration I have decided to announce my candidacy for State Representative, District 60,” Toledo writes. “I would like to…

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Mitch Perry’s Top 10 stories in Hillsborough politics of 2015

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As first said by Greek philosopher Heraclitus, in the universe change is the only constant. Nowhere was that more applicable than in Tampa Bay during the past 12 months. From the much-ballyhooed dismissal of MaryEllen Elia as Hillsborough County School Board District superintendent to redistricting and the rising (and falling) fortunes for hizzoner Bob Buckhorn, many of the leading political issues of the year centered on shaking up the status quo. With that, here are Hillsborough County’s top ten stories in 2015: 1) MaryEllen Elia…

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Lisa Montelione feels confident in HD 63 Democratic primary versus Mike Reedy

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Lisa Montelione said it was “excruciatingly hard” to decide to give up her Tampa City Council seat next year, but that’s what will happen now that she’s decided to run for the Florida Legislature in 2016. She’ll take on fellow Democrat Mike Reedy in the House District 63 primary next August, with the winner to face GOP incumbent Shawn Harrison in November. Regarding that primary race against Reedy, Montelione said simply, “I will win.” The Hillsborough County-based seat is one…

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.20.15 — Buckhorn stormwater tax plan gets killed. Now what?

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The Tampa City Council rejected a proposal from Mayor Bob Buckhorn‘s administration that would have made a serious dent in alleviating the city’s epic problems with stormwater runoff yesterday. The plan wasn’t cheap — $251 million, and it certainly left open a lot of questions about how fair it was for everyone to pay the same in the city. It wasn’t an easy vote by any means, but I’d feel a lot better about the leadership of this city if…

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Bob Buckhorn says he supports TBX project — thinks there’s a “middle ground” to satisfy the community

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Bob Buckhorn is optimistic that the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) can come to find a “middle ground” with concerned Tampa residents as the state agency begins the process of adding express toll lanes to I-275 in Tampa. The plan, known as the Tampa Bay Express, would in total add express toll lanes to I-75 from north of Bruce B. Downs Blvd. to south of SR 674; On I-275 from south of Bearss Avenue to Gandy Blvd.; and on I-4 from…

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Tampa residents to Hillsborough MPO: Again, cancel TBX

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Three months after the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Planning Organization approved putting the Tampa Bay Express project into its Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP), dozens of angry residents in the neighborhoods to be affected by the project again expressed their opposition at the Hillsborough County Center in Tampa on Tuesday night. “The TBX is the last thing the community wants $9 billion of their tax money spent on,” said Michelle Cookson, a leader with the activist group Sunshine Citizens that opposes the project.…

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Mitch Perry Report for 11.3.15 – Election Day calls for election day reform

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It’s Election Day in St. Petersburg and in several other places in Florida, as well across the nation today. Let’s stay local for a moment. In St. Pete, there are three city council races on the ballot. The fourth was already won by Ed Montanari when a would-be opponent failed to qualify against him in District 3. Everyone in St. Pete who wants to gets to vote in this election, regardless of where they live. That’s despite the two finalists…

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