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Josh Burgin is leaving HART board to attend Harvard

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Plant City Republican Josh Burgin, who has served on the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) since February of 2012, officially announced today that he will be stepping down from the agency on July 1, as he pursues a degree from the Harvard School of Government. “Three years ago, you gave me a specific charge to ‘protect the taxpayer,’” Burgin wrote last week to Gov. Rick Scott, who appointed him to the board. “I took that directive seriously and worked…

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Conservative enters commission race against Mark Sharpe

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An upcoming county commission primary race could test whether hard-core conservatives will continue to dominate Hillsborough County’s Republican Party. The contest pits incumbent District 7 Commissioner Mark Sharpe against conservative Josh Burgin, a former executive administrator with the county GOP. Burgin entered the race hours before last Friday’s noon qualifying deadline. It’s been well known in Republican political circles that conservatives were looking for someone to challenge Sharpe because of his advocacy of a 1 cent sales tax for mass…

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Hillsborough Co. Commissioner Mark Sharpe has primary opponent

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The last minute qualifying of Josh Burgin in the District 7 Hillsborough County Commission race means sitting commissioner Mark Sharpe has a primary opponent. Burgin, who worked as the legislative aide for former Hillsborough County Commissioner Brian Blair, is the sister of state Rep. Rachel Burgin. Josh Burgin has also worked as executive director of the Hillsborough County Republican Party. Sharpe, who has broken from party ranks by strongly supporting a proposed sales tax to pay for road improvements, expanded bus service and…

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