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ACLU tells Tampa City Council they have legal authority to name civilian review board members with subpoena power

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The ACLU of Florida said today that they believe City of Tampa Attorney Julia Mandell was incorrect in her assessment that the city’s charter only allows the mayor to have the right to name the members of a civilian review board. The issue of who controls the power to name such an advisory committee has roiled City Hall over the past month, as a majority of the City Council – backed by their own attorney – insists it has the power…

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Civilian Review Board issue provokes fiery Tampa City Council meeting

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To say that Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn‘s executive order he signed last Friday creating a Civilian police Review Board (CRB) that would allow him to control all but two of the 11-member board has not been warmly received by all parts of the community — or the City Council — would be a massive understatement. With City Attorney Julia Mandell and City Council Attorney Marty Shelby at loggerheads about whether the city’s Charter allows the Council — and not the mayor…

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Tampa activists blast Bob Buckhorn’s version of a police Civilian Review Board

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If it were up to Bob Buckhorn, there wouldn’t be a police Civilian Review Board (CRB). The mayor signed an executive order creating such a board late last week, after activists and later City Council Chairman Frank Reddick began calling for such an agency in the wake of the report by the Tampa Bay Times in April that the Tampa Police Department was disproportionately citing blacks for bicycle infractions. However, those same citizens who were calling for its creation are criticizing what the…

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Mitch Perry Report for 9.1.15 — The meaning of Jim Norman’s return

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Jim Norman, who has been meeting with all types of folks in the community over the past few weeks and months in preparation for a return to local politics, makes it official today. He’s running for a seat on the Hillsborough County Commission. Actually, he made it official yesterday by making pilgrimages to the editorial board of the Tampa Tribune and sitting down with Tampa Bay Times columnist Sue Carlton. Norman thinks he’s going to win this race, outright. He thinks the Democrats in…

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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 who 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 States in…

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Tampa City Council repeals panhandling ordinance to little outcry

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Four year ago, the Tampa City Council spent nearly a year agonizing over creating a law to reduce the number of panhandlers who began appearing in larger numbers at city intersections. Public hearings brought out critics who said the city was “criminalizing” the homeless. Ultimately a compromise measure was crafted that banned such solicitations, with the exception of those hawking newspapers seven days a week. But the City Council today voted to repeal that law today, and there was nary…

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