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Third National Flag of the Confederacy to be removed from Hillsborough County Center

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The Hillsborough County Commission voted unanimously this afternoon to remove the Third National Flag of the Confederacy from the County Center in downtown Tampa today, along with the flags of the other countries that also hang in the lobby that used to occupy Florida: Spain, France, and Great Britain. The American flag also hangs in the lobby. The motion to do so came from County Commissioner Les Miller, the only black member of the board. After the unanimous vote to…

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Parsons Brinckerhoff contributes $5,000 to Bob Buckhorn’s PAC

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Next Thursday, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn will sit along with his colleagues on the Hillsborough County Policy Leadership Group on whether or not to support the half-cent transportation tax proposal announced last month by County Administrator Mike Merrill and Parsons Brinckerhoff. Parsons Brinckerhoff is the national transportation consultant hired by the county last year for $900,000 to help facilitate the public outreach effort regarding transportation issues in the county. Although there has been criticism about the plan from a variety of…

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William March reports what we’ve already reported

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William March is something of a hero among journalists in the Tampa Bay area. He’s been a staple of enterprise reporting for decades. When he was abruptly let go from his longstanding post at the Tampa Tribune, colleagues and competitors alike were astonished, angered and, of course, saddened. But alas, he has returned as a correspondent for the Tampa Bay Times. Now March is penning columns for the area’s biggest print newspaper following all the insider politics readers loved from…

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Hillsborough County Commission meeting gets hot talking wage theft

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Although every member of the Hillsborough County Commission weighed in this morning regarding their concern about the issue of wage theft in the county, the Republican members’ prescription of how to alleviate the problem drew the wrath of the measure’s proponent, Democrat Kevin Beckner. Beckner said that his colleagues’ worries about growing the size of government outweighed their professed concern for workers losing wages unfairly in the county, and they rejected his proposal, based on a Miami-Dade County ordinance. The issue isn’t dead…

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Hillsborough PTC discusses Uber & Lyft regulations, but again fails to come to a resolution

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The Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission held a two-and-a-half-hour public hearing on Wednesday on proposed regulations that would put ride-sharing companies Uber and Lyft into compliance with the agency’s rules. But at the end of the morning, they opted to punt on the issue once again, mandating that a subcommittee come back with recommendations next month. Ever since Uber and Lyft began providing service in Hillsborough more than a year ago, they’ve become enormously popular, offering an alternative to the taxi cabs that…

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Brian Willis posts big fundraising numbers vs. Pat Kemp in District 6 Hillsborough County Commission contest

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Ten days ago, Florida Politics reported that Brian Willis, the Tampa attorney who is running for the countywide Hillsborough County District 6 seat next year, had raised $45, 357 in his first month of campaigning for the seat. Advisers for Willis said it was the third best first-month of fundraising for a county commissioner candidate over the past decade, trailing only Al Higginbotham and Ken Hagan’s totals during their respective runs for office last year, both of whom were well known quantities…

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Mitch Perry Report for 5.8.15 –The MOSI-USF Football stadium dilemma

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Hillsborough County Commissioners (and Administrator Mike Merrill) are gung ho on having the folks who run the Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) explore an opportunity to move their facility into downtown Tampa, where it could be a part of Jeff Vinik’s grand plans to redevelop the Channelside area, even though there are serious questions about how productive such a move would be. As La Gaceta’s Patrick Manteiga noted last week, there’s the little issue about available parking in the area that has plagued…

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