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Ken Hagan files to run for the District 2 seat on Hillsborough Commission

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Ken Hagan, who has served on the Hillsborough County Commission for the past 15 years, has filed to run for the District 2 seat in 2018. Hagan is currently serving in District 5, the countywide seat that he won in 2010, defeating Democrat Linda Saul-Sena, and winning re-election to the seat in 2014. District 2 is the north Hillsborough seat currently held by fellow Republican Victor Crist, who is term-limited out of the seat next year. Hagan was first elected to the…

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Hillsborough moves forward on ferry project that may use BP settlement funds

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While the Cross-Bay Ferry reportedly carries nearly 8,000 passengers in March as the six-month pilot project ends later this month, Hillsborough County Commissioners approved a proposal Wednesday to move ahead on a public-private partnership plan to take passengers from South County to MacDill Air Force Base, then to St. Petersburg. The plan would include using the $22 million settlement money the county received from the BP oil spill while building a marina that could be used to service the ferry…

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Hillsborough Commissioners add themselves to new lobbying ordinance

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Hillsborough County Commissioners added themselves to a previously drafted amendment to an ordinance that would prohibit registered lobbyists from communicating electronically during commission meetings. The proposal before the board would have only penalized lobbyists on Wednesday, prompting Commission Chair Les Miller to say that it was insufficient, and that “we as the County Commission should also adhere to the lobbying ordinance.” Miller offered two new amendments that the board ultimately approved. One added “commissioners” to the provision that in the case that an electronic…

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Tampa City Councilmembers ponder their own political future — now that Bob Buckhorn has decided his

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Tampa City Council Chair Mike Suarez says Bob Buckhorn‘s decision to opt out of a statewide run in 2018 should mean a lot less drama associated with the election for council chair next month, a development he says “is a good thing.” There was plenty of such drama surrounding the election of a council in 2015 and 2016, due to the uncertainty around Buckhorn’s political ambitions. But his announcement that he will forgo a run for governor and instead fulfill the last two years as…

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Can Les Miller and his BOCC colleagues find a way to begin to adequately fund HART?

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In 2017, talk has been more than ever about the lack of transportation options in Hillsborough County and the greater Tampa Bay region. The Board of Hillsborough County Commissioners is finally investing in improving roads and bridges to the tune of more than $800 million, with just one percent of those funds allocated toward public transit. In an interview earlier this week with HART CEO Katharine Eagan and the board’s relatively new chairman, Les Miller, the two expressed their hopes and dreams for…

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Hillsborough County Commission approve $811 million to fund roads, $1 million for transit

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Hillsborough County Commissioners approved a proposal Wednesday to spend $812 million on transportation over the next decade, with almost all of that money going directly for roads, rejecting a last-minute alternative offered by Commissioner Pat Kemp to redirect much of those funds to more transit projects. The 6-1 vote (with Kemp dissenting) came after more than 40 members of the public signed up to speak about the proposal, with many reciting desultory statistics about how the county is the worst in the nation…

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Don’t forget about Shawn Harrison as a possible candidate for Tampa mayor

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In his “As We Heard It” column, Patrick Manteiga writes that candidates of all stripes are starting to measure their strengths for a potential run for Mayor of Tampa. Among the names the plugged-in Manteiga mentions are the obvious contenders, like former police chief Jane Castor and current City Councilman Mike Suarez, as well as Councilmembers Yolie Capin and Harry Cohen. Also in the mix, Manteiga says, are Hillsborough Property Appraiser Bob Henriquez, Public Defender Julie Holt, former state Rep.…

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