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Joe Henderson: Endorsement, momentum may not be enough in Hillsborough District 6 race

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Brian Willis has the editorial endorsement of the Tampa Bay Times in his bid to win the Democratic primary Aug. 30 for Hillsboroughā€™s District 6 county commission seat. He has been, in the words of one veteran local observer of the political scene, ā€œvery impressiveā€ on the campaign stump. He seems to have momentum. In most years, that alone would be enough to predict victory. This year, however ā€¦ better wait. Transportation has taken center stage as the dominant issue…

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Harry Cohen weighs in on the court clerk race between Kevin Beckner and Pat Frank

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During the fierce Tampa City Council race between Guido Maniscalco and Jackie Toledo in the winter of 2015, Councilman Harry Cohen stayed out of the endorsement business, preferring to let the election play out before learning who he would be serving withĀ on the board for the next four years. But when an anonymous mailer went out defendingĀ Toledo against “vicious” attacks and described her as an apolitical, unifying leader, Cohen and three of his other council colleagues Ā said “enough”, and along…

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Mitch Perry Report for 8.10.16 ā€” Aleppo needs water

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I’m sure that after you got yourself up this morning, you might have reached for a cup of coffee, juice or water. It’s something that we don’t have to think too hard about, usually. Now let’s go across the globe ā€” to Aleppo, Syria. The United Nations on Tuesday called for a “humanitarian pause” in the fighting in Aleppo to allow for immediate access to repair the electricity and water networks. They report that between 250,000-275,000 people have been trapped…

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Kevin Beckner says Pat Frank has failed women and minorities in hiring at the Clerk of the Courts office, but Frank fires back

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Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner, by all indications trailing incumbent Pat Frank in the Democratic primary for Clerk of the Circuit Courts office in Hillsborough County with three weeks to go, released a statement on Tuesday accusing Frank of failing women and minorities in how she runs the clerk’s office. “Despite her statements to the contrary, Ms. Frankā€™s organizational chart does not reflectĀ equal opportunity for minoritiesĀ or womenĀ inĀ theĀ seniorĀ executive branchĀ of her own office,” saidĀ Beckner. Included in his statement areĀ the salaries of white…

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Hillsborough County is now offering diversion program for teenagers possessing pot

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Although it is not exactly following in the footsteps of the city of Tampa’s move to decriminalize the possession of pot, the Hillsborough County Sheriffs Department has begun a year-long pilot program with other local agencies that will offer an alternative to arrest for first-time offenders caught with marijuana between the ages of 8 to 17. The Delinquent Act Citation Pilot Program (DAC Pilot Program) is a Hillsborough County alternative to arrest and a possible criminal record for juveniles found…

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Hillsborough Commissioners reject naming June as LGBT Pride Month

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The Hillsborough County Commission rejected a proposal on Wednesday to recognize June as LGBT Pride Month. The motion, presented to them by Commissioner Kevin Beckner, would also have recognizedĀ June 12th as a day of remembrance for theĀ shooting massacre that occurred at the Pulse gay nightclub in Orlando. On that day fateful day last month, forty-nineĀ people were slain and dozens more injured,Ā most of them gay. But that proposal failed as well. “This should not be about politics. This is about people,”…

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Pat Frank, Kevin Beckner, trade endorsements in Hillsborough Clerk of the Courts race

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The Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1593 (ATU), which represents hundred of Hillsborough Area Regional Transit workers, has endorsedĀ KevinĀ BecknerĀ for Clerk of the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County. Beckner is challenging three-term incumbent Pat Frank in an increasingly vitriolic Democratic primary taking place next month. The winner will face Republican Eric Seidel in the fall. ā€œSince elected to the Board of County Commissioners you have stood up for the citizens, employees, residents and business partners with integrity, fairness, justice and compassion. We…

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