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Hillsborough Commissioners vote down transportation tax on 4-3 vote

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The nearly three year long campaign to put a half-cent transportation tax on this November’s ballot in Hillsborough County died Wednesday night. After hearing from more than 60 people over four hours, the Board of County Commissioners rejected the Go Hillsborough plan on a 4-3 vote. Saying that he was going with his “gut feeling,” Commissioner Victor Crist announced that he would oppose the measure, killing the hopes and dreams of Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and many people in Tampa who…

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Hillsborough Commissioners approve Go Hillsborough project list

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Hillsborough County Commissioners voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve the list of projects to be built in the unincorporated areas of the county in the Go Hillsborough plan. The BOCC will vote next week on whether to put the half-cent sales tax on the November ballot. Commissioner Sandy Murman was the most vigilant board member to question county officials about specific projects on the list, though she did acknowledge her pleasure in that half of the money, and a third of those projects…

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Hillsborough County Dems delay vote on Go Hillsborough

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With Hillsborough County Commissioners poised to decide next week on whether to put the Go Hillsborough half-cent sales tax for transportation on the November ballot, members of the Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee gathered Monday night to weigh in on the issue. Except they didn’t. After hearing ten-minute presentations in both support and against the proposal, and with time running out on the 90-minute meeting, party officials opted to table the issue for another month. That could leave the group voiceless,…

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Hillsborough state and local lawmakers celebrate bipartisanship in saving the Tampa Heights community center

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When the Florida Department of Transportation announced their plans to add toll lanes to I-275 in what is now known as the Tampa Bay Express project, Tampa Heights residents reacted in shock last year. FDOT officials said that as part of the ultimate construction of the project, there are properties in Seminole Heights and Tampa Heights that will be have to be removed – including the former Faith Temple Missionary Baptist Church on Palm Avenue that in the past five years…

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Vote on whether Go Hillsborough goes on ballot to take place April 27

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After more than two years of preparation, the Hillsborough County Commission will hold a meeting on April 27 to decide whether a half-cent transportation tax referendum will be on this November’s ballot. The hearing is planned a night after the board will hold a separate hearing on implementing a new mobility fee ordinance, very much a part of addressing what County Administrator Mike Merrill says are the more than $9 billion in transportation needs of the county. Both meetings could be held away from…

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Alan Grayson says DOJ won’t investigate death of Andrew Joseph III, but may look at HCSO practices

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Florida Congressman Alan Grayson announced on Tuesday that the Department of Justice will not investigate the circumstances involving the death of Andrew Joseph III, the 14-year-old black youth who was ejected from the Florida State Fair on Student Day in 2014 and died trying to cross Interstate 4. Assistant Attorney General Peter J. Kadzik responded back to Grayson on February 18, informing him that “accident, mistake, fear, negligence or bad judgement are not sufficient to establish a willful federal criminal civil rights violation.”…

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Anti-TBX citizens protest in V.M. Ybor

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For the second consecutive month, citizens who oppose the Tampa Bay Express marched through a Tampa neighborhood on Saturday, a neighborhood that could be severely impacted if the transportation project comes to fruition. A crowd of approximately 80 or so citizens met in the V.M. Ybor neighborhood to protest against the proposed $3.3 billion project, which would add tolled express lanes to I-275 in Tampa, as well as parts of I-4 and I-75. The issue has roiled the Seminole Heights, Tampa Heights…

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