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Mark Ober and Andrew Warren debate criminal justice at Tampa Tiger Bay club

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On Tuesday night, voters in Duval and Orange counties ousted their respective incumbent State Attorney’s. In Hillsborough County this fall, Andrew Warren hopes to continue that trend. Warren is a former federal prosecutor who quit his job late last year to challenge 16-year incumbent Mark Ober. In what was perhaps the single most important hour of his campaign to date, Warren blasted his Republican rival on Friday at a Tampa Tiger Bay debate for being too focused on conviction rates than in making…

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As contentious primary campaign comes to a conclusion, Kevin Beckner has no regrets

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On the eve of what has been the most raucous primary race in Hillsborough County, Kevin Beckner says he wouldn’t do anything differently in his campaign to defeat Pat Frank for Clerk of the Circuit Court. “No regrets whatsoever,” Beckner said while attending the NAACP sponsored “Souls to the Polls” event at the College Hill Public Library in East Tampa on Sunday afternoon. “Some people have characterized it as a negative campaign, but I have based it on a campaign of facts,…

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Kevin Beckner says decision by Hillsborough PTC to take money away from Clerk’s office ‘troubling’

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The Hillsborough Public Transportation Commission (PTC) is taking public money from the Hillsborough County Clerk’s Office due to mismanagement and woefully inadequate accounting practices with several egregious discrepancies. WTSP-Channel 10 reported this week the PTC has “a long list of accounting issues with Clerk Pat Frank’s office.” Those issues include: vendors not being paid on time; invoices sent to the wrong department; items deducted from the incorrect account, and several more violations. The PTC discovered the Clerk’s office was about to pay $180,000 for…

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Pat Frank goes on offense in Clerk of the Court debate at Tampa Tiger Bay Club

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It’s not as if there’s a whole slew of elected Democrats in Hillsborough County, so when County Commissioner Kevin Beckner announced a year ago he would challenge Pat Frank in her bid for re-election to the Clerk of the County Court, it was a major story in local politics. The two respected Democrats presented dissimilar narratives about what had been communicated (or miscommunicated) between them last year, and they repeated their competing versions of those conversations at Friday’s Tiger Bay Club meeting…

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Toast to the Bay/Dump into the Bay: Bill Edwards and Mike Deeson

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Toast to the Bay: Bill Edwards, the Tampa Bay Rowdies and Al Lang Stadium Fox 13 reported this week St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman is on board with plans to expand Al Lang Stadium and supports efforts to put a referendum to voters. The expansion would more than double capacity for Tampa Bay Rowdies Fans from 7,500 to more than 18,000. The entire project is expected to cost about $70 million. Some of that would likely be paid using Pinellas…

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Mike Deeson, Safety Harbor Mayor named in slander suit

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Business owner Jim Barge is suing several individuals and companies alleging he was falsely accused of stealing a campaign sign in 2014 from a Safety Harbor yard. Barge was caught on tape removing a sign for former Safety Harbor Mayor Joe Ayoub. The lawsuit names both Ayoub’s then challenger, Andy Steingold, as well as WTSP investigative reporter Mike Deeson and accuses the two of scheming with Ray Duke, the man who took the video in question, to create a “false…

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Gun Club lead contamination still an issue for St. Pete

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St. Pete residents near Sawgrass Lake are infuriated with the city for not following through with ensuring the Skyway Trap and Skeet Club cleans up lead spilling into the ground and lake near its property. During public comment at a meeting Thursday, concerned residents bombarded City Council with videos showing past meetings in which staff told council contaminated land and water had been cleaned up. The city now knows that is not the case after WTSP investigative reporter Mike Deeson…

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