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Thousands crowd into Ybor City to remember the Orlando victims

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The dominant word at a vigil held in Ybor City on Monday night to honor the victims of the shooting massacre in Orlando was “love.” A crowd of at least two thousand people gathered for two hours in a parking lot on the north side of 7th Avenue between 14th and 15th Streets to hear locally elected officials tell the crowd that they were supporting them in this dark time, less than 48 hours after a gunman shot 49 people…

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Hillsborough County Commission to vote on putting half-cent tax for 15 years on ballot on June 9

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Less than a month after the issue of a transportation tax seemed off the board for 2016, the Hillsborough County Commission will take a second vote on whether to put a sales tax referendum on the ballot next month. The new vote will take place after a public hearing on June 9. On April 27, a four-hour public hearing that would place the Go Hillsborough half-cent tax referendum on the ballot went down to defeat when Commissioner Victor Crist cast the…

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Janet Long calls for changes in transportation governance

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Transportation has been a major issue in Tampa Bay for 50 years, and there’s no solution in sight because of a governance model that has “paralyzed” officials, Pinellas County Commissioner Janet Long said Tuesday. Long called for commissioners to hold a workshop to “talk about how we can change this governance model that has paralyzed us from moving forward.” She added, “I would respectfully ask we have the workshop sooner rather than later.” But it doesn’t appear that Long will…

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Transit tax foe to Pinellas County commission: Reprimand or fire county administrator — or else

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Two anti-transit-tax activists fired off emails to Pinellas commissioners this week demanding that County Administrator Mark Woodard be disciplined for discussions he held with Mike Merrill, the Hillsborough county administrator. They were reacting to a report in the Tampa Bay Times that Woodard had met with Merrill to discuss, among other things, regional transportation issues. According to the May 3 article, the two had discussed simultaneously asking voters in both counties to approve a half-cent sales tax to pay for…

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Hillsborough County Commissioners dismiss call for affordable housing trust fund

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A proposal advocated for by the Hillsborough Organization for Progress and Equality – HOPE – to have the Hillsborough County government establish a $10 million affordable housing trust fund, fell by the wayside on Wednesday. Commissioner Victor Crist won praise from his colleagues for bringing the issue up for discussion, but they politely rejected the concept for the moment, saying that they still have yet to address other important issues that would require funding, such as transportation. “This is a community problem, and it begs…

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Mitch Perry Report for 5.3.16 – Only six more months of hearing about Hillary vs.The Donald – every day

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Well today’s the Indiana primary, and aren’t you all excited about that? I didn’t think so. A CNN/ORC poll released  yesterday shows that more than eight of ten Americans believe Hillary Clinton will challenge Donald Trump for president in November. That was taken before Indiana votes today, or Nebraska next week, or California and New Jersey next month. But it’s still more fun to talk about a contested convention than start talking everyday about a Hillary vs. Donald confrontation, since that’s still…

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Mike Merrill again questions taking general revenue funds from Hillsborough County budget for transportation

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Count Les Miller out in joining some of his colleagues on the Hillsborough County who have talked about cutting the budget from some of  the constitutional offices in Hillsborough in order to find more funding for transportation. “Where are you going to take the money from?” the County Commission Chairman asked rhetorically on Monday before HART’s monthly board meeting, after he was asked what he thought of the proposals floated by two of his colleagues – Sandy Murman and Victor Crist – in recent…

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