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Bob Buckhorn still ‘looking at’ possible run for governor in 2018

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For several years now, it’s been a given that Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn was going to try to take his brand of leadership to a new level in 2018 and run for the Democratic nomination for governor. Facing just token opposition in his bid for re-election, Buckhorn won with nearly 96 percent of the vote in March, setting himself up perfectly for a presumptive run for higher office. But, as Jeb Bush said recently, stuff happens. It began in late April…

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Pam Bondi goes to Nevada

Drawing on lessons learned after a nightclub massacre last year in Orlando, Attorney General Pam Bondi and members of her

Mitch Perry Report for 10.9.15 — 1st chapter in Tampa citizens review board saga ends

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The activists went home unhappy last night, but their goals were never the same as the majority on the Tampa City Council when it came to the creation of a citizens review board to review the Tampa Police Department. The Council voted 5-2 Thursday evening for a compromise proposal on who gets to select the members of the nine-member board and two alternates; Mayor Bob Buckhorn will get five choices, the Council four, and the mayor still gets to pick the two alternates that were…

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Possible movement in Tampa civilian review board saga?

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Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and City Council Chairman Frank Reddick had a sit-down meeting late Friday afternoon, and the result is that Buckhorn may – just may – allow the Council to add one more choice to the main nine-member police civilian review board. “Potentially that could be an option,” Buckhorn said after emerging from his office to address reporters. “I had floated out last week to give them a total of four, one additional appointee and one of the…

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Darryl Rouson files legislation to ban Confederate flag on public property in Florida

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St. Petersburg House Democrat Darryl Rouson has filed legislation (HB 243) that would ban the display of Confederate flags and symbols on publicly owned or leased property. It will serve as a companion to Orlando Democrat Geraldine Thompson’s bill in the state Senate. “I can understand people wanting to honor the legacy of their Southern history, but when history and symbolism to others becomes distasteful we should be sensitive to it, and reconsider how we honor history,” the Pinellas County legislator said on Friday. The legislation…

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Bob Buckhorn says he won’t create a civilian review board that wants to ‘do nothing but tear down our community’

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Speaking in public for the first time since returning from a trip to Ireland with the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn lashed out at activists who have criticized his plan to name the majority of the members of a police Civilian Review Board. He also said that the City Council’s plans to continue to workshop the idea of giving them the power to name that board will go nowhere. “We’re going to get a civilian review…

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Bob Buckhorn announces police civilian review board, but activists say it falls short

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Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Police Chief Eric Ward announced the creation of an independent civilian police review board Friday, but the activists whose public pressure led to the formation of the new agency are not pleased with how it will be implemented. The board will consist of 11 members — nine voting members and two alternates — and Buckhorn will choose nine of those 11 members. The City Council will have two selections, though when Buckhorn was questioned about that…

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Tampa City Council moves forward on creating civilian police review board

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The Tampa City Council today moved ahead toward the creation of a citizens police review board, but what that agency will ultimately look like and who will appoint its members has yet to be determined. The Council approved a motion brought forward by Councilman Mike Suarez that will have the city’s legal department review whether the Council can create such an advisory committee, and if so, can it be a hybrid review committee, with the powers to do so under the City Charter. “An…

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