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Hillsborough County Commissioners to vote on Go Hillsborough plan in February

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It’s not as early as was originally envisioned, but the Board of Hillsborough County Commissioners are poised to vote in February on whether to put a half-cent sales tax for transportation before voters in November 2016. “In the beginning of January we’ll talk about the projects in programs in detail, and then the last couple of meetings we’ll talk about funding options, and at the beginning of February, we’ll take action on a plan,” County Administrator Mike Merrill told SPB…

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Pinellas County Administrator Mark Woodard receives favorable performance review

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In his first full year on the job, County Administrator Mark Woodard is doing very well. Pinellas County commissioners gave Woodard, who has been working for the county in some facet for close to three decades, an annual performance review scoreĀ that falls between “meetingā€ and ā€œexceeding” expectations for the job. In a numerical rating system in which a total of 400 points were available to Woodard — a scaleĀ that is in accordance with the Unified Personnel System for rating employee…

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Jim Norman speaks: The former Hillsborough county commissioner is plotting a comeback

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Former Hillsborough County Commissioner and state Sen. Jim Norman wants you to know one thing — that everything youĀ thoughtĀ you knew about what happened to him in 2010 is wrong. ā€œThe media put a message out there that is just inaccurate, and Iā€™m really burned about that, so Iā€™m pretty fired up with setting the record straight,” he said in an interview conducted earlier this week. In case you’ve forgotten or werenā€™t around five years ago, ā€œthe messageā€ that Norman says…

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The black community in the Bob Buckhorn era discussed at Tampa town hall

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Friday night in Cincinnati, police arrested six people at a rally held to honor Sam DuBose, a black man killed by an ex-University of Cincinnati Police Officer last month. The incident wasĀ the latest involving a black person dying it the hands of law enforcement captured on video and broadcast throughout the country. While there have been no such incidents in Tampa, it would be a mistake to believe that there aren’t significant tensions between members of the black community and…

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Bob Buckhorn delivers his ‘not sexy’ $850 million budget

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Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn appeared before the City Council on Thursday for nearly an hour to deliver his $850.2 million FY2016 budget, a budget he admitted is “not sexy.” “This budget is not going to include a lot of glamour, but it gets the job done,” he said, emphasizing the much-needed investments in basic infrastructure, such as a large increase in stormwater improvements. As every resident or visitor to Tampa realizes, one large rainstorm can paralyze traffic throughout the city,…

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Ken Hagan looking at possible run for Tampa mayor in 2019

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Longtime Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan says he’s considering a run for mayor of Tampa in 2019. “Iā€™m encouraged everyday to consider running for either mayor of Tampa or a constitutional seat,” Hagan said on Tuesday. Having just been re-elected to his District 5 countywide Commission seat last year, he admits he’s not in any hurry to consider running for any new office, but confesses that “itā€™s definitely something Iā€™m going to take a look at.” The 47-year-old Tampa native…

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‘Biking while black’ in Tampa story not going away

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The uproar over a Tampa Bay Times report over the weekend that the Tampa Police Department has been targeting low-income black bicyclists over the past decade continues to reverberate, with Chief Jane Castor facing the strongest criticism in her nearly five-year tenure, just weeks before she steps down after a distinguished 30-year career with the department. The story detailed how eight out of 10Ā bike riders stopped in Tampa from 2003 to 2015 were black, meaning theyĀ received 79 percent of the…

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