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Tom Scott appointed to Florida Elections Commission by Rick Scott

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Former Tampa City Councilman and Hillsborough County Commissioner Thomas Scott have been appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to serve on the Florida Elections Commission. The 61-year-old Scott serves as the senior pastor at the 34th Street Church of God in East Tampa. He’s been out of politics for the past four years following his first and only term on the City Council that ended in 2011. Scott previously served as a Hillsborough County commissioner from 1996-2006 and as a member…

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After 8 years, Mary Mulhern signs off from the Tampa City Council

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It was someone fitting that on her last daytime meeting serving on the Tampa City Council, Mary Mulhern chaired a workshop discussion on the update of the city’s comprehensive plan regarding climate change and raising sea levels. The environment has always been a central concern for Mulhern, who is leaving the Council after eight years next week due to term limits. “I know that some of you and I have had our disagreements and we’ve always been collegial and I appreciate that,”…

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Rose Ferlita hopes Jackie Toledo learns from her mistakes and runs again

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In the immediate aftermath of her stunning loss to Guido Maniscalco in the Tampa District 6 City Council runoff on Tuesday night, Jackie Toledo said that the media coverage of her campaign was unfair, and “made a big difference” in the final results. That coverage included the unforced errors on her part that brought her some of that negative coverage. Those mistakes included superimposing her photo over the city seal in her official campaign portrait, to filming a television commercial on…

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#2 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Bob Buckhorn

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Upon taking office, the mayor of Tampa automatically became the area’s most visible leader, which hasn’t been a problem for Bob Buckhorn to embrace. After losing a bid for County Commission in 2004, this longtime public servant/political animal’s time in the spotlight was on life support when he announced in 2010 that he would run to succeed Pam Iorio to lead City Hall. A decided underdog, he barely made it out of the primary election four years ago (topping Dick…

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Contrasting Tampa’s Pam Iorio and Jane Castor with St. Pete’s Bill Foster and Chuck Harmon

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Now that Dontae Morris has been captured and life can begin to return to normal in Tampa — at least for some, certainly not the grief-struck families impacted by Morris’ actions — I believe it’s fair to look objectively at one of the aspects of this story: the bold, strong leadership of Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio and Police Chief Jane Castor, which should be contrasted with the nebulous relationships St. Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Harmon has had with Mayors Baker…

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Contrasting Tampa’s Pam Iorio and Jane Castor with St. Pete’s Bill Foster and Chuck Harmon

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Now that Dontae Morris has been captured and life can begin to return to normal in Tampa — at least for some, certainly not the grief-struck families impacted by Morris’ actions — I believe it’s fair to look objectively at one of the aspects of this story: the bold, strong leadership of Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio and Police Chief Jane Castor, which should be contrasted with the nebulous relationships St. Petersburg Police Chief Chuck Harmon has had with Mayors Rick…

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The end for SaintPetersBlog

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GOP committee to select host for 2012 convention next week

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Backers of Tampa’s bid for the 2012 Republican National Convention could find out next week if the city will be selected to host the national political event. Members of the Republican National Committee are expected to meet Wednesday in Washington, D.C., to discuss bids for the convention, and will make a recommendation on which city the event should be held in, according to RNC spokesman LeRoy Coleman. That recommendation will be presented to the full 168-member RNC, consisting of party…

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