Rich Piper

Tampa Bay state House candidates grade Rick Scott after nearly 6 years in office

Published on September 16, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

Two Tampa House Democratic candidates offered some rare praise for Gov. Rick Scott on Friday — before ultimately giving him a barely passing grade (depending on grading policy at the school you attended) at the Tampa Tiger Bay Club forum on Friday. “I will tell you one of the positives of the Rick Scott administration was the mindset that he came into office with, and that is to make government smarter,” said Tampa land use and zoning attorney David Singer, running in the House District…

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Bob Buckhorn battles his first major test as Tampa Mayor

Published on April 26, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

By any measure, Tampa has flourished since its citizens elected Bob Buckhorn to become Mayor in 2011. Saddled with budget deficits in his first couple of years in office, he adroitly put the city’s economy back on solid footing post-recession. There’s been a plethora of new parks and swimming pools built throughout the city, and an expanded Riverwalk has brought a whole new focus to downtown. Improvements have been made in quality of life issues like code enforcement, adding new street lights to…

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