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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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Go Hillsborough proposal moves forward as half-cent sales tax, but obstacles loom

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The Hillsborough Policy Leadership Group on Thursday voted to accept the recommendation by County Administrator Mike Merrill to move forward on a referendum for a half-cent sales tax to last the next 30 years. However, that doesn’t mean it’s guaranteed to go before voters next year to pay for a series of transportation improvements. That’s because County Commissioner Al Higginbotham acknowledged after the meeting that he won’t support putting the measure on the ballot. That means it could come down…

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Hillsborough commissioners aim to improve public records process, ethics training

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In the wake of a heavier than usual number of public information record requests in the past several months, the Board of Hillsborough County Commissioners on Wednesday unanimously voted to strengthen their procedures in processing such requests. “We need to do a better job of documenting, tracking and responding to requests,” said Commissioner Ken Hagan (photo at left). He said it’s important to provide more timely requests. Both Hagan and Commissioner Sandy Murman were accused last week of failing to…

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Meet Ed Briggs, one of the ’30 under 30′ rising stars of Florida politics

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Ed Briggs, a 27-year-old Tallahassee native, resides in Brandon, and says his entry into politics was purely by accident – or fate. Like his father and grandfather before him, Briggs wanted to pursue a career in the U.S. Navy, with the dream to become a flight officer. But through a confluence of events (such as Congress failing to pass a budget), the dream didn’t work out. However, working with Joel Springer with the Senate Victory for the Republican Party of…

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Mitch Perry Report for 10.8.15 — Will the Hillsborough BOCC have the votes to put transportation tax on ballot?

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Watching the Hillsborough County Commission yesterday discuss the latest with the Go Hillsborough effort was a fascinating glimpse of where this experience may be heading. The headline was that the Board of County Commissioners beat back a feeble attempt to remove Sheriff David Gee’s office from investigating the charges on how consultant Parsons Brinckerhoff  received its $1.35 million contract to lead the effort on transportation that the county has been undertaking the past two years. The board also rejected Commissioner Stacy White’s call…

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Hillsborough County Sheriffs Dept. will continue to investigate Go Hillsborough process

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The Board of Hillsborough County Commissioners on Wednesday reaffirmed that they want Sheriff David Gee’s office to conduct an investigation into the contracting out of the Go Hillsborough transportation proposal. They also rejected a proposal by Commissioner Stacy White that would kill the county’s deal with contractor Parsons Brinckerhoff, which was suspended two weeks ago. And they voted to hold a comprehensive review of their transportation options after the next meeting of the Policy Leadership Group taking place on November 5.…

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Hillsborough County transportation tax proposal moves forward

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In a vote that was devoid of much enthusiasm, the Hillsborough County Policy Leadership Group today officially authorized a recommendation to the Hillsborough County Commission to continue to go forward in possibly putting a half-cent transportation tax before voters in 2016. However, several members of the County Commission urged caution today, saying that they will look forward to seeing what will be part of the actual list of projects that the funds from the tax would go to before they…

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