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More than just the presidency: 10 down ballot races to watch on Election Day

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Presidential races get all the attention, but it’s the folks down ballot that make the real decisions. In the Sunshine State, there’s no shortage of high intensity — and sometimes high drama — battles for office. And we aren’t talking about the races for state House and Senate. There have been allegations of election fraud in a mayor’s race, dirty tricks in a superintendent battle, and fights over genetically modified mosquitoes. Here are 10 down ballot races and referendums we think you…

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With major storm approaching, Bob Buckhorn promotes stormwater proposal coming before Tampa City Council

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File this under the “never let a serious crisis go to waste” category. With a tropical storm bearing down on Tampa later this week, Mayor Bob Buckhorn used the occasion of a press conference — called ostensibly to warn residents about how to handle the coming storm — to lobby City Council members to support a sweeping stormwater assessment fee increase they’re scheduled to vote on Thursday night. “We are never going to cure the stormwater problem,” the mayor told reporters…

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Bike citations in Tampa down 81 percent from a year ago

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Tampa Police Chief Eric Ward told the City Council Thursday that citations of bicyclists in the city are down 81 percent this July, compared to a year ago. The department made only four citations in July, compared to 21 in July 2015, an 81 percent decrease. There was an even greater reduction in May, when the TPD made only six citations, compared to 32 in May 2015. Those citations did spike up in June, with 11 cyclists cited this year, versus…

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Pinellas Commission appears ready to get aboard the ferry

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Pinellas County commissioners appear poised to get on board a high-speed commuter ferry between St. Petersburg and Tampa. Commissioners are scheduled to vote on the item during Tuesday’s meeting. If the commission agrees, Pinellas would become the fourth government to collaborate to fund the six-month pilot program. The Hillsborough commission and the Tampa and St. Petersburg councils have already signed on. “If I’m reading the tea leaves, it’ll pass 6 to 1,” said Charlie Justice, chairman of the Pinellas Commission.…

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Joe Henderson: When political opportunity knocks, Lisa Montelione gets busy

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You can never take a moment off in politics, so when Lisa Montelione saw an opportunity Tuesday morning, she got busy. A frisky black bear had climbed up a tree about two blocks from her home in north Tampa. While authorities worked to safely remove the animal, Montelione was thinking ahead. “I told them they better not harm a hair on that bear’s head. That’s a constituent,” she said with a laugh. “When they get him out of that tree,…

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Tampa considers food donations to pay off parking tickets

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Looking for a way out of a parking ticket? Donate some canned goods to a food bank. That’s a proposal being considered by the Tampa City Council. The program would run for about a month over the winter holidays. Councilman Guido Maniscalco tells The Tampa Tribune the idea is to let people pay off some of their parking fines by donating food to the needy. Tallahassee launched a similar program in November that lets first-time parking offenders get $1 of credit…

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Frank Reddick would be OK with being Tampa City Council chairman again, or not

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In 2015, Frank Reddick emerged in a much-anticipated vote as the surprise new chairman of Tampa City Council, which had gone to Charlie Miranda the previous four years. Reddick now says he’d like another another year with the gig. “I was given an opportunity to serve and I think I was able to do a pretty decent job in organizing and keeping the council on track to move forward and getting the agenda done in a timely matter, and I think…

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