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Ken Hagan looking at possible run for Tampa mayor in 2019

Published on April 29, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

Longtime Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan says he’s considering a run for mayor of Tampa in 2019. “I’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 “it’s definitely something I’m going to take a look at.” The 47-year-old Tampa native…

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Tampa Tribune’s Rich Mullins bolting to public affairs firm Tucker/Hall

Published on April 24, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

Tampa Tribune business reporter Richard Mullins is leaving the paper after a decade to join Tampa communications firm Tucker/Hall as Senior Account Executive. He starts with Tucker/Hall May 11. Mullins worked for the Tribune since January of 2005, reporting on consumer issues, media, technology and social trends for the paper. In addition, he also co-hosted the Tribune’s “All Consuming” weekly podcast on consumer culture for TBO.com. His weekly Sunday column in particular was always a highlight for Tribune readers. “Rich is someone many of us have known for years,”…

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With its building for sale, Tampa Tribune now cutting staff pay

Published on April 20, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Peter Schorsch

More evidence is emerging that the Tampa Tribune may still be looking at a grim financial future. The paper confirmed on Friday they were entertaining the idea of selling the downtown Tampa waterfront property adjacent to WFLA, News Channel 8. The price tag for that property overlooking the Hillsborough River and the downtown skyline is rumored to be between $16 million and $19 million. According to the Tribune’s own report, any deal would require a buyer to purchase the property…

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Dear future workforce … don’t be a newspaper reporter

Published on April 15, 2015 in Apolitical/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

Being a newspaper reporter sucks. That’s according to the best and worst jobs of 2015 as reported by the job search website CareerCast. Of 200 jobs, newspaper reporter falls at dead last. It knocked out lumberjack for the bottom-ranked seat based on a combination of factors including work environment, stress level and hiring prospect. Newspaper reporters make an average of just over $36,000 a year with poorly reported work environments, high stress levels and terrible hiring prospects. Newspaper reporter bottomed…

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Activists call for fighting legislation in Tally at Tampa Pride event

Published on March 28, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

Members of the GLBT community and their allies flocked to Ybor City under idyllic conditions on Saturday, as Tampa hosted its first gay pride event in over a decade. In his public remarks, Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner referred to what he called one of the “darkest moments in this country’s history” – the June 15, 2005 vote by the Board of County Commissioners to ban “gay pride” events. “I think it was a day when most of us felt a loss…

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

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

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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Jack Latvala bill to exempt taxpayers email addresses from state’s open record law moves on in Senate

Published on March 18, 2015 in Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

A bill exempting taxpayers’ email addresses from the state’s open record law advanced in the Florida Senate on Wednesday. Clearwater Republican Jack Latvala argues the proposal protects consumers from scammers who use digital skills to defraud people. Latvala says he’s sponsoring the bill because tax collectors requested he do so. Senate Minority Leader Arthenia Joyner questioned the need for the legislation, asking what was “the perceived notion” that tax collectors had about identity theft? Latvala said the open records exemption is needed…

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Tampa Tribune - page 12

Ken Hagan looking at possible run for Tampa mayor in 2019

Tampa Tribune’s Rich Mullins bolting to public affairs firm Tucker/Hall

With its building for sale, Tampa Tribune now cutting staff pay

Dear future workforce … don’t be a newspaper reporter

Activists call for fighting legislation in Tally at Tampa Pride event

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

Jack Latvala bill to exempt taxpayers email addresses from state’s open record law moves on in Senate

Tampa Tribune - page 12

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