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As expected, voter turnout in Tampa is lagging

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More than half way through Election Day in Tampa voter turnout was abysmally low, as expected. By 1:30 Tuesday only 2,791 voters had cast a ballot at their precinct. The Election Day turnout so far brings the total voting to just fewer than 22,000 ballots cast. Of those, 16,545 were cast by mail and 2,592 during early voting. Voter turnout so far is at just 10.38 percent and is on track to be less than 12 percent. That would make…

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Stacy Frank endorsed by Florida’s nurses

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Stacy Frank, candidate for Florida House District 57 (D), has been endorsed by the Florida Nurses Association. The Florida Nurses Association (FNA) is the largest statewide organization of Registered Nurses.  The FNA advocates for health policy that is geared toward making high quality health care services accessible to all Floridians at a reasonable cost. Stacy Frank explained, “I look forward to working with the FNA to increase the quality and affordability of healthcare for all Floridians.” Stacy Frank will appear…

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Stacy Frank endorsed by Florida’s nurses

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Stacy Frank, candidate for Florida House District 57 (D), has been endorsed by the Florida Nurses Association. The Florida Nurses Association (FNA) is the largest statewide organization of Registered Nurses.  The FNA advocates for health policy that is geared toward making high quality health care services accessible to all Floridians at a reasonable cost. Stacy Frank explained, “I look forward to working with the FNA to increase the quality and affordability of healthcare for all Floridians.” Stacy Frank will appear…

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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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With rumors of Kathleen Ford pondering a run, speculation begins about next year’s City Council races

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One of my governing theories of politics is, because of the down economy, more and more people will consider running for elected office.  Not because these people all hope to improve the state of government, but because elected office provides economic security, specifically, retirement benefits, in an era when such things are hard to obtain.  I think you’ll see more races like the St. Petersburg Mayoral Campaign and the upcoming Tampa Mayoral Campaign, campaigns in which several candidates run creating…

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With rumors of Kathleen Ford pondering a run, speculation begins about next year’s City Council races

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One of my governing theories of politics is, because of the down economy, more and more people will consider running for elected office.  Not because these people all hope to improve the state of government, but because elected office provides economic security, specifically, retirement benefits, in an era when such things are hard to obtain.  I think you’ll see more races like the St. Petersburg Mayoral Campaign and the upcoming Tampa Mayoral Campaign, campaigns in which several candidates run creating…

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