Bill Carlson, a Tampa Democratic Party activist and the president of the Tucker/Hall public relations firm, is considering a run for the South Tampa District 4 seat in 2019.
Who knew Hillary Clinton was a fan of the University of South Florida Bulls? āHello, Tampa! Hello, USF! I know Iām only the second-most exciting thing thatās happened here in the last few days. Your big win to open your football season got some attention,” the Democratic presidential nominee said to the audience who gathered at the rather intimate student recreation center on the North Tampa campus on Tuesday (And yes, that 56-20 victory over Towson was impressive). After dispensing…
Tucker/Hall, the Tampa-based public affairsĀ firm, is suing the company’s former senior vice president, Tony Collins, for breach of contract and nonpayment of a promissory note. Collins worked at the PR firm āĀ which, among other projects, was involved in the Greenlight Pinellas initiative ā from 2001 to 2014, and had moved up in the company to ultimately becomeĀ a shareholder and senior vice president of the firm. However, he was fired byĀ Tucker/Hall in February 2014, the same year the Greenlight Pinellas initiative…
Veteran newsmanĀ Darren RichardsĀ has been named chief operating officer forĀ Tucker/Hall, one of Floridaās largest public relations firms. Richards has been promoted from vice president and shareholder at the Tampa-based strategic communications company, which he joined in 2009 after a 23-year career as a news executive. As head of Tucker/Hall’s crisis practice group, Richards is accredited by the Institute for Crisis Management, and received training from the Center for Creative Leadership, as well as the Poynter Institute for Media Studies. “Darren has…
Tampa public relations firm Tucker/HallĀ was paid more than $400,000 by the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) in 2013 and 2014 to createĀ a public education campaign for the Greenlight Pinellas transit referendum that was soundly defeated at the polls last November. One of the leading players for Tucker/Hall at the time wasĀ Tony Collins, who served as senior vice president for the agency. But after Collins and the firm parted ways early in 2014, coincidentally so did PSTA’s relationship with Tucker/Hall. By…
Tampa TribuneĀ businessĀ reporterĀ Richard MullinsĀ is leaving the paper after a decade to join TampaĀ communications firm Tucker/Hall as Senior Account Executive. He starts with Tucker/Hall May 11. Mullins worked for theĀ TribuneĀ since January of 2005, reporting on consumer issues, media, technology and social trends for the paper. In addition, he also co-hosted the Tribuneās āAll Consumingā weekly podcast on consumer cultureĀ forĀ TBO.com. His weekly Sunday column in particular was always a highlight for Tribune readers. āRich is someone many of us have known for years,ā…
It was eight years ago today, April 15, 2007, when Barack Obama made his first appearance ever in Tampa. Obama appeared at the Cuban Club in Ybor City on a gorgeous Sunday afternoon, giving a speech from the outdoor plaza after the famed Florida A&M marching band opened the program. But according to Tampa City Council woman Yolie Capin, the long-planned fundraising event (which only cost supporters $25) was almost canceled at the last moment, after officials back at the…
