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everything that’s wrong with newspapers

September 30, 20085 comments - add to the conversation!

Kevin Beckner is challenging Brian Blair in the election for District 6 of the Hillsborough County Board of Commissioners. As you know, local leaders are responsible for a myriad of issues that directly affect your life.  Because of this, we really want to count on the daily newspapers to tell us [...]

local political party websites

September 15, 20082 comments - add to the conversation!

As far as local elections go, we complain that the local media don’t give us the coverage we want.  Of course, the local parties themselves are not all that forthcoming with online information.  For as much “communicating” they claim to want to do, local party websites sure are bare: The Hillsborough County Republican Party website has [...]

supervisor of elections candidate websites

September 4, 2008One comment so far, add yours!

As an elected official, the Supervisor of Elections administers all elections in your county, conducts voter registration and issues voter information cards, updates voter registration lists and provides for absentee registration and voting. The Supervisor of Elections is also responsible for qualifying candidates for county office and receiving candidate campaign finance reports and financial disclosure [...]

question your candidates

Your local elected officials are the people who determine if Wal-mart will build in your neighborhood.  They determine how much you pay for parking, which amenities your parks have, how many police are on hand, and how fast the fire department will show up at your house. Local leaders are responsible for a myriad of public [...]

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