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you will pay for kevin white

Hillsborough County (and her wonderful taxpayers) will end up paying for Kevin White's indiscretions. Who's gonna fight it?

railing on drivel, and driving rail

“I didn’t even know we had a bus.  But I should be driving it.” According to Rose Ferlita’s (former campaign) website, she currently sits on the boards of both Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority (HART) and the Public Transportation Commission.  She is also currently the Vice Chair for the Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Chair of the [...]

your county’s solution to housing glut: more houses

Having seen the Tampa area featured in The New Yorker as America’s prime example of greedy, wrongheaded leadership driving us off the cliff of economic disaster, let’s take a look at how our county commissioners propose to lead us out of this mess shown in this New Yorker video as “ground zero of the foreclosure [...]

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 [...]

mayor youth corps recruiting

September 8, 2008One comment so far, add yours!

Here’s one small way to get youngsters involved in civic life. The City of Tampa is now recruiting for the 2009 Mayor’s Youth Corps. According to the City of Tampa, the Mayor’s Youth Corps provides young people with a voice, helps them be more involved in decisions that affect their lives, and strives to advance their [...]

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