Music Tampa Bay is now reviewing the top songs of 2009, and using your votes to determine the best songs of the year. Regular programming has been suspended while this process is taking place, with only those songs on the Top 100 list and the top 10 songs from the past week being heard. Tune [...]
Those of you in St. Petersburg, Largo, and St. Pete Beach should make sure to let your voice be heard today. You have until 7pm to get to the polls. St. Pete Beach residents have four referendums to pass or fail. Largonians need to choose a single seat on city commission as well as [...]
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Got any last-minute questions before you vote? You can meet local candidates and ask them your questions at a public forum in East Hillsborough. The forum is at 7:00 p.m. tonight (Monday), at Balm Civic Center, 14747 Balm Wimauma Road. It’s hosted by the Balm Civic Association, whose president, Marcella O’Steen, will moderate. I attended this [...]
You might recall that just over 10% of registered voters took part in the August primaries in Hillsborough County. The final total was 66,150 of 650,739. The Times is reporting that 74,047 people in Hillsborough County have already requested ballots to vote by mail as of last Thursday. That’s about 11 percent of registered voters. In [...]
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 [...]
In order to make your vote count in the November elections, you must be registered to vote by October 6. Let me repeat that: You only have one week remaining to REGISTER TO VOTE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. Likewise, You only have one week remaining to REGISTER TO VOTE IN PINELLAS COUNTY. I implore you to take an active [...]
I’m sure you’ve already heard that your Hillsborough County BOCC voted 5-2 to rename the county’s Moral Courage Award after long-time local activist and money man Ralph Hughes. According to articles in both the Tribune and the Times, only one person showed up to support the renaming of the award. Neither paper tells us how many [...]
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 [...]
