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Eye On Tampa Bay: August 2015
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Eye On Tampa Bay. Keeping an Eye on what's going on around Tampa Bay. Monday, August 31, 2015. The Mike Connors Void. St Petersburg, Fl. Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb, PhD. So You Want to Blog. With Connors gone, there is a real vacuum in experience, engineering talent, political insight and power within the Public Works area. There are rumors of a growing tiff with the Mayor's Office, but no one will confirm them. There is a definite lack of talent. Engineering and Capital Improvements Director, appointed ...
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Eye On Tampa Bay: Don't Get Fooled Again: Roads are NOT A County Top Priority
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Eye On Tampa Bay. Keeping an Eye on what's going on around Tampa Bay. Friday, July 31, 2015. Don't Get Fooled Again: Roads are NOT A County Top Priority. Our county commissioners have spent millions of our taxpayer dollars and tons of county resources over the last 2 years telling us that transportation is a top priority. It's all talk and no walk. We already know the county has failed roads all over Hillsborough. The county knows the roads that have potholes, the roads that need repaving, the inters...
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Eye On Tampa Bay: More on Millennials
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Eye On Tampa Bay. Keeping an Eye on what's going on around Tampa Bay. Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Attracting millennials is a recurring theme in Tampa Bay, particularly around the downtown development strategies for both Tampa and St. Petersburg. As Bob Buckhorn is quoted. Buckhorn expressing satisfaction with success. One accomplishment Buckhorn takes great pride in is his success in luring millennials to Tampa. Explosive growth is attractive, so is Tampa's new, aggressive attitude. We keep coming up well ...
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Eye On Tampa Bay: June 2015
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Eye On Tampa Bay. Keeping an Eye on what's going on around Tampa Bay. Sunday, June 28, 2015. GoHillsborough Flawed: Data Skewed? Hillsborough County taxpayers paid Parsons Brinckerhoff a million bucks handed to them by the county via a no-bid contract, including handing over $300K of our tax dollars to PR inside lobbyist Beth Leytham to conduct what appears to be a flawed transportation public engagement effort. GoHillsborough workshops held: Tampa vs County. GoHillsborough's data looks skewed. GoHillsbo...
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Eye On Tampa Bay: July 2015
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Eye On Tampa Bay. Keeping an Eye on what's going on around Tampa Bay. Friday, July 31, 2015. Don't Get Fooled Again: Roads are NOT A County Top Priority. Our county commissioners have spent millions of our taxpayer dollars and tons of county resources over the last 2 years telling us that transportation is a top priority. It's all talk and no walk. We already know the county has failed roads all over Hillsborough. The county knows the roads that have potholes, the roads that need repaving, the inters...
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Eye On Tampa Bay: January 2015
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Eye On Tampa Bay. Keeping an Eye on what's going on around Tampa Bay. Friday, January 30, 2015. Two of the faces of South St. Petersburg. E Eugene Webb PhD. This past Tuesday, Police Chief Tony Holloway and St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman held the third of a series of community town hall meetings. South side residents were there, the Mayor was there, the Police Chief was there, Council member Steve Kornell was there as was Council member Karl nurse. All the rest of City Council was notably absent. These fac...
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Eye On Tampa Bay: GoHillsborough Fails in "Robust Outreach" So Hagan "Jumps the Shark" For Another Sales Tax Referendum
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Eye On Tampa Bay. Keeping an Eye on what's going on around Tampa Bay. Saturday, April 25, 2015. GoHillsborough Fails in "Robust Outreach" So Hagan "Jumps the Shark" For Another Sales Tax Referendum. At Wednesday's Transportation Policy Leadership Group meeting, Commissioner Ken Hagan stated he is ready to pursue NOW putting a sales tax increase referendum on the 2016 Presidential election year ballot. According to today's Tribune. Hagan's referendum comment at Wednesday's meeting was at the end of the me...
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Eye On Tampa Bay: April 2015
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Eye On Tampa Bay. Keeping an Eye on what's going on around Tampa Bay. Thursday, April 30, 2015. The False Florida Solar Choice. Floridian's for Solar Choice. Touts themselves as a grassroots organization, a combination of environmental groups, libertarians, and some tea partiers, to "allow more homes and businesses to generate electricity by harnessing the power of the sun.". They are working to get over 600,000 signatures across Florida required to the the amendment on the 2016 ballot. We have our doubts.
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Eye On Tampa Bay: March 2015
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Eye On Tampa Bay. Keeping an Eye on what's going on around Tampa Bay. Monday, March 30, 2015. Kriseman administration silent on the Pier issue. Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb PhD. So You Want Blog. It seems the Kriseman administration is having a little trouble multitasking. While the Rays stadium search deal is on the front burner it looks like the Pier issue may not even be in the kitchen. New petitions are starting to develop for a referendum, Ryan Mitchell has launched an on line petition, Build Blue Pier.
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Eye On Tampa Bay: The Cronies Take Over the Transportation Initiative
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Eye On Tampa Bay. Keeping an Eye on what's going on around Tampa Bay. Thursday, February 26, 2015. The Cronies Take Over the Transportation Initiative. We will begin to report what we know, what we see and what we find out about this public engagement effort, now branded as "Go Hillsborough". What "they" don't tell you is sometimes as important as what they are attempting to say. First question to ask who is actually now running this initiative? We knew they'd bring in their recruitments and they did.
