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A crosswalk made me gay
Tampa Bay leaders plan to bow to DeSantis and Trump. They still have a choice.
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Tampa Monitor: City council might decide on a resolution for Jackson House this week
The gist is that the surrounding property owner will a cede 10-foot strip of land on either side of the building in exchange for either $1.2 million or vacation of certain rights of way.
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At Everglades detention camp, we have let evil in. Now the question is, ‘How far will evil go?’
The lesson here is not about the ‘final solution’ but how things start.
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Oracle of Ybor: My family supports me with money, but I still feel dismissed by them
And what do I do about my friend’s shady new accountant?
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Tampa Monitor: Councilmembers to work on CRA funding for UrbanWorx and the Sanchez Y Haya project
It’s fitting the CRA Director will be presenting the Fiscal Year 2026 budget while the board figures out how to fund in the current fiscal year two $5 million projects.
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Tampa Monitor: Two years after 2023 budget conflict, city council still doesn’t understand how the process works
It appears the politically expedient thing to do was focus on a couple of hot topic issues to get a sound bite in for the media watching.
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Oracle of Ybor: Your restaurant is in the summer slump, and maybe you need a business partner
That might involve letting go of some power, but perhaps another set of eyes will help you get to calmer seas.
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Tampa Monitor: Mayor Castor to present her proposed FY2026 budget on Thursday
Council has until Oct. 1 to approve a budget.
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To the DEP, protecting Florida springs is not as important as protecting politically powerful polluters
The big issue, once again, is what the DEP calls Basin Management Action Plans.
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Florida, once again, feels like the center of the world when it comes to how inhumanely people can treat each other
Make America good again
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‘Aliens are community’: Tampa poet gets the last word on DeSantis in this blackout poem
We take what’s been done, then edit and change it to our perspective.
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Oracle of Ybor: I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I need to be the center of attention all the time
Everyone is the main character in their life, and sometimes, we have to be the supporting cast.
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The public should be able to read the city council agenda in plain language—so Tampa Monitor built a tool for that
I want it to be as easy as possible for someone to skim through the agenda to find topics that are of particular interest to them.
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Child hunger in Florida has become nakedly partisan
The entire state of Florida should be declared an evacuation zone for human beings under 18.
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Tampa Monitor: City council to discuss $10M for downtown Tampa’s ‘Unite’ Ashley Drive project, and more
Tampa Fire Station 24 and the mid-year budget review are on tap, too.
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Op-ed: Tampa mayoral candidate says ‘public dedications should reflect collective effort, not political choreography’
On Wednesday, the City of Tampa will host a special dedication ceremony honoring former Mayor Bob Buckhorn for his public service and impact on the city’s future along the Hillsborough River.
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Tampa Monitor: Special election for the late Gwen Henderson’s District 5 city council seat is set for September
If no candidate breaks 50%, a runoff election will be held Oct. 28
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Oracle of Ybor: When it comes to ICE raids, the cards tell us to take action
They don’t call for questions or debate.
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‘She was tough and punched back’: Tampa City Councilman Luis Viera remembers his late council colleague Gwen Henderson
‘When she left us, she left on top—as a unique woman who will be remembered and had a beautiful heart.’
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Tampa Monitor: Councilwoman Gwen Henderson taught this city how to truly be ‘present’
A reflection on Council member Henderson’s time on council and her legacy.
