Tampa will fire more city employees, A Tea Party candidate challenges Bill Young, and will Rahm Emanuel stay or go in the White House:Mitch Perry report 2.23.10

By Mitch Perry on Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 10:18 am

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Last night we reported on Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio's sobering report to the City Council on the city's budget outlook for 2011. Iorio says the city must cut $27 million, which she says will be harder than the $90 million they've already cut over the past 3 years;

You all know about Bill Young vs. Charlie Justice. But do you who Eric Forcade is?

Rahm Emanuel seems to piss a lot of people off. But a sympathetic Washington Post column supporting him has led to more intrigue;

And Tampa area Democrat Kathy Castor was in town yesterday boasting about another local agency benefiting from stimulus money;

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