Posted inNews & Views Tampa City Council members are set to sing karaoke on the golf course this summer A flyer adds that no city business will be discussed. by Marleigh Brown July 21, 2025August 6, 2025
Posted inNews & Views 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. by Michael Bishop and The Tampa Monitor July 21, 2025August 5, 2025
Posted inNews & Views 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. by Michael Bishop and The Tampa Monitor July 21, 2025July 25, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Tampa Monitor: Mayor Castor to present her proposed FY2026 budget on Thursday Council has until Oct. 1 to approve a budget. by Michael Bishop and The Tampa Monitor July 14, 2025August 3, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Crowbar owner Tom DeGeorge has filed to run for Tampa’s vacant District 5 city council seat The seat is up for grabs after the passing of councilwoman and Tampa native Gwen Henderson. by Ray Roa July 3, 2025September 1, 2025
Posted inNews & Views 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. by Michael Bishop and The Tampa Monitor June 25, 2025August 1, 2025
Posted inNews & Views 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. by Michael Bishop and The Tampa Monitor June 23, 2025July 25, 2025
Posted inNews & Views 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 by Michael Bishop and The Tampa Monitor June 18, 2025July 27, 2025
Posted inNews & Views ‘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.’ by Luis Viera June 14, 2025July 2, 2025
Posted inNews & Views 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. by Michael Bishop and The Tampa Monitor June 10, 2025June 23, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Gwen Henderson, Tampa City Councilwoman and owner of Black English bookstore, dies at 60 She was elected to represent District 5 in May 2023. by Ray Roa June 10, 2025August 2, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Tampa Monitor: East Tampa, VM Ybor’s J.C. Newman Cigar Co., among topics for Thursday CRA meeting Next week council is off with the celebration of Juneteenth. by Michael Bishop and The Tampa Monitor June 9, 2025July 13, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Tampa Monitor: Timeline of construction of city fire station No. 24 again irks councilmembers The conversation isn’t over, the item will be returning on June 26th for another scheduled update. by Michael Bishop and The Tampa Monitor June 9, 2025July 21, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Tampa Monitor: Police set to ask council for $840K to spend on controversial gunshot detection software Council returns for a regular meeting with 81 items on the agenda. by Michael Bishop and The Tampa Monitor June 2, 2025July 5, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Tampa Monitor: Councilmembers remove Guido Maniscalco as council chair They also voted to give developers of Tampa’s beleaguered Rome Yard project more time to explain their plan. by Michael Bishop and The Tampa Monitor May 16, 2025July 19, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Tampa Monitor: ‘Woefully behind schedule,’ Rome Yard project set to ask council for another extension The reimbursement resolution, $40 million for NAPA Auto Parts, and more on tap, too. by Michael Bishop and The Tampa Monitor May 12, 2025July 29, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Tampa Monitor: Reallocation of $18 million in CRA funds among topics for councilmembers this week ‘Decorum and efficiency’ will also be addressed along with rezoning items. by Michael Bishop and News Service of Florida May 5, 2025June 18, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Tampa Monitor: New Council Chair, Hope Shelter, on tap for Thursday council meeting The draft agenda has 75 items, 62 which require a vote. by Michael Bishop and The Tampa Monitor April 30, 2025June 8, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Tampa Monitor: City Council hears report on developing in city’s ‘Coastal High Hazard Area’ Unspent FY24 funds were discussed in the workshop, too. by Michael Bishop and The Tampa Monitor April 28, 2025June 24, 2025
Posted inNews & Views Tampa Monitor: This week’s council workshops will discuss the still-closed Sulphur Springs pool, more Discussions about the coastal high hazard area are on the agenda, too. by Michael Bishop and The Tampa Monitor April 22, 2025July 14, 2025