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Tampa Rep. Dianne Hart is worried that a Republican could win special city council election
She moderates a candidate forum on Aug. 14.
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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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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‘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.
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Gwen Henderson, Tampa City Councilwoman and owner of Black English bookstore, dies at 60
She was elected to represent District 5 in May 2023.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tampa Monitor: New Council Chair, Hope Shelter, on tap for Thursday council meeting
The draft agenda has 75 items, 62 which require a vote.
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Tampa Monitor: City Council hears report on developing in city’s ‘Coastal High Hazard Area’
Unspent FY24 funds were discussed in the workshop, too.
