By Scott Myers, Contributor There are three key items (one state-wide amendment and two Hillsborough County referenda) on the upcoming November 6, 2018 general election ballot pertaining to taxes for Hillsborough County citizens, that require thoughtful deliberation before casting your vote: 1. Florida Amendment 1 • This amendment would …
By Sharon Calvert, Eye on Tampa Bay Hillsborough County voters should know what they’re voting on before they vote. The Tampa Bay Times begins a recent editorial about the Florida Supreme Court striking down Amendment 8 from the November ballot (emphasis mine): “Voters should know what they’re voting on, which …
By Tom Rask, Tampa Bay Guardian Majority voter support for the proposed 14 percent hike in the Hillsborough County sales tax, already a dim possibility, has been dealt another blow from an unlikely source. If the statutorily required audit of the government agencies receiving the tax windfall was supposed …
By Sharon Calvert, from Eye on Tampa Bay It should come as no surprise that voters and taxpayers are not funding promotion of the grossly misnamed All for Transportation (AFT) 30-year 14% rail tax hike. The Tampa Bay Partnership, leader of the local rail cartel, has been complicit with …
By Tom Rask, Tampa Bay Guardian Yesterday morning, a state agency told the Guardian that they did not have an audit report that was due for delivery to them five days earlier. Yet that same afternoon, the Tampa Bay Times obtained a copy of the report and published an article …
By Jim Davison, Contributor The 1% Jeff Vinik-inspired sales tax increase propaganda machine is up and running. The misinformation campaign has started. The director of the Hillsborough County MPO, Beth Alden, told the Tampa City Council what the 1% sales tax would pay for in the MPO …
By Sharon Calvert, from Eye on Tampa Bay The Tampa Bay Times needs an intervention. The Times has reported more than 40 Hillsborough County schools desperately need new air conditioners. They recently published this article about the A/C issue, hot classrooms, and mold in schools. When Plant High School opened …
By Jim Bleyer The Tampa Bay Times once meant something in Hillsborough County despite its sparring with a credible rival in the Tampa Tribune. But that era ended years ago. Someone forgot to pass that info on to Times publisher Paul Tash …
By Sharon Calvert, from Eye on Tampa Bay Five downtown Tampa special interests contributed $150,000 each to fund the “All for Transportation” (AFT) transit tax hike petition effort, literally buying their way onto the November ballot in Hillsborough County. The $750,000 was used to fast track a proposed massive …
By Jim Bleyer Bristol, FL—Declaring Florida’s Liberty County as sleepy surely is an understatement. Comatose would be a more accurate description of this rural outpost 50 miles west of Tallahassee. The Apalachicola National Forest provides a canopy of longleaf pine for fully half of Florida’s least populous county. Liberty …
