Tag: Brian Willis
Court Hammers Transit Language; Times Declares Victory
All For Transportation is MIA on I-275 Expansion

By Sharon Calvert, from Eye on Tampa Bay All For Transportation (AFT) were the media darlings of transportation last year. Local media gave AFT spokespersons gobs of free exposure to shout out the message that we must spend more money on transportation in Hillsborough County. AFT spent $4 million telling …
Transit Tax Litigant Stacy White Draws Nuisance Ethics Complaint

By Jim Bleyer A Hillsborough transit tax activist and noted conspiracy theorist has filed an ethics complaint against Hillsborough County Commissioner Stacy White in a transparent attempt to deflect public attention from just how misguided the special interest levy is and how it was sold to a misinformed public. …
Confusion Reigns with Hillsborough Transit Tax as Public Loses Faith

By Sharon Calvert, from Eye on Tampa Bay The All for Transportation (AFT) 30-year $16 billion transit tax referendum has created mass confusion, with the public questioning the viability of the program, the veracity of its advocates, and the motives of the corporate players and media entities that …
Pass $16 Billion Vinik Tax; Ask Questions Later
Fraudulent Transit Plan Skewered at Tampa NAACP Meeting: They Will Vote ‘No’

By Jim Bleyer There is one group in Hillsborough County that Jeff Vinik can’t buy. The Vinik-inspired sales tax referendum came under heavy fire Thursday night when Tampa’s African American community attacked it as vague, promoting unwanted gentrification, and a bailout for development interests at the expense of the working …