Lytle cleans up nice By Jim Bleyer Tampa City Council candidate Steve Lytle continues to promote the narrative that he has reformed his youthful wayward ways: it just isn’t working. Last week Tampa Bay Beat recounted Lytle’s multiple arrest record—DUI, breaking and …
By Jim Bleyer Tampa City Council candidate Stephen Lytle, tipped that his multiple arrest record would be disclosed in the weeks leading to the March 5 primary, went into full damage control Monday. Using the notorious pay-for-play blog Florida Politics as his outlet, the 36-year-old Lytle asserted he …
By Jim Bleyer Tampa City Council candidate John Goodwin welcomed his opponent, incumbent Charlie Miranda, into the District 2 race with more than a shot across the bow; the young progressive fired a volley into the veteran politico’s midships. Miranda filed for reelection Friday. With the campaign in its …
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 Jim Bleyer East Tampa residents feel shortchanged by the City of Tampa on transit, housing opportunities, infrastructure, and fair treatment by law enforcement. After yesterday, they have more than sufficient reason to feel abandoned by City Hall. Though invited to a “Tea and Conservation” event in Temple Terrace, …
By Jim Bleyer Joe Citro doesn’t take “no” for an answer, even a resounding one. In his world, it’s four strikes and you may be out. He is the same guy that first ran for Tampa City Council in 2007 with one difference: he switched his party registration from …
By Jim Bleyer After two full terms and hundreds of votes on the Tampa City Council, you would think mayoral candidate Harry Cohen would have made a few enemies. Tampa Bay Beat hasn’t found any, at least any that bear a grudge. Somehow Cohen has sidestepped those political tripwires …
By Jim Bleyer John Godwin, a national security and technical innovation consultant who works with the US defense, diplomatic, and intelligence communities, is running for Tampa City Council District 2, a city-wide seat. Godwin has strong support from young progressivesas, influential businesspeople, and veteran Tampa politicos who value …
By Scott Myers, Contributor The current teacher pay issue in Hillsborough County is just an ugly symptom of how screwed up the county’s and the state of Florida’s priorities are. What is crystal clear is that public education is not very important as far as the powers-to-be are …
By Jim Bleyer You would have thought Guido Maniscalco won his Tampa City Council seat in 2015 by a landslide. He eked by perennial candidate Jackie Toledo by 149 votes. In less than a year, Maniscalco will be asking voters to give him a second four-year term and …
