Weekly Brief
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4/30/26 – Week off so talking baseball, trees and South Howard Flood Relief
With no council meeting this week, a looking ahead to the baseball stadium discussion and catching up on some lingering…
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4/23/26 – Tree Workshop
This week council sits for a morning workshop on Thursday with evening land use application hearings. The workshop will be…
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Status Update
Earlier this week I announced the site would be winding down and the agenda previews would be ending. It wasn’t…
Look Ahead
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4/16/26 – Regular Meeting
This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese from the description, parses the Background…
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4/9/26 – CRA & Evening Land Use
This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese from the description, parses the Background…
More Stories
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Council Still Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
Filed under editorial, initial thoughts on the mayor’s budget presentation for FY26 and council’s response.
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This Week 7-17-25
Council is back with the mayor’s fiscal year 2026 budget presentation headlining the agenda.
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Tampa City Council Agenda — as a Document
A deeper dive into the agenda as a document and outlining how I have reimagined it.
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This Week 6-26-25
Council will be again asked to fund UNITE: Ashley Dr project with general revenue funds. Plus more talk about fire…
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Agenda 6-26-25
Simplified agenda for Tampa City Council, 6-26-25 including land use map for rezoning items.
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CRA Wrap Up 6-12-25
The CRA Board debated but utlimately continued the discussion of a $5 million East Tampa grant for 20 apartments in…
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A Tribute to Gwendolyn Henderson – Tampa City Council 2023-2025
A reflection on Council member Henderson’s time on council and her legacy.