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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Soft Redesign
Finally got around to updating the site design and put something together that gives me flexibility to do more writing…
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June Wrap Up
Council goes on break until July 18th after a workshop Thursday. Recapping the items that were on the regular agenda…
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This Week 6-20-24
Highlighting a few items on the agenda this week and passing on commenting on the $56 million dollar Mobility project.
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This Week at Tampa City Council 6-6-24
Relatively comprehensive look at this week’s packed agenda. Emphasis on what’s being voted on versus what is coming.
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Weekly Review 5-23-24
A look at Tampa City Council Workshop 5-23.24 and evening land use hearing. Major topic was Solid Waste rate adjustment…
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Agenda Preview 5-23-24
Previewing the agenda for the Council workshop and evening land use hearing, including the first of two discussions about raising…
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Wrap Up 5-16-24
Revisiting the major agenda items I noted in last week’s preview. Tentative dates for the budget process, appointments to the…
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$8 Million in Unspent Paving
First, there are a lot of questions that haven’t quite been answered yet, so maybe there’s a perfectly good explanation…

