Weekly Brief
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2/12/25 – CRA Board doubles up agenda while a proposed Hyde Park development leads evening agenda
This week council sits as the CRA Board Thursday morning with evening land-use cases. Both agendas are packed—the CRA meeting…
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2/5/26 – Parks & budget headline the regular agenda
Council to vote on funding for Gandy & Palonis Parks in South Tampa as well as Rey Park in West…
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1/29/26 – Yes, the South Howard Flood Relief Project is back for another vote
A workshop focused on the South Howard Flood Relief Project in the morning with a $21 million vote moving funds…
Look Ahead
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2/12/26 – CRA & Evening Land Use
This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese from the description, parses the Background…
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2/5/26 – 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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1/29/26 – Workshop & 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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Look Ahead 12-7-23
There’s quite a bit on this week’s agenda to cover and once again I will be curious to see how…
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Wrap Up – Council Workshop 11-30-23
Notes following a productive workshop day at City Council covering budget issues, sexual predator housing and the declining tree canopy.
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Look Ahead – Council Workshop 11-30-23
While the last couple of months since the budget adoption have been generally light, this agenda is full of substantive…
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Regular Meeting 11-16-23
A few observations from Council regular meeting.
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Agendas: How Do Other Cities Do It?
Taking a look at how other cities handle their agendas online.
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First Thoughts On New Agenda Platform Hyland Onbase
Saturday morning I received an email with a link to the draft agenda on the new platform. I have only…
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So Really, What’s Next?
I originally started out wanting to make it easier for folks to keep up with what’s going on with the…
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Clarifications About SIRE
Reiterating why I think it’s an important topic and a thought exercise on accountability.

