Category: Tampa City Council
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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 issues that will take time to present and discuss. With an evening meeting, it will be interesting to see what gets cut short or continued. I urge you to email City Council if you have…
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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 spoke before Tampa City Council during public comment twice. Both were on the issue of SIRE/city council agenda. I spoke to the importance of the public nature of the agenda and its supporting files. The…
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Editorial: The City of Tampa Budget Process is Broken
The public doesn’t know what is being cut and its time to stop the finger pointing.
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An Argument for Better, Open Data in Tampa
[Below is what I sent to Tampa City Council last week and a similar message to the mayor’s office. I’m not sure I’m the most articulate messenger but we are at the start of the budget cycle so I put a stake in the ground.] Council members, I shared this with the mayor’s office last…