This article is a bit old but was recently brought to my attention. It seems Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory has a “Young Professionals Kitchen Cabinet” that consists of 100 young residents, serving on 10 committees to address issues like housing, economic […]
Post Election Day thoughts
How do we keep a majority rule in a country where a majority doesn’t even vote? Yesterday the primary elections were held and if you are a resident of Hillsborough County you were entitled, regardless of party affiliation, to vote […]
Tampa fuel costs and morale
The City of Tampa needs to address the issue of covering fuel costs for the Tampa Police Department. With the current cost of fuel and the City of Tampa spending roughly $4 million each year for this benefit, it is […]
Ralph Hughes and cell phone advice
I met Mr. Hughes on only a couple of occasions and wish that I had more opportunities before his passing this month. I am most appreciative of one bit of advice he gave during my first meeting with him in […]
Catch Up, Up Date
I have not blogged or sent an email update since before I left for Tallahassee and cannot believe it has been over two full months. Thank you to those of you who let me know my writing has been missed. […]
Raising Citizens’ Income
If you watch enough city, county and state meetings you start to hear a term used over and over. The term is revenue and it is used by elected and appointed officials alike as well as numerous government employees. The […]
Update: Hillsborough County CAC – February 29, 2008
Our first speakers were the county’s Community Liaisons; Tony Morejon (Hispanic Liaison), Joyce Russell (African American Liaison), Kimi Springsteen (Asian American Liaison), Sandra Sroka (ADA Liaison). Each of them provided very informative updates on what they do to help the […]
Fuzzy math of government visioning
I’d like to note the irony in the 50 year planning currently being discussed; that will prepare us for the population that will be here in 2050. Are we not actually working on a plan closer to 2060 then?
Update: Hillsborough County CAC – January 25, 2008
We re-elected Anthony Arena and Jim Mills as chair and vice chair for the coming year and approved with one modification all 12 Budget Review Subcommittee recommendations to be presented to the BOCC. Our speaker this month was Paula Harvey, […]
I’ll take my digital box a bit early
According to the this St Pete Times editorial and details in this Times article, Hillsborough County has sold out to Bright House Networks by striking a deal instead of suing them for moving the access channels to a higher tier. […]