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new wrap up and post for next week's agendas are up. tampamonitor.com/tampa-cra/t…

This Week 7-25-24

CRA and Council both meet this week with short agendas with big decisions looming.

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also I've had a few folks ask how they can support the site tampamonitor.com/site-news/s…

Support the Site

Independent civic journalism for Tampa and Hillsborough County. City Council coverage, the budget, land use, and the data tools behind it.

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I originally came here to share with anyone interested in County Commission agendas that this cool site civic.band is starting to collect agendas/minutes. Hillsborough County is included hillsborough-county.fl.civic…
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I spoke with a developer and they are working on Onbase (the platform Tampa uses). They pull them into a sqlite database with a web interface but that data can be queried.
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I'm not fond of how the city spends CIT dollars and after the stunt pulled by the County Commission, first cutting school funding from CIT renewal and now refusing the millage increase from appearing on the ballot, I can't vote for the CIT.
Jane Castor@JaneCastor17 Jul 2024
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On 7/13, Tampa City Council passed a resolution for the continuance of the CIT & our intended projects: - $339M for public safety (vehicles, equipment, etc) - $191M for transportation & public works (repaving, sidewalks, etc) - $88M for parks and recreation facilities (🧵2/3)
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Come back in 26 with better language and a more thorough community input phase on how the dollars will be spent.
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Catch up on what's before Council this week.
Michael Bishop@miklb16 Jul 2024
Council is back, hopefully if you subscribe you've gotten the newsletter from the new platform. tampamonitor.com/tampa-city-…

This Week 7-18-24

Welcome back. A comprehensive look at the items Council will be voting on this week including $57 million West Riverwalk project.

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Council is back, hopefully if you subscribe you've gotten the newsletter from the new platform. tampamonitor.com/tampa-city-…

This Week 7-18-24

Welcome back. A comprehensive look at the items Council will be voting on this week including $57 million West Riverwalk project.

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TB Times had a piece up today on ShotSpotter vote so I've updated my post with a link quoting a couple of items of note.
Michael Bishop@miklb5 Jul 2024
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I also wrote a separate post on ShotSpotter, though it's been put to bed for another year. tampamonitor.com/fyi/shotspo…

ShotSpotter

A single collection of the issue for future reference.

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Michael Bishop@miklb5 Jul 2024
Quick thread on some updates over on Tampa Monitor. First I made some minor design/WordPress changes tampamonitor.com/site-news/s…

Soft Redesign

Finally got around to updating the site design and put something together that gives me flexibility to do more writing and tool building.

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Quick thread on some updates over on Tampa Monitor. First I made some minor design/WordPress changes tampamonitor.com/site-news/s…

Soft Redesign

Finally got around to updating the site design and put something together that gives me flexibility to do more writing and tool building.

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Finally, with the budget coming back up later this month, I collected some details and opinions on the budget process prior to the Mayor's presentation tampamonitor.com/fyi/budget/
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I'm also switching over platforms for the newsletter. If you haven't subscribed and want to get a weekly newsletter and digest there's a form below the posts linked above
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speaking of boycott, I've still been publishing the newsletter and posting on the site. I also have a separate account on Bluesky for the blog. bsky.app/profile/tampamonito…
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Interrupt this boycott for a PSA: regardless of rumors that swirl about what is being proposed about Sanitation—reminder these are workshop items and no formal action can occur. Tampa City Council will not be voting to do anything with solid waste or anything else on the agenda.
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"A new report adds to a growing line of research showing that police departments don’t solve serious or violent crimes with any regularity, and in fact, spend very little time on crime control, in contrast to popular narratives." reuters.com/legal/government…
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Someone should be asking why @SuzyLopezSA let the guy who shot 3 people last week, killing 2, off in April. How could her office not make charges stick? Isn't that what she's been accusing Warren of? tampabay.com/news/crime/2024…
According to an arrest warrant affidavit, a man said he was sleeping in an alley on the 900 block of 25th Avenue — one block south of where Friday’s shooting happened — on March 9 when Newsome beat him in the head with a wrench and strangled him with a necklace the man was wearing. The man said he escaped by hitting Newsome with a brick. The man was hospitalized and received staples in his head.

ALT According to an arrest warrant affidavit, a man said he was sleeping in an alley on the 900 block of 25th Avenue — one block south of where Friday’s shooting happened — on March 9 when Newsome beat him in the head with a wrench and strangled him with a necklace the man was wearing. The man said he escaped by hitting Newsome with a brick. The man was hospitalized and received staples in his head.

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