GO Hillsborough Meeting Today In Temple Terrace

One of our last chances

"Good luck with that," That’s what one Tribune columnist said about Commissioner Hagan talking about a balanced transportation referendum for more options.

It’s a dare. Some think we won’t stand up to make sure we have options. 

We need to make it loud an clear to every doubter, naysayer, and tea party insider that it’s time to work together to create new transportation options for everyone. This is one of our last chances to be heard. Come out tonight for just 15 minutes:
Don't let these corporatist Republicans ruin our future.
If you Dems would of voted Pat Kemp would be in office and we would not be dealing with Higginbotham. No one even ran against Hagan.

Omar K Lightfoot Community Center
10901 N 56th St
Temple Terrace

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Rid Hillsborough County of it's Right Wing infestation

Shifty Florida GOP Ken Hagan exploiting term limits loophole

Commissioner Ken Hagan, a Republican, said he hasn’t ruled out leaving his countywide District 5 seat midterm to run next year in his old north-county District 2.  By switching back to his home-district seat, Hagan could avoid being forced out of office by term limits in 2018 and start a new clock — one that would allow him to stay on the commission 

until as late as 2024. here

“I don’t think anybody ever thought about that when we wrote the law,” said former Commissioner Jan Platt, 

one of the authors of the charter.


kenhagan.info

Brand GOP: Victor Crist and Al Higginbotham

Two years ago hundreds of people demanded that we start the conversation on transportation, the commissioners responded by creating Go Hillsborough to find out what the public wants. 
The number one selection of 16 categories: transit.

Yet, two Commissioners 

Victor Crist and Al Higginbotham 
told the Tampa Tribune they intend to derail the Go Hillsborough public input process before it’s over. What's worse the public proposal isn't line with what citizens have already asked for: there is ZERO transit included.

County Commissioners, We join others in asking you do three things:

1) Keep your promise and listen to the public: they want a balance including transit

2) Work with other leaders to come up with a transportation proposal for all citizens 
& for future generations

3) Stop trying to derail the process by making proposals before it is over

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We Love Brian Willis, But!

He is running against the legendary 

Pat Kemp,
 what a waste. 
He should run for something else.

Pat Kemp For County Commissioner,
 Dist. 6

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Right Wing Infestation In Hillsborough County

Names being floated on the Republican side for Hillsborough County commissioner in the countywide District 6 seat being vacated by a term limited Kevin Beckner in 2016 include former County Commissioners Jim Norman and Ronda Storms. Norman is reportedly all but officially in the race. here

PEST CONTROL
Registered Voters in Hillsborough County
Democrats:308,465
Republicans:246,959

Brian Willis running for Hillsborough County Commission

Visit him here

Hillsborough County Corporate Welfare

Hillsborough County approved a local incentive match of $69,000 to Gateway One Lending & Finance in support of Florida Inc.'s commitment of $276,000. here 

Hillsborough County Commissioners Approved a $2.1 MillionCorporate Welfare Package

Designed to persuade Johnson & Johnson Services to build a shared services headquarters operation  in the county. here

More Hillsborough County Corporate Welfare

$2.1 million to
Johnson & Johnson

Hillsborough County commissioners are scheduled to take up the matter at their Wednesday meeting. here

Hillsborough County Gives Hollywood $100,000

Director Tim Burton's next movie, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, will start shooting in various locations around both Pinellas and Hillsborough Counties thanks to $100,000 approved by the Hillsborough County Commission. Florida Inc. approved about $200 million dollars in state tax credits over a 5 year period. here

Hillsborough County, Florida. Land Of Corporate Welfare

Recent giveaways

$3.4 million to Citigroup

$60,000 to an unidentified logistics operation 

$78,500 to a Tampa financial services firm. here

Need CASH, call Sandy Murman 813.272.5470

If Ms. Murman is busy, try Ken Hagan

813.272.5725

Locals need not apply 

Hillsborough County Corporate Welfare

Hillsborough County commissioners unanimously approved a package of $3.4 million 

in incentives to convince Citigroup to bring up to 1,163 high-paying jobs to the county. here

Hillsborough County Corporate Welfare King Ken Hagan

Local Corporate Welfare King Ken Hagan 

and his colleagues are giving 

Good Films Ltd, 

producers of the film The Infiltrator $250,000 to film a few exterior shots in Tampa.

“If we had more incentives, Hillsborough County would have scored the production of nearly the entire film,” Hagan recalled wistfully today.

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Check out more of Mr. Hagan's giveaways here

Hillsborough County Tea Party Leader Sharon Calvert

In an email sent to voters yesterday she asks them to fill out a form to send a stern message to officials in Hillsborough County. “Let your Hillsborough County elected officials know that it’s still “NO” on having an 8% sales tax in Hillsborough County,” Calvert wrote. here

We ask that you do the opposite, tell the Hillsborough County Commission that you want a  referendum on the 2016 ballot. Join the discussion at 6:30 p.m. November 19 at Holy Hog in Downtown Tampa to talk about how to move Hillsborough forward despite early opposition.

Oregon voter turnout was 69.5 percent, and Democrats won BIG and Marijuana was legalized

More results

• Despite a huge Koch cash dump, liberal Democratic Senator Jeff Merkley re-elected in a landslide.
• Despite a relentless smear campaign by the state's largest (but shrinking) newspaper, Democratic Governor John Kitzhaber re-elected to an unprecedented fourth term.
• The Democrats' state House majority expanded.
• The Democrats' state Senate majority expanded by the critical seat that will neutralize a conservadem who had been gumming up the works, with a second possible pickup still too close to call.
• Marijuana easily legalized.
• An equal rights amendment resoundingly passed.
• here

In Florida, 50.43%
Our Right Wing Infestation continues.

In Hillsborough County where Dems outnumber GOP by a large margin only 48.93% showed up. 

Hillsborough County Elect Pat Kemp

Ms. Kemp at the Crist/Clinton rally in Belmont Heights
Thank you for holding my sign.

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Statewide

Governor: Charlie Crist

ATTORNEY GENERAL: George Sheldon

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER: William Rankin

AG COMMISSIONER: Thad Hamilton

District 2: Gwen Graham
District 3: Marihelen Wheeler
District 9: Alan Grayson
District 15: Alan Cohn
District 16: Henry Lawrence
District 17: Will Bronson
District 26: Joe Garcia
District 63: Mark Danish
Local

Hillsborough County Commissioner

District 2: Elizabeth Belcher

District 7: Patricia Anne Kemp

School Board Member

District 2: Sally Harris

District 6: April Griffin

Amendments

Yes on 1

Yes on 2

No on 3

Ronda And Brian What Do You Think Of Us Now

“I am a Baptist deacon but I faced discrimination, I know no one should face discrimination regardless of who they may be.”Les Miller. The rest of the commissioners agreed, voting 7-0 to expand the Human Rights ordinance to cover sexual orientation and gender identity. here 

Hillsborough County, Pat Kemp Needs Our Help

Donate now to support Pat Kemp’s campaign for Hillsborough County Commission. here 

Corruption In Hillsborough County

The federal government says Hillsborough County misused almost a million dollars in grants during its "Fight the Blight" campaign and it wants the money back. The inspector general of the Department of Housing and Urban Development released a scathing audit of the county's use of federal Community Development Block Grant money for these blighted areas. The audit shows serious problems in the department resulted in 

developers being helped by almost 
$1 million

 instead of low-income areas. 

The audit says code enforcement cleanups like 
the "Fight the Blight" programs in 2012 and 2013 

were actually misusing the federal money in surrounding areas not qualifying as low-income neighborhoods. The county used the money on areas that were "industrial and commercial properties," 

"farm and vacant land" that were "planned for development" and 

"new construction in residential properties. 

because commissioners wanted to ensure 

developers didn't have to pay 
impact fees.

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