No. 2 on the list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians: Jane Castor

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor has slipped one spot from her perch at the top last year, to No. 2 on the list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians for 2024. While Castor ceded the top spot, she remains near the pinnacle of the region’s political scene, running the region’s largest and most populous city and forging forward with a blue agenda in a red state.....Read More

‘This may set us back decades’: Could City of Tampa see budget cuts?

Tampa City Council will spend the next two weeks crunching numbers to draft a new spending plan for the city after striking down Mayor Jane Castor’s $1.9 billion budget proposal and the tax hike that came with it.....MORE

'The wrong time to do it': Tampa City Council strikes down mayor's proposed 16% tax hike

‘Dead on arrival’: Tampa City Council axes Mayor Castor’s tax hike

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Tampa City Council voted to slam the brakes on Mayor Jane Castor’s proposed budget Tuesday night, axing the double-digit property tax rate increase she said was a “critical investment” to tackle an ever-growing backlog of maintenance projects and meet the needs of a growing city.....MORE

Some Tampa council members have concerns with new budget increasing taxes

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor proposed raising the mileage by 1.0 which would increase taxes for those living in the city.

Tampa city council members expressed concerns about the mayor's proposed budget for 2024.

On Monday evening, the council heard the same concerns from those in the public. During public comment, Tampa residents said the city is getting too expensive and costly. A majority of those who spoke said they don't want to see a tax increase.

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Mayor Castor reels in cocaine while fishing

Tampa Shit Water Co.

Janet Cruz Rifkin and Jane Castor why do you want to pump shitty water into

our drinking supply?

VOTE Sonja Brookins, Robin Lockett, Lynn Hurtak, Bill Carlson, Orlando Gudes, and Hoyt Prindle III to stop Disaster Castor’s shitty plans for shitty water for a shittier city. Chris Cano

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The Hurtak-Carlson Effect

"Well now! The Hurtak-Carlson Effect, unnamed Dark Money organizations slinging mud at City Council candidates, has been expanded to include Orlando Gudes. I don't see how this improves quality of life in Tampa. I guess Mayor Jane has decided on warfare instead of collaboration . She may find a very hostile City Council if her scorched earth campaign loses." Jim Shirk

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Tampa Shit Water Company

A battle continues over the future of Tampa’s drinking water. The mayor is proposing a move to use treated wastewater. more

Tampa Shit Water Company

"Please help us stop this wasteful and dangerous project." Chris Cano

Tampa police chief placed on leave after traffic stop with husband

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Tampa Mayor Jane Castor endorses Val Demings for Senate

10-Year-Old Girl’s Plea To Tampa Mayor For Softball Fields Sparks Change!

Tampa Mayor Jane Castor ($350 million) Corporate Welfare

Mayor Jane Castor is testing the waters on whether the public is willing to use tax dollars (half of the cost, or an estimated 

($350 million)

 to pay for a portion of the cost of building an Ybor City ballpark for the Tampa Bay Rays. here

Tampa residents ride for justice on Juneteenth

Tampa Police Surround Woman After She Was Kneeled on by Officer

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THIS HAPPENED AT 8:17 PM. SOUND ON THIS IS TAMPA POLICE!!!! THEY JUST JUMPED OUT OF UNMARKED CARS AND BRUTALIZED JAY, A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER HERE IN TAMPA. ALMOST 20 MINUTES LATER THEY STILL HAD HER ON THE GROUND. SHE IS NOW BEING HOSPITALIZED. SHARE SHARE SHARE SHARE FUCK YOU @JANECASTOR @TAMPAPD

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Stubborn Castor Perpetuates Tampa’s Racism Reputation

A three-dimensional black and white chess game continues to be played out in Tampa between city officials and the African-American community with no resolution in sight.

As in the board game, the queen, Mayor Jane Castor, is going full throttle to protect the king, Police Chief Bryan Dugan. Only in this instance, the royalty is racist.

The queen is only playing for time, hoping to wear down her opponent until it vanishes.  Guess again. The black chess pieces aren’t going away.

Jim Bleyer

Tampa’s Castor: A Distrusted, Unrepentant Racist

Her actions as Tampa’s police chief from 2009-2015 undermined race relations and her inaction to repair them as mayor during her turbulent 14-month tenure lend validity to that perception. Jane Castor wears the title of Tampa mayor but a more accurate representation to the city’s majority of African Americans would be Racist-in-Chief.

"Racial profiling, violation of civil rights, and direct violence are all behaviors and policies that Jane Castor failed to address as Chief of Police. Utilizing tear gas and pepper spray against demonstrators, arresting journalists, and condoning police corruption are all crimes that in any other place would be considered war crimes and crimes against humanity. The recent calls for Chief Dugan to resign were met by the Mayor with a clear statement 
of solidarity.” Chris Cano

The Restorative Justice Coalition is demanding that Castor answer for the 2014 death of Arthur Green Jr., a 63-year-old black elder who had a diabetic emergency.  Tampa Police Department responded by placing him in a similar position as George Floyd, which led 
to his death. 
Jim Bleyer