The Ybor City Stogie

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Ybor City - Paradise Lost?

Ybor City, Florida

We warned You About this guy in 2014

Hillsborough County Commissioner Stacy White plans to sue the county and ask a judge to decide whether a citizens committee that will oversee the spending of the new sales transportation sales tax violates state law by usurping the authority of elected officials. The tax was approved by 57 percent of Hillsborough voters on Nov. 6. here
More on Mr. White here

Tampa Hoods

Ybor City

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

The Proposed Gentrification of Ybor City by the Tampa Bay Rays

Tomorrow morning I, along with several others, will be speaking before the Hillsborough County Board of County Commission in opposition to the proposed relocation of the Tampa Bay Rays to a new stadium in Ybor City. This is the graphic I plan to put on their overhead projector and the speech I plan to give.

Come on out to the meeting if you can and support those who are fighting to preserve the Ybor City community. The commission meeting is at 9:00am on the second floor of the County Center, 601 E. Kennedy Blvd.

Hillsborough County Commissioners on their way out the door

Last month, the LAME DUCK County Commission killed the MacDill Ferry Project in one of their final acts. After causing four years of delay, they threw away $500,000 of your money, and prevented the project from delivering REAL plans this January for
moving forward.

So I'm bringing the ferry back to the new Commission this Wed to reinstate the Ferry Plan which would have been
completed in January.

Please email, call and all your commissioners.
I was the only vote to complete the plan, even though it passed with 7 to 0 support in Sept. And come down and speak at public comment before the meeting on Wed. Sign in before 9 am. Let them know you are watching. Thank you! (Stay tuned for more redo's on other terrible actions the old Commission did on the way out the door.) here

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"Pat Kemp is no longer alone on the County Commission where solutions to traffic gridlock have, up to now, been thwarted by narrow minded, shore-sighted, pro-development, pro-pavement, anti-transit troglodytes."
Kent Bailey