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A penny for transit
A proposed 1-cent sales tax increase for mass transit and road projects is crucial to accommodate expected growth in Hillsborough County, said County Commissioner Mark Sharpe. ...more
November 25, 2009
Panel OKs low bid on Bruce B. Downs work
Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Nov. 4 to award the first phase of the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard widening project to a company that submitted a bid $31 million less than the county's estimated cost. ...more
November 13, 2009
Panel OKs low bid on widening project
Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Nov. 4 to award the first phase of the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard widening project to a company that submitted a bid $31 million less than the county's estimated cost. ...more
November 11, 2009
Commission OKs low bid for Bruce B. Downs Blvd. widening
Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Wednesday to award the first phase of the Bruce B. Downs Boulevard widening project to a company that submitted a bid $31 million less than the county's estimated cost. By a 4-3 vote, the commission approved a $40.5 million bid by Kamminga & Roodvoets Inc. of Tampa to widen Bruce B. Downs Boulevard from Palm Springs Boulevard to Pebble Creek Drive. The company, which is also known as K&R, submitted the lowest of eight bids for the job. ...more
November 5, 2009
Commissioner Sharpe will pay a visit to South Shore
Many Hillsborough residents have strong opinions about the area's immediate and long-term future. ...more
November 4, 2009
Hey, where are those lifeboats?
It was getting on in the afternoon when Jim Norman finally cut to the chase and summed up the situation with some accuracy. ...more
October 23, 2009
FDLE to review pay raises of Lee, Bean
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement is the latest state agency to review a controversial 1 percent pay raise that Hillsborough County Administrator Pat Bean and County Attorney Renee Lee approved for themselves. ...more
October 22, 2009
Gay rights protections revisited
Fourteen years ago, the Hillsborough County Commission voted to strip gay rights protections out of the county's human rights ordinance. ...more
October 22, 2009
Can beer bring peace? White House meeting tests theory
That font of wisdom, Homer Simpson, once called alcohol "The cause of -- and solution to -- all of life's problems!" ...more
July 30, 2009
County may change award's name
Hillsborough County commissioners today will discuss dropping conservative activist Ralph Hughes' name from the county's Moral Courage Award. . ...more
July 15, 2009
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