The city needs volunteers to fill several vacancies on boards and commissions dealing with everything from nuisance properties to tax breaks for commercial developers. The Public Nuisance Abatement Board, a quasi-judicial body that deals with properties with a pattern of criminal activity, needs to fill one vacancy. ...more

December 5, 2008

The Tampa City Council made it official today: Sangria's Tapas Bar & Restaurant can join Starbucks as a commercial anchor along the Hillsborough Avenue gateway to historical Seminole Heights. With no discussion and by unanimous vote, the council gave final approval to rezoning the property and also OK'd closing part of Mohawk Avenue and an alleyway. ...more

December 4, 2008

A day before the Tampa City Council planned to vote on a 25-year franchise agreement with Tampa Electric, community leaders urged the council to postpone its vote. ...more

December 4, 2008

Today, Tampa City Council members will hold the final vote on the city's franchise agreement with Tampa Electric Co. In the last few months members have gone back and forth about approving it, with at least three hoping to use the negotiations to push the utility toward cleaner environmental policies. ...more

December 4, 2008

A group with ties to the Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library Board plans to lobby against an effort to rename New Tampa Regional Library. ...more

December 4, 2008

A day before the Tampa City Council votes on a 25-year franchise agreement with Tampa Electric, community leaders urged the council to postpone its vote, saying the agreement should be changed to promote the use of renewable power. ...more

December 3, 2008

Legislation designed to crack down on rogue towing companies in the Tampa Bay area is working its way up to Tallahassee. ...more

December 3, 2008

A local bill designed to crack down on predatory towing companies is headed for Tallahassee. ...more

December 2, 2008

A proposed Sangria's Tapas Bar & Restaurant in Seminole Heights is a step away from final approval after the Architectural Review Commission gave its OK Monday night. The Tampa City Council, which gave initial rezoning approval for the restaurant site in November, will take its final vote Thursday. ...more

December 2, 2008

PLANT CITY The Hillsborough County legislative delegation will hear public testimony this morning on a bill designed to crack down on predatory towing companies. The legislation would give Hillsborough's Public Transportation Commission enforcement powers over towing companies that target cars on private business property without the owner's written permission. ...more

December 2, 2008