Weekly Brief
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12/04/25 – Multi-modal Impact Fee Finally Gets a Vote Along With $90+Million in Funding Requests
Additionally council to discuss TPD relying on stormwater staff for concrete barriers for special events and the effect on budget…
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Council Preview 11/20/25
The council will vote on 68 items, plus finalized details on the proposed increase to the multi-modal impact fee and…
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11/13/25 – Morning CRA and Evening Land Use Preview
CRA Board to weigh $20 million in funding requests while attempting to make improvements to the application process. Evening agenda…
Look Ahead
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12/04/25 – Regular Meeting
This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese from the description, parses the Background…
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Agenda 11/20/25 – Regular Meeting
This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese from the description, parses the Background…
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Agendas 11/13/25 – CRA & Evening Land Use
This is a reimagined version of the Tampa City Council agenda. It removes legalese from the description, parses the Background…
More Stories
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Quick Update
I edited the About page to add “I’ve decided to be more of a blog focused on decisions facing and…
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Budget Questions I Hope to Get Answers to – Fund Balance
The fund balance is basically savings as I understand it. Funds not allocated for expenses. Currently the City of Tampa…
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Special Call FY24 Budget
Testing out live-blogging the budget vote.
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Editorial: The City of Tampa Budget Process is Broken
The public doesn’t know what is being cut and its time to stop the finger pointing.
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An Argument for Better, Open Data in Tampa
[Below is what I sent to Tampa City Council last week and a similar message to the mayor’s office. I’m…
