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Comment on Hillsborough County’s blurred vision by Hillsborough County’s top lobbyist gets $20,000 raise while 900 jobs could be eliminated | The Political Whore

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 17:50:32 +0000

[...] shock was the salary of Lucia Garsys who helped the county promote its ill-fated visioning when they wanted OneBay to run it. Another bright idea to give away land use and transportation [...]

Comment on The attack on planning, environment: Ambler’s bill HB 723 by Developers win big in Tallahassee, and which Hillsborough lawmaker voted to support them? | The Political Whore

Tue, 05 May 2009 11:05:33 +0000

[...] control growth giving developers a free ride? In the House of Representatives we had Rich Glorioso, Kevin Ambler (both are running again in 2010 so remember that unless you are a fan of poor growth), Faye Culp (in [...]

Comment on Concrete envy: size does matter when it comes to 15 billion-gallon reservoirs by Groundwater-petroleum pumping debate in the Legislature? Hillsborough environmental chief updates it to urgent! | The Political Whore

Mon, 04 May 2009 11:13:33 +0000

[...] from it. Due to the drought, years of out of control growth (plus a limping desal plant and cracking reservoir) officials have recently approved an increase in groundwater pumping (or maybe we should call that [...]

Comment on Local Opposition against Green Swath goes Regional by Even when we win, we lose: A vote against a Hillsborough project | The Political Whore

Sat, 21 Mar 2009 10:04:46 +0000

[...] corner) that ought to solve your traffic concerns Mr. Testaverde. (If Shelton Quarles ever needs any help on TBARTA maybe Vinnie would volunteer?) While the amendment was directed at Keystone, if approved it could [...]

Comment on Concrete envy: size does matter when it comes to 15 billion-gallon reservoirs by Is that grass growing in Hillsborough County’s reservoir? | The Political Whore

Is that grass growing in Hillsborough County’s reservoir? | The Political Whore — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 12:12:31 +0000

[...] I wonder if they would consider leasing it out as grazing land since even if we had water it isn’t so good at holding [...]

Comment on The attack on planning, environment: Ambler’s bill HB 723 by Attacks on Hillsborough planner Bob Hunter are a faux scandal | The Political Whore

Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:09:15 +0000

[...] watched him stay cool in the face of constant verbal attacks of Commissioner Jim Norman as well as legislative attacks and dirty tricks from the likes of Kevin Ambler and Ronda Storms. I will begin by telling you that the Hillsborough [...]

Comment on Florida Hometown Democracy still fighting for, well, democracy by Chamber’s plan to block Florida Hometown Democracy discriminates against military, local elections offices | The Political Whore

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:45:59 +0000

[...] Is there no end to the dirty tricks the growth machine in Florida is willing to go to in order to stop Florida Hometown Democracy? Nope. Hometown Democracy is a citizen petition amendment that should have been on the ballot in [...]

Comment on Concrete envy: size does matter when it comes to 15 billion-gallon reservoirs by Lithia Pinecrest Chronicles: Eminent domain puts a red ‘R’ on homes to be plowed | The Political Whore

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:00:33 +0000

[...] might be worse. Learning that the same firm responsible for designing the cracking reservoir is running the WHOLE freakin’ study ……….that could be worse. Learning that [...]

Comment on R.I.P. Green Swath of Death is finally DEAD! by The six-lane shuffle: Lithia Pinecrest’s widening/not widening project | The Political Whore

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:34:42 +0000

[...] gets drawn on a map, mistake or not, it is extremely difficult to erase. We spent the last year fighting the bypass on many levels and our goal this time is to to extinguish this bad idea very quickly because sadly, [...]

Comment on Concrete envy: size does matter when it comes to 15 billion-gallon reservoirs by The six-lane shuffle: Lithia Pinecrest’s widening/not widening project | The Political Whore

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:01:23 +0000

[...] boys, probably not a good idea to hire the same firm (HDR) now responsible for the design on the cracking reservoir, huh? Tampa Bay Water is currently suing HDR. The more we look into this the more questions we [...]