Barring a successful appeal, voters will not decide in November whether to create an elected county mayor position in Hillsborough County. ...more

August 2, 2008

The county mayor referendum has been struck from the November ballot, a circuit court judge ruled today. ...more

August 1, 2008

Why don't opponents to an elected county mayor with veto power want to fix an archaic governmental system? Why are they afraid to let the voters decide whether to change the structure of county government? ...more

August 1, 2008

Those at the July 18 meeting of the SouthShore Roundtable got to hear both sides of the county mayor issue. ...more

July 30, 2008

An Invalid Argument Regarding "Hillsborough Could Use An Elected County Mayor" by Fred Karl (Commentary, July 20): ...more

July 26, 2008

Labels, they often don't work. In Todd Pressman's July 23 guest column, "Liberals Push County Mayor Effort," he stated that the county mayor effort was "born and nurtured as a liberal-led referendum." ...more

July 26, 2008

Let's add millions of dollars to our annual Hillsborough County budget, more layers of bureaucracy and more publicly paid politicians getting their "bite of the apple" on important public policy issues! ...more

July 23, 2008

In the general election in November we will have an opportunity to vote to amend the county's charter to provide for a county mayor. If the amendments pass we will have an improved governance structure that will increase the effectiveness and efficiency of county government. However, if we fail to act in November it may be a long time before we have another chance. ...more

July 20, 2008

There's a brouhaha brewing regarding the move to elect a mayor for Hillsborough County. ...more

July 16, 2008

There's a brouhaha brewing regarding the move to elect a mayor for Hillsborough County. ...more

July 16, 2008