“You have written so many bold faced lies in your newspaper about me,” Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) Board member Nadia Combs wrote in a text message to the Guardian three days ago. [EDITOR’S NOTE:…
Hillsborough Schools procurement boss Christopher Farkas accepted a trip this year’s Kentucky Derby from a major vendor to Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS), two separate and independent sources have told the Tampa Bay Guardian. Farkas…
“Despite recovery efforts, we need at least another day before we can safely reopen schools,” this pop-up message on the front page of the Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) website said Monday, October 14th, five…
“The School Board has failed to recognize the seriousness of their staff getting big gifts from vendors,” the latest edition of La Gaceta reported. “This not only deserves their scrutiny, it should be examined by…
Cell phone call logs show that Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) Deputy Superintendent Chris Farkas was also present in Augusta, Georgia and nearby Macon cell tower areas at the time of the Masters Golf Tournament.…
“I did wanna, um, you know, address some comments that were made today, addressing some misinformation that I talked to each of you about individually,” Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) Superintendent Van Ayres told the…
Multiple sources have confirmed off the record that Hillsborough County Public Schools (HCPS) Superintendent Van Ayres has admitted that he in fact did accept transportation on a private jet provided by a vendor to HCPS.…
Florida Statute 119.0701 governing public agency contracts requires that all contracts for services entered into with contractors to the agency contain a clause governing public records and public records requests. That law has been in…
“Will you categorically deny that you and/or Mr. Farkas accepted free transportation on a private jet provided by a vendor to your agency?” This is the question we posed via email on August 9th to…
