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TV anchor Cintron didn’t apply for $223,000 public sector job – got it anyway
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TV anchor Cintron didn’t apply for $223,000 public sector job – got it anyway

TBG_adminMay 18, 2020February 4, 2023

Public records request by The Guardian revealed that zero (0) employment applications were received by Tampa International Airport for an unadvertised $223,000 per year position as Vice President of Marketing. Former TV anchor Veronica Cintron…

St. Pete: still no recovery donations from mayor and most city council members
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St. Pete: still no recovery donations from mayor and most city council members

TBG_adminMay 7, 2020February 11, 2023

A month after St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman used emergency powers to create the “Fightning Chance Fund” (FCF), only two council members out of seven have donated more than $50 to the effort. Mayor Kriseman…

Local government agency implements plan to “shape what the public thinks”
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Local government agency implements plan to “shape what the public thinks”

TBG_adminMay 5, 2020February 11, 2023

Hillsborough County Independent Oversight Committee (IOC) staff have developed a media plan that includes “key messages” for committee members and staff to advance to the public. Disturbingly, the media plan says that those key messages…

Sheriff Chad Chronister seeks out criminal pastor he arrested – lunch with no social distancing
Tampa Bay Area

Sheriff Chad Chronister seeks out criminal pastor he arrested – lunch with no social distancing

TBG_adminMay 3, 2020February 11, 2023

Last Wednesday, Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister sought out and visited Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne for lunch at his house. Chronister’s initiative took place a month after he had Howard-Browne arrested for allegedly violating a county order…

Sheriff Gualtieri’s coronavirus arrest of local business owner he called a “jerk” results in no prosecution
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Sheriff Gualtieri’s coronavirus arrest of local business owner he called a “jerk” results in no prosecution

TBG_adminMay 2, 2020February 11, 2023

“He wanted to become unreasonable, frankly, he was being a jerk about it, so he went to jail,” Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri told (video) county commissioners in a meeting on Tuesday about Pinellas Park…

County commish violates campaign finance law six times during pandemic, effort to self-promote?
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County commish violates campaign finance law six times during pandemic, effort to self-promote?

TBG_adminApril 23, 2020February 11, 2023

A review of the mass e-mails sent out by the political campaign of Pinellas County commissioner Janet Long found that she committed six Florida campaign finance law violations during the county pandemic declared state of…

PSTA makes its buses free, but ridership still drops 43% in less than 3 weeks
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PSTA makes its buses free, but ridership still drops 43% in less than 3 weeks

TBG_adminApril 21, 2020February 11, 2023

On March 19th, PSTA decided to waive bus fares on its network due to the Wuhan virus pandemic. Despite its service now being 100% free, records show that PSTA’s ridership still dropped by 43.2% from…

Kriseman donates zero to city’s own relief fund that he created, Montanari donates $1,000
Tampa Bay Area

Kriseman donates zero to city’s own relief fund that he created, Montanari donates $1,000

TBG_adminApril 20, 2020February 11, 2023

Twelve days in to St. Pete’s Fighting Chance Fund (FCF) program, Mayor Rick Kriseman had not made a donation to the fund. Kriseman called the fund recipients “the backbone of this city” when he announced…

Castor violated Florida law by using city resources for her political campaign and political committee
Tampa Bay Area

Castor violated Florida law by using city resources for her political campaign and political committee

TBG_adminApril 18, 2020February 11, 2023

In an e-mail Thursday morning announcing a City of Tampa pandemic relief program, Mayor Jane Castor wrote “We will get through this together. We are one city, one community, and One Tampa.” The city named…

CONFIRMED: airport violated own policy in hiring Cintron for $223,000
Tampa Bay Area

CONFIRMED: airport violated own policy in hiring Cintron for $223,000

TBG_adminApril 16, 2020February 4, 2023

Tampa International Airport (TPA) violated its own hiring procedure in at least two ways when it hired former Bay News 9 news anchor Veronica Cintron for $223,000 per year. Cintron’s husband is Preston Rudie, founder…

Hillsborough County commission re-kills sales tax hike to fund transit
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Hillsborough County commission re-kills sales tax hike to fund transit

TBG_adminApril 15, 2020February 11, 2023

Hillsborough County Commissioner Mariella Smith wouldn’t take “no” for an answer. After the commission voted two weeks ago to not schedule a public hearing on a sales tax hike to fund transit, Smith wanted a…

TPA didn’t advertise $223,000 job, then hired local TV personality
Tampa Bay Area

TPA didn’t advertise $223,000 job, then hired local TV personality

TBG_adminApril 14, 2020February 4, 2023

It isn’t often that a position paying $223,000 per year opens up at the Hillsborough County Aviation Authority (HCAA), a public agency using public funds. Yet the HCAA didn’t post that highly paid opening for…

“Out of an abundance of caution” – predictable Pinellas Politicrats
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“Out of an abundance of caution” – predictable Pinellas Politicrats

TBG_adminApril 13, 2020February 10, 2023

“Out of an abundance of caution” were the exact words used today in a Pinellas County Commission meeting, just as we had predicted on Friday. We called it! It was on Friday that the Tampa…

Pinellas County remedies their illegal action after our article alleging it — uses mental pretzel as cover
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Pinellas County remedies their illegal action after our article alleging it — uses mental pretzel as cover

TBG_adminApril 12, 2020February 11, 2023

After our article Friday evening showing that the declared State of Local Emergency (SLE) expired, the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners has scheduled a meeting for Monday April 13th at noon to address the…

Pinellas County’s state of local emergency ends due to politicians’ mistake
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Pinellas County’s state of local emergency ends due to politicians’ mistake

TBG_adminApril 10, 2020February 11, 2023

Pinellas County’s Thursday press release stated that “Commission Chair Pat Gerard extended Pinellas County’s state of local emergency [SLE] another 7 days.” Chair Gerard cited as authority for her action county commission resolution 20-22. That…

Let the shell games begin: Pinellas County violates governor’s exec order
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Let the shell games begin: Pinellas County violates governor’s exec order

TBG_adminApril 9, 2020February 9, 2023

“You had me at hello,” said no sane person ever to a telemarketer. Yet “telemarketing” is one of the types of businesses that Pinellas County government designated as an “essential service” on April 7th. However,…

Helter Skelter Handout? The City of St. Petersburg’s “Fighting Chance Fund”
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Helter Skelter Handout? The City of St. Petersburg’s “Fighting Chance Fund”

TBG_adminApril 9, 2020February 11, 2023

On April 3rd, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman announced the creation of the city’s “Fightning Chance Fund” (FCF) pursuant to the mayor’s emergency authority under section 2-426(i) of the City Code. The city  says that…

Sheriff Bob Gualtieri indicates that 77% of arrests are unnecessary
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Sheriff Bob Gualtieri indicates that 77% of arrests are unnecessary

TBG_adminApril 7, 2020February 11, 2023

OPINION The coronavirus outbreak has caused police agencies across the nation to rethink how they enforce laws. Thousands of officers from New York to Los Angeles are contracting the disease, many are dying, and every…

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