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Politicians and Pride

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 B. John 457 Views 0 Comments Bob Buckhorn, Mayor, Pride, Ybor City

This past Saturday I went with some friends to the annual Tampa Bay Pride parade over in Ybor City. The parade was led off by a couple of Grand Masters of course, but then came all the candidates (Tampa is having municipal election runoffs) and local office holders. They kept coming and coming, and finally when the first actual float came by I looked at my watch, and it had taken nearly 25 minutes for all the pols to get by.

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City of Tampa Construction Services – Epic Fail

March 6, 2014March 6, 2014 B. John 756 Views 2 Comments Bob Buckhorn, Building Inspections, City of Tampa, Commissioner, Construction Services, Harry Cohen, Mayor, Mobley Construction, Noise Ordinance

I’ve got to tell you that the City of Tampa’s Construction Services appears to be an epic failure. I’ve discovered an amazing disregard for the Citizen’s of Tampa; a significant lack of enthusiasm for enforcing even the most basic codes; and all of that at a fairly high level within the organization.

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Letter to City Council – What does love look like? It has the hands to help others

September 6, 2011August 10, 2015 346 Views 1 Comment Bob Buckhorn, Charles Darwin, City Council, Colin Powell, Mayor, Pan Handling, poor, Poverty, Richard Cizik, Saint Augustine

The unfortunate reality is that we simply don’t want to have see this kind of poverty in our own neighborhood. We don’t want to be reminded of how many people are hurting, and how badly they hurt. We are simply afraid to look in the eyes of these people. It makes us uncomfortable, and we want to banish them so we no longer have to see what we have wrought.