Tampa Bay

 

* Other than faculty and students, everybody seems on board with changes to New College’s mission statement and core curriculum.

* “If we approve this, there’s going to be a war in South Tampa.”–That was Tampa City Councilman Bill Carlson, in reference to a vote to move forward with a major storm water system update in South Tampa, one that includes box culverts along residential streets and on South Howard Avenue.

* Community-police relations and transparency are civically and racially impactful. No surprise, then, that the Free State of Florida would prohibit municipalities from enforcing any ordinance related to civilian oversight of police-misconduct investigations. That, alas, includes Tampa’s Citizen Review Board. It’s imperfect, sure, but important, of course.

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