In the lead-up to Pat Bean’s annual evaluation, commissioner Mark Sharpe took the lead in pointing out the County Administrator’s poor record. The St. Pete Times mentions that both Rose Ferlita and Kevin Beckner had complaints on their written evaluations, too. But there are seven on the Hillsborough Board of County Commissioners. What did the other [...]
“This is totally going to get blown out of proportion,” said Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner. He was right. Problem is that he didn’t see that BEFORE Beckner moved to allow county staff to prepare a cost-benefit analysis of offering domestic partnership benefits. By most accounts, Kevin Beckner pulled an upset victory in the race for BOCC in [...]
After delaying his ouster for two days, SOE Buddy Johnson finally got around to counting the early votes. In the race for SOE, most of those early votes were cast for Phyllis Busansky, ending Buddy Johnson’s reign as Hillsborough County’s worst SOE ever. The Times sums up Buddy’s five and a half years nicely: His [...]
Quite the historic night last night. Four years ago, I commented on the fact that Dallas County, Texas had elected a gay Hispanic female Democrat for Sheriff: … change is measured in very small increments. Changes so small, you don’t even notice. But once in a while, something happens that makes you clearly see that progress being [...]
As time winds down to make your decisions for election day, the candidates become more desperate, and pull out all the stops. The mantra becomes ‘win – no matter the cost.’ You have seen this on a national scale, with attacks on both Presidential candidates increasing in both the nature and the volume. The SPimes [...]
