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Tampa Bay Bugle @tampabaybugle.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Via @tampamonitor.com and @cltampabay.bsky.social
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Tampa Bay Bugle @tampabaybugle.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
#1 in our top headlines of 2025: 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐯𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐭 Stephen Clay McGehee is an avowed confederate & white supremacist. He displays the confederate flag. And he offers a service for campaigns that City Council candidate Tom Scott is paying to use.
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Tampa Bay Bugle @tampabaybugle.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
#2 in our top headlines of 2025: 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐄𝐫𝐮𝐩𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 A leadership rift has surfaced inside ATU Local 1464. Union president Stephen Simon is accusing most of his Executive Board of undermining the union’s progress.
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Tampa Bay Bugle @tampabaybugle.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
#3 in our top headlines of 2025: 𝐓𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐚 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐰𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐲 “My mother was a fierce leader for the City of Tampa,” wrote Henderson’s daughter. “There are no words to express the pain of this loss. Please respect the family’s privacy during this difficult time.”
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Tampa Bay Bugle @tampabaybugle.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
#4 in our top headlines of 2025: 𝐃𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐧, 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 A FP article suggests FL Sen Darryl Rouson is considering a run for HD 62. That seat is held by Rep Michele Rayner, who is vacating. If he runs & wins, it would mark a return to the chamber he left nearly a decade ago.
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Tampa Bay Bugle @tampabaybugle.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
#5 in our top headlines of 2025: 𝐒𝐭. 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐛𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚 𝐃𝐎𝐄 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 Rev. Andy Oliver issued a pointed rebuttal Monday to a statewide letter from Florida’s new Commissioner of Education, calling it an act of “state-sanctioned bullying.”
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