Ferlita Resigns From City Council
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By ELLEN GEDALIUS The Tampa Tribune
Published: Jul 6, 2006
"TAMPA - City Councilwoman Rose Ferlita resigned Wednesday to set up her run for a Hillsborough County Commission seat.
The resignation is effective Nov. 21, so she will remain on the city council until then. She represents District 2, an at-large seat."
. . . "City Councilman Kevin White also is running for a county commission seat. He said Wednesday that he will submit his resignation letter to the elections office by Friday's deadline."
"The remaining city council members will appoint replacements for Ferlita and White by majority vote. The appointees will finish the two unfinished terms."
So who will get appointed to replace them? They will be looking for people not interested in using the office to run again
I previously wrote about this. Names I or others suggested then were: Sandra Carr (Old Seminole Heights activist) , Frank Roder (current Vice President and former President of SE Sem. Hts.)Bill Duvall (former President of Old Sem. Hts), Randy Barron (current President of Old Sem Hts.) Gary Elsworth (current Pres. of South Seminole Hts.), Susan Long (Old Sem Hts. Trustee - Evelyn City activist) Jeff Harmon (Old Sem Hts. Trustee and Hampton Terrace activist).
I'd add my name to the list. I could use a good paying part time job.
What other names do you guys have?
Dude- we would support you more than any of those names.
ReplyDeleteYou have the most to offer and people like you.
Go for it!
I second that.
ReplyDeleteMost everyone knows you and very few dislike you.
What do we have to do in order to get your name on the ballot.
How much money do you need?
Let's start writing immediately.
On your mark...
re-read your previous posts. Actually, the seat held by Shawn Harrison has not shifted that much to New Tampa since it was held by Scott Paine. It lost the Seminole Heights area west of FL Ave. and the historic district north of Hillsborough. Shawn was the only viable candidate when he first ran. To assume that seat could not go to anyone outside of New Tampa is unproven in a race with no incumbent.
ReplyDeletenext spring's elections are still fairly far off.
plenty of time to pull a campaign together.
As to the east Tampa seat (d-5), the demographics leave more possibilities than you assumed. I believe the district is about 65% African American. The right candidate who could appeal across racial lines could win without necessarily coming via traditional base of support. Indeed it is a seat I explored running for in 1995 (the DCF powers denied my request to be a candidate). The population demographics are very similiar to the County Commission district 3 seat. Sylvia Kimmbel won that seat twice and never carried a majority African-American precinct to my knowledge.
As to Thomas Scott running at-large, district 2. I am not sure he would play well as a candidate elsewhere in the city. South Tampa liberals, and the "good government" crowd exemplified by Jan Platt and others, the gay community, and the Folks in new Tampa who want a bigger role would all take a bite out of that ego by reminding voters of his anti-gay and ethically challenged behavior and votes. Too narrow of a base unless you fracture the opposition.
We do have the re-districting to consider.....For example, most of OSH (if not all) will soon be included in District 6.
ReplyDeleteDon't you guys in SE have some active people with the city and the code boys? I thought I had heard you formed a citywide code team that was getting praise with all neighborhood leaders. Send someone down to help keep the Mayor and ole big head in line.
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