TAMPA — Two years after the release of a monthslong investigation that found Orlando Gudes made a litany of sexual and crude comments to his former aide while he was a Tampa City Council member, he is seeking more than $45,000 to pay his legal expenses from defending himself. That’s because while the investigation — conducted by a private law firm at the city’s direction and on taxpayers’ dime .
Historic preservationists advocating for the Moseley Homestead are now asking the Hillsborough County Historic Resources Review Board for an appeal to their decision last month.
TAMPA — A neighborhood dispute decades in the making and involving a Tampa surface parking lot giant has now landed in court. Jason and John Accardi, owners of Ybor Properties and 717 Parking, filed a petition late last month in Hillsborough Circuit Court arguing that Tampa City Council violated their rights by voting to overturn a decision that they say allowed them to continue operating two .