Susan McGrath Archives

Local Government Thursday, May 24th 2018

Less than a month into his candidacy, David Straz shakes up campaign staff

Less than three weeks after philanthropist and former banker David Straz announced his candidacy for mayor of Tampa, he is already shaking up his campaign staff, naming Hillsborough County Democratic Executive Committee executive director Mark Hanisee...

U.S. Special Envoy for the Colombian Peace Process Bernard Aronson, joined by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Kevin Whitaker, addresses conflict victims, ex-combatants, and at-risk youth speak about a job-training program at the Escuela Taller run by the Colombian Ministry of Culture as the delegation visits Cartagena, Colombia, on September 26, 2016, to witness a peace ceremony between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) that ends a five-decade conflict.

Foreign Policy Tuesday, July 18th 2017

Colombian Peace Activist Discusses End of 53 Year-Long Civil War

Camilo Romero discusses Colombia’s civil war and peace deal A peace process is beginning in Colombia that is designed to end a civil war in that South American country that’s been going on since 1964....

Development Wednesday, June 22nd 2016

Perspectives on TBX project on the eve of major MPO vote

By Rob Lorei On Radioactivity Tuesday we talked about the controversial TBX project that will be voted on the Hillsborough Metropolitan Planning Organization on Tuesday. TBX is the proposal to widen much of the interstate system...