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Charlie Frago - Former Times Reporter

Former Times Reporter

  1. John Robert Ring Jr., left, at Mayor Jane Castor's campaign kickoff at the Hotel Haya in December. Ring had used an alias Giovanni "Gio" Fucarino to become a fixture in city politics in recent months. He was arrested recently for violating his sexual offender status.
  2. Harbour Island resident Donovan Pullen asked Mayor Jane Castor on Wednesday about the possible influence of Castor's domestic partner, Ana Cruz, a lobbyist, in city business and about the propriety of Cruz's mother, Janet Cruz, running for a City Council seat.
  3. Sonja P. Brookins, left, and Robin Lockett are the first two Black women to advance to a runoff election for City Council seats in Tampa's history. The runoff is April 25.
  4. Mayor Jane Castor greets onlookers during the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. parade in Tampa last year. The mayor has had some stumbles in her first term, but Black leaders mostly praise her willingness to listen to their concerns.
  5. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor won Tuesday's city election without an opponent, but with four City Council runoff elections looming, much remains up in the air about her second term.
  6. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor coasted to reelection for a second term Tuesday without an opponent on the ballot.
  7. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor as she exits the polls after casting her vote on Election Day at St. Chad's Episcopal Church, 5609 N. Albany Ave., on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 in Tampa.
  8. Gwendolyn Henderson, Tampa City Council District 5 candidate, waves to cars while holding a sign in front of the St. James House of Prayer Episcopal church on Tuesday in Tampa.
  9. Tampa City Council members will be notified within 10 days of investigations such as the now-discontinued Police Department's "Crime free multi housing" program, which encouraged landlords to evict tenants who were arrested.
  10. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor has clashed with several council members during her first term. With six council seats up for grabs, will the mayor's second term be more of the same or will her clout increase?
  11. The candidates for Tampa City Council are top, Charlie Miranda. Bottom from left: Nicole Payne, Tyler Barrett, Rick Fifer and Hoyt Prindle
  12. Tampa City Council candidates for District 3 from top left: George "The Hunted" Feshev; Janet Cruz; KJ Allen; Jose Vazquez and Lynn Hurtak.
  13. Orlando Gudes, left, and Gwendolyn "Gwen" Henderson will be on the ballot for Tampa City Council District 5.
  14. Candidates for Tampa City Council District 2 are clockwise from upper left: Mike Suarez, Guido Maniscalco, Michael Derewenko and Robin Lockett.
  15. Tampa City Council District 4 race features incumbent Bill Carlson, left, and challenger Blake Casper.
  16. Four candidates are on the ballot for the District 1 Tampa City Council race. Clockwise from upper left: Joseph Citro, Alan Clendenin, Chase Harrison and Sonja Brookins.
  17. A man leaves C. Blythe Andrews Jr. Public Library. Early voting is underway in Tampa.
  18. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, left, and her partner, Ana Cruz, walk the tarmac prior to the arrival of President Joe Biden at Tampa International Airport in February. Cruz, a lobbyist at Ballard Partners, is often by Castor's side at political events.
  19. Former State Sen. Janet Cruz asked City Council member Lynn Hurtak, her opponent in the citywide District 3 race, if Hurtak had a problem with gay people at an NAACP forum Monday evening.
  20. Feb. 16, 2023• Tampa
    Tampa City Council members pressed Mayor Jane Castor's administration on tightening oversight of the city's residency policy for high-ranking employees at Thursday's meeting.
  21. The Tampa City Council elections on March 7 could clear the hostility between Mayor Jane Castor and City Council, or it could intensify it.
  22. Tampa City Council member Bill Carlson has received the endorsement of the West Central Florida Labor Council for the District 4 seat.
  23. Former Tampa mayor Bob Buckhorn urges a crowd at the Oxford Exchange Thursday night to vote for City Council candidate and South Tampa business mogul Blake Casper.