Someone should be asking why State Attorney Suzy Lopez let the guy who shot 3 people last week, killing 2, off in April. How could her office not make charges stick? Isn't that what she's been accusing Warren of? tampabay.com/news/crime/202…

"A new report adds to a growing line of research showing that police departments don’t solve serious or violent crimes with any regularity, and in fact, spend very little time on crime control, in contrast to popular narratives." reuters.com/legal/governme…

Interrupt this boycott for a PSA: regardless of rumors that swirl about what is being proposed about Sanitation—reminder these are workshop items and no formal action can occur. Tampa City Council will not be voting to do anything with solid waste or anything else on the agenda.

speaking of boycott, I've still been publishing the newsletter and posting on the site. I also have a separate account on Bluesky for the blog. bsky.app/profile/tampam…

ICYMI

TB Times had a piece up today on ShotSpotter vote so I've updated my post with a link quoting a couple of items of note.

Council is back, hopefully if you subscribe you've gotten the newsletter from the new platform. tampamonitor.com/tampa-city-cou…

Catch up on what's before Council this week.