Filed under: Campaign, Leadership, Tampa Choo-Choo, Voter Support | Tags: County Commission, Hillsborough County Florida, Jim Hosler, Ken Hagan, Linda Saul-Sena, Tampa Choo-Choo
St. Pete Times reporter Bill Varian talks about candidates Linda Saul-Sena and Ken Hagan’s negative comments about each other. This has all the ear-marks of a cat and dog fight.
Jim Hosler comes off more like the thoughtful adult that he is.
Saul-Sena is reported as lashing out at Hagan for missing many meeting of the various county boards he represents. Hagan fires back that Saul-Sena nearly prevented IKEA from opening a new store in Ybor City.
Hagan likes to take credit for “studying” job creation.
Important, but unemployment under Hagan’s leadership
increased from 8 to 12%.
He is disingenuous about being against taxes after he voted to recommend the biggest tax increase in the history of Hillsborough County.
Linda is all about the soft stuff of “quality of life” issues.
Important, but it must be balanced with the quality of life that comes with having a good-paying job.
She is more than naive to believe that the Tampa Choo-Choo will bring jobs on Nov. 3rd for anyone other than for downtown Tampa lawyers, consultants and developers.
Jim Hosler on the other hand, has many years of experience at both the state and local government working with the small business community to create new jobs.
Hosler’s blog and website contain over 100 pages devoted to not only his positions on important topics, but also clear roadmaps on how he proposes to help bring Hillsborough County out of this recession.
Hosler is running with No Party Affiliation (NPA).
Hagan and Saul-Sena are both party-politic-puppets, always looking out for that next campaign donation, careful to deliver what is expected of them. Taxpayers only have their vote to help decide what the county does or does not do with their money.
Let the voters decide.
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"Let the voters decide" 
Believe it or not….there are still people out there who do not KNOW THE STATE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
Oh so many people do NOT tune into the GOVERNMENT ACCESS TV to watch the antics and REALLY BAD DECISIONS MADE WITH OUR MONEY.
We have this chance THIS YEAR TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
JUST ELECTING FOLKS WHO RAISE THE MOST MONEY DURING A CAMPAIGN HAS GOTTEN US INTO THE DITCH WE ARE FLAPPING AROUND IN…THE HAGAN DITCH.
IT IS REALLY TOO BAD THE TALENT POOL IS SO SHALLOW. DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE AND TALENT ARE WONDERFUL ATTRIBUTES…NEITHER SAUL-SENA OR HAGAN
HAVE THESE NECESSARY INGREDIENTS TO MOVE US OUT OF THE PARTY DITCH.
NEEDED IS HOSLER..AN NPA…REPRESENTING ONLY
Comment by Marilyn Smith October 31, 2010 @ 9:49 amTHE PEOPLE…..NOT THE HIGH PRICED FOLKS IN THE BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN TAMPA AT THE FIRMS WHICH HAVE THEIR HANDS IN OUR BUDGET, PUT THEIR BY THE PARTY POLITICS …THROW OFF THE YOLK OF PARTY POLITICS….OUR PUBLIC MONEY IS FOR THE PUBLIC NEEDS…NOT THE PEOPLE HAGAN AND SAUL-SENA CONSISTENLY POUR OUR PROPERTY TAXES INTO CORPORATE ACCOUNTS…