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Tampa Bested Atlanta After Truist Park opened

🚨 Important reality check for Hillsborough County: The Rays and their supporters keep pointing to The Battery Atlanta (Truist Park, opened 2017) as proof that a new stadium + mixed-use district will supercharge our economy. Here’s what actually happened Atlanta Metro (2017–2023) • Real GDP growth: +18.4% • Employment growth: +8–10% Tampa Bay Metro (same period) • Real GDP growth: +30.3% • Employment growth: +15–18% Tampa already outperformed Atlanta — without spending hundre

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🚨 Liars trying to use renewed CIT funds for a new Rays stadium?

Hillsborough County voters were explicitly told the CIT renewal was for infrastructure, public safety, and existing facilities — NOT a new billion-dollar ballpark for the Rays. Now some commissioners are trying to redirect that money anyway. Broken promises, voter deception, and taxpayer-funded gifts to billionaires. Sound familiar? This Eye on Tampa Bay piece nails it. We’ve been burned before — time to hold them accountable. 👉 Read the full story: http://www.eyeontampabay.

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Tampa Scammed Before — Why the Rays Stadium Deadline Smells Like Centro Ybor 2.0

So many lessons to learn in relation to the Rays Stadium Scam. Centro Ybor developers promised to revitalize Ybor City and payback Tampa if they would apply for and hand over a $9+ million dollar HUD loan to them. They had rosy economic projections to sway elected officials. The project underperformed and went belly up in 2004 so Tampa residents ended up paying $16 million (with interest on the loan). Due diligence by public officials is crucial in this process and not be rus

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"$75 Million is a Rounding Error"-Ken Hagan

🚨 Hillsborough Co. Commissioner Ken Hagan on WDAE on 4/21/26: The deal that gives the Rays over $1 billion of county funds — plus 130 acres of the HCC campus — "wouldn’t be felt by the public.” He also called $75 million “a rounding error” and insisted "this isn’t a tax increase." Let’s talk about what $1 billion could actually fund instead: Fixing our crumbling roads and potholes Addressing serious flooding in our neighborhoods Improving public safety and emergency response

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