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News

When a transparency dashboard isn’t transparent

The Tampa Police Department’s public traffic-stop dashboard has been displaying wrong race data since it launched in July 2022. TPD says they caught it last fall. The public didn’t find out until we asked.

Budget

$64 million question

How would you allocate $64 million in extra Community Investment Tax funds? A baseball stadium or…

Opinion

The Tree Trust Fund Debate

Tampa is debating how to best utilize its tree trust fund, which currently holds $6 million. A debate over Type 3 trees and funding is holding up thoughtful plans ready to plant.

Preview

4/23/26 – Tree Workshop

This week council sits for a morning workshop on Thursday with evening land use application hearings. The workshop will be primarily focused on trees and the evening agenda is heavy on proposed future land use changes.

Site News

Re-Introducing Tampa Monitor

With some recent attention and maybe to center myself, I thought it would be useful to once again share what Tampa Monitor is—or intended to be.

What we're monitoring

The toolshed

Always-on data tools that keep watch between the stories — built and maintained by the Monitor.

The AgendaA reimagined version of council's weekly agenda.Updated weekly
Capital ProjectsThe city's five-year capital plan & life-to-date spending, every project.FY27 snapshot
Agenda KeywordsEmail notification only if keyword appears on the agenda.Open tool