Tampa City Council District 5 runoff candidates make one last pitch in on-air debate

Tampa City Council District 5 runoff candidates make one last pitch in on-air debate

With less than a week to the kickoff of early voting, Thomas Scott and Naya Young were back at WMNF 88.5-FM Friday morning to talk to voters who’ll cast a ballot in the special election for Tampa City Council. District 5 seat. Scott and Young have qualified for the runoff election after being part of a field that included more than a dozen candidates. In the first half of a special two-hour collaboration between WMNF programs Down N Dirty and Th…

District 7 candidates face off in city council debate

District 7 candidates, Rev. Miniard Culpepper and “Coach” Said Ahmed, spoke on their policies and refuted pointed comments at a city council debate Thursday night.  Roxbury Main Streets coordinated the debate on Oct. 16 in partnership with Roxbury Cultural District, The American City Coalition, Urbanica, and Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts. The event allowed for cross-talk and rebuttals, which, in some instances, led the moderators to remi…