Tampa mayor hopeful Rose Ferlita gets award from city
Hillsborough County Commissioner Rose Ferlita, who says she'll be running for mayor of Tampa in 2011, is receiving an award from the city next week. And Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio will be handing it to her at a Women's History Month event titled "Women Taking the Lead to Save Our Planet" Tuesday at 11 a.m. in City Hall.
Ferlita's getting the Josephine Howard Stafford Memorial Award, given every year to a current or former female city employee who "demonstrates outstanding commitment to her position in the community," according to a press release. Ferlita was a City Council member from 1999 until 2006. Mary Bryan, and aide to council member Charlie Miranda, nominated Ferlita for the honor. Miranda, by the way, says he may run for Ferlita's commission seat when her term ends in 2010.
Previous winners of the Stafford award have been former mayor Sandy Freedman, assistant police chief Jane Castor, and lobbyist Kathleen Betancourt.
Janet Zink, Times Staff Writer
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Charlie Miranda let the younger folks have a chance, your days are done and your ideas are stale or rather you have none. Mentor someone to run...do something good for a change.
Posted by: scheffler | March 06, 2009 at 07:54 PM
Run Rose Run! This could be her time depending who the other candidates are. Charlie's work may be cut out for him in SE County. Tampa and Town n Country are his to lose.
Posted by: GW | March 06, 2009 at 11:36 PM
"Greco" lapel buttons now seen throughout the city.
Posted by: | March 08, 2009 at 10:51 AM
rose ferlita needs to run for mayor.she has really been working hard on the bocc supporting the people and our tax dollors and she has the support of the law enforment. she really cares about the community and you can always get through to her office and her staff is always very helful. perhaps this is the kind of mayor we need. someone who is llooking out for our taxdollors
Posted by: tom chastain | March 09, 2009 at 12:35 PM
No way Ferlita wins a Mayors race. In six years of elected office she has absolutely nothing to show for it. Nada,Zip,nothing. Just a bunch of grandstanding and mean spirited attacks on staff and people she disagrees with.She and Saul Sena split the S. Tampa fringes which leaves it wide open for someone else with any shred of credibility. When it is all over Tampa is still a conservative town. That dog just won't hunt.
Posted by: Yanett | March 09, 2009 at 04:37 PM
Tampa a conservative town? Are you kidding Yanett? Only a RINO like Ferlita could win as a Republican. Real conservatives need not apply. This comes down to a runoff among whoever can get the most supporters to the polls. Ferlita and Buckhorn split south tampa, and in waltzes Tom Scott or some sleeper from West or North tampa.
Posted by: Joebob | March 09, 2009 at 09:16 PM
ralph nader is considering a run for the white house he has 2 new bestsellers coming out real soon :direct demorcacy and only the rich can save us and a big book tour and he will be at the miami book fair in november he will be able to get his principles and values out to the american people who have been taxed all too much
Posted by: tom chastain | August 28, 2009 at 12:47 PM