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Yesterday, Tampa City Council voted unanimously to fund $77 million in wastewater improvements. Under Tampa’s wastewater master plan, $577 million is slated for wastewater over the next 20 years.

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In the last year of his four-year term, Clearwater Mayor Frank Hibbard resigned abruptly this morning during a special work session. “This is probably one of the toughest things I’ve ever done in my entire life,” Hibbard said.

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