TAMPA \u2014 City Councilman Luis Viera has announced he will leave his District 7 post later this year and seek election to the\u00a0Florida House of Representatives in District 67.<\/p>\n
Viera has represented District 7 on the Tampa City Council for nearly a decade, serving communities across New Tampa, North Tampa, and the Fowler and Busch area.<\/p>\n
\u201cServing District 7 and the City of Tampa has been a great honor,\u201d Viera said. \u201cThis is my hometown. I grew up here, I raised my son here, and I have spent every day on City Council fighting for the people and neighborhoods that I grew up around. From backing our cops, firefighters and veterans to expanding park opportunities to fighting for flood victims to giving people with intellectual disabilities a voice in local government, I have always tried to lead with heart on issues that I care about\u00a0\u2014 with a commitment to getting things done.<\/p>\n
“As I take this next step to run for the Florida House, I do so with deep gratitude for the trust Tampa has placed in me and an unwavering commitment to keep fighting for our community from my heart,” he said.<\/p>\n
His service includes helping secure funding for three new fire stations in North and New Tampa, fighting for post-hurricane housing assistance after Hurricanes Helene and Milton and serving three terms as chairman of Hillsborough Area Regional Transit.<\/p>\n
He said his campaign for House District 67 will focus on affordability, public safety, infrastructure, disability rights, veterans, and delivering practical results for Hillsborough County families.<\/p>\n
Viera will resign from Tampa City Council on Nov. 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TAMPA \u2014 City Councilman Luis Viera has announced he will leave his District 7 post later this year…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3140,274,117588,276,115,99,135,137,136,278],"class_list":["post-275471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-app-local-state-politics","tag-app-top-stories","tag-bay-news-9","tag-hillsborough-county","tag-news","tag-politics","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}