{"id":375952,"date":"2026-08-19T21:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/375952\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T21:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T21:40:12","slug":"tampa-tiger-bay-club-hosts-hillsborough-county-commission-forum-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/375952\/","title":{"rendered":"Tampa Tiger Bay Club hosts Hillsborough County Commission forum on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-perfmatters-preload=\"\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"520\" data-attachment-id=\"358022\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/uthmeier-tigerbay-20260417-davedecker-28\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Uthmeier-TigerBay-20260417-DaveDecker-28-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS R6m2&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1776443957&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Uthmeier-TigerBay-20260417-DaveDecker\u201328\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tampa Tiger Bay Club at Cuban Club in Ybor City, Florida on April 17, 2026.&lt;\/p&gt;&#10;\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cltampa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Uthmeier-TigerBay-20260417-DaveDecker-28-scaled.jpg?fit=780%2C520&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Uthmeier-TigerBay-20260417-DaveDecker-28.jpg\" alt=\"A wide-angle interior photograph by Dave Decker showing a crowded luncheon event hosted by the Tampa Tiger Bay Club at the historic Cuban Club in Ybor City, Florida, on April 17, 2026. Set inside a large ballroom with teal ceilings and chandelier lighting, numerous tables are filled with attendees seated for lunch while facing a stage adorned with orange backdrop banners at the far end of the room. A photographer stands on the left framing the crowd, while a speaker or guest in a bright pink jacket walks down the right aisle toward the stage.\" class=\"wp-image-358022\"  \/>Tampa Tiger Bay Club at Cuban Club in Ybor City, Florida on April 17, 2026. Credit: Dave Decker\/Creative Loafing Tampa Bay<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Byron Donalds and his wife Erika Donalds are now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/news\/republican-byron-donalds-and-alleged-liberal-david-jolly-will-compete-to-be-floridas-next-governor\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/news\/republican-byron-donalds-and-alleged-liberal-david-jolly-will-compete-to-be-floridas-next-governor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one step closer<\/a> to the governor\u2019s mansion. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the state of Florida continues to expand its pre-emption of local governments, leadership will be key at the local level. Will Hillsborough County elect commissioners ready to roll over for Tallahassee, or folks with spine ready to stand up?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the sharpest politicos in the Bay area will start to answer that question for a candidate forum where all candidates qualified for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/news\/democrats-gwen-myers-aileen-rodriguez-earn-landslide-victories-in-hillsborough-county-commission-primaries\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the fall\u2019s Hillsborough County Commission election<\/a> are invited to attend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tigerbayclub.com\/upcoming-events\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tampa Tiger Bay\u2019s Hillsborough County Commission forum happens Friday, Aug. 21 at the Cuban Club in Ybor City.<\/a> Lunch is served at 11:45 a.m., and non-member tickets are $35.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/altnewsfoundation.org\/cl-tampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pitch in to help make the Tampa Bay Journalism Project a success.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/tampa-newslettersignup-page\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAiECLjru3gB6BLYKOKFLfkVZsqFAgKIhAi467t4AegS2CjihS35FWb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google News<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbreak.com\/@c\/1599764?s=01\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NewsBreak<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/CreativeLoafingTampa\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cltampabay\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cltampabay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/cltampabay.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BlueSky<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"collection-link has-small-font-size\">This article appears in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/collections\/august-20-26-2026\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 20 \u2013 26, 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRead his 2016 intro letter\u00a0and disclosures from 2022 and 2021.\u00a0Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief&#8230;\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"author-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/author\/rroa\/\" rel=\"author nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMore by Ray Roa\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tampa Tiger Bay Club at Cuban Club in Ybor City, Florida on April 17, 2026. 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