By Richard Danielson, Times Staff Writer
Friday, January 21, 2011
TAMPA — Ed Turanchik and Bob Buckhorn attacked Dick Greco on Friday during a Westshore Alliance mayoral candidates forum noteworthy for its substance and humor.
Turning to face the former Tampa mayor, now seeking a fifth term, Turanchik criticized Greco's idea of bringing in top Tampa businessmen to give him unpaid advice on the city budget.
"When I go for a job interview, I don't tell a bunch of people that I'm going to go ask another group of people how to do the job," he said. "I know what we need to do."
Turanchik, who has a home-building business in West Tampa, also blamed his opponents with City Hall experience for creating "the morass of regulations" that candidates say makes it harder to do business in Tampa.
"I'm amazed to hear these recession converts here talking ...