Before he resigned as director of the Tampa Sports Authority this month, Henry Saavedra was pulling down a salary of more than $209,000 a year including benefits, a car allowance and other perks. ...more

March 31, 2009

Mayor Pam Iorio, displeased with the Tampa Sports Authority's dismissal of longtime Executive Director Henry Saavedra, has told the city's public access television station to start televising the authority's board meetings. ...more

March 26, 2009

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio has directed the city public access cable television station to begin televising all Sports Authority meetings. ...more

March 25, 2009

It was not exactly a fireside chat or what you might have expected from a sitting mayor whose eyes already wander occasionally outside city hall. ...more

March 25, 2009

Politics As Usual What a shame that the very fine sports community in Tampa/Hillsborough County cannot have a coexistence between city and county appointees. It would not surprise me if an investigation revealed a violation of the Florida Sunshine Law by certain members of the Tampa Sports Authority when deciding the future of Henry Saavedra, who was forced to resign as executive director. ...more

March 21, 2009

Political Self-Interests The recent political witch hunt at the Tampa Sports Authority resulted in a good, competent man resigning from the agency he led for 12 years and served for 24. Henry Saavedra had no option but to resign, but the process by which he was forced out should leave all of us asking why and how. ...more

March 20, 2009

This week Tampa Sports Authority Executive Director Henry Saavedra resigned under pressure from the TSA board. ...more

March 20, 2009

Henry Saavedra didn't wait for the Tampa Sports Authority to fire him. Instead, the longtime executive director offered his resignation to the sports authority's 11-member board of directors, which was expected to vote on a motion from Chair Vincent Marchetti to terminate his contract. His last day as director will be April 1. ...more

March 17, 2009

Henry Saavedra has resigned as director of the Tampa Sports Authority. ...more

March 16, 2009

When a former employee filed a lawsuit against the Tampa Sports Authority in 2008, executive director Henry Saavedra waited months before telling the authority's board. ...more

March 13, 2009