Building A Soaring City at Uptown 

by | Nov 29, 2021 | News, Sharpe Bytes

Part I:  Mirror World and the Emerging Metaverse:   On a cold, snowy night in March of 2019, while riding on the A-Line train from the Denver Airport to Union Station – I glimpsed the future.  An experiment which I began three years earlier, involving remote...

The Mary Jackson Plan

by | Aug 21, 2020 | News, Sharpe Bytes

“There is a goldmine in our backyard.” This was the opening statement from a presentation by the Tampa Organization of Black Affairs to the Tampa Innovation Partnership Advisory Board on August 20, 2020. Not long ago, America’s most popular astrophysicist, Neil...

It is time to build

by | Apr 22, 2020 | News, Sharpe Bytes

A decade ago I spoke before a large and angry crowd. The country was in the midst of economic turmoil and I was finishing my second term as a Hillsborough County Commissioner, and preparing to run for my third and final term. I remember the event well because it was...

Why and how to lift the lockdown

by | Apr 13, 2020 | News, Sharpe Bytes

One size does not fit all, and the way forward will require social discipline and political leadership. Policy making requires balance. It’s not an all-or-nothing proposition. It’s like flying a plane, which requires the right touch of pitch and yaw. Too much of one...