- Big pay raises draw heat. Commissioner Sharpe stands firm defending taxpayers: "We're here to serve a cause, we're not here for the pay."
- County buys 57 acres of land near USF from GMAC as potential starter site for bioscience research hub. "[I think this land purchase for bioscience research is] the most important economic development story in the region," Sharpe said. "We're going to become the Disney World of medical tourism and treatment."
- Hillsborough Commissioner Mark Sharpe sounds a milder tone "If you're going to go out there and you're just going to be an ideologue and talk about ideological answers to very complex problems, then I think you're going to run into trouble," Sharpe said. "What I've been saying to my Republican friends — and I'm a staunch Republican — is we've got to get out there, and … work with the Democrats, work with the independents, and solve problems."
Political advertisement paid for and approved by Mark Sharpe, Republican, for County Commissioner, District 7.