Adding to the Ybor City Stadium Rumor Mill: Developer Gives Big to Ken Hagan

The guy who has emerged as one of the single-biggest property owners/developers in Ybor City just gave a bunch of big campaign checks to the guy who is single-handedly negotiating a possible Rays move to a yet-to-be-announced site in Tampa.

Companies controlled by Darryl Shaw, who has been dubbed "Ybor's big new (development) player," gave $5,000 to Hillsborough Commissioner Ken Hagan last month, according to campaign finance reports. Shaw's wife and a company she controls also each chipped in $1,000, the maximum-allowable donation for the 2018 election.

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Shaw is far from Hagan's only high-profile donor, but it only adds speculation that Hagan may be cooking up some sort of county-subsidized plan with Shaw and the Rays - potentially involving land giveaways or a land swap?

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