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Janelle Irwin TaylorApril 22, 2015

Former St. Pete Mayor Rick Baker remained silent on the pending Pier debate until Wednesday. Baker, in a column submitted exclusively to SaintPetersblog, overwhelmingly endorsed the St. Pete Design Group’s Destination St. Pete Pier. It’s little wonder Baker opted not to submit his column to the Tampa Bay Times. That newspaper has published two scathing […]

Mitch PerryApril 15, 2015

A new St. Pete Polls survey released overnight shows that if St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman‘s Pier Selection Committee does not choose the most popular pier design from a recent survey conducted by the city, the city council should reject that choice. When asked directly if the selection committee opts not to choose the Destination St. Pete Pier design, should the […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 23, 2015

A third poll has confirmed what two others have already shown: Residents overwhelmingly favor the Destination St. Pete Pier design over all others. In a new survey commissioned by Florida Politics, St. Pete Polls asked residents which of the three remaining pier designs they favored: Pier Park, Destination St. Pete Pier or the Alma. More than 45 […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 25, 2015

The group behind the campaign to kill the Lens hasn’t gone away, but this time they’re not the naysayers. Concerned Citizens of St. Petersburg are not endorsing any of the seven designs being voted on by St. Pete residents to replace or renovate the current St. Pete Pier, but they are getting behind the process. […]

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Uloma Ekpete Kama. Image via campaign site.

Rick Baker endorses Destination St. Pete Pier design

New poll shows trouble ahead if St. Pete decision makers reject “Destination St. Pete Pier”

New St. Pete Pier survey still finds little agreement between city, residents

Former anti-Lens group supports new St. Pete Pier design process