Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 30, 2019
4min263
Dudley defeated Montanari more than 10 years ago.
Tag: Bill DudleyImage via Palatka Main Street.
Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 30, 2019Janelle Irwin TaylorJuly 2, 2019
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Blackmon is touting his first round of endorsements as a win for bipartisanship.
Jacob OglesJuly 8, 2018
3min500
A straw poll held today by the Pinellas County Republican Party today delivered wins for Gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam, Attorney General candidate Ashley Moody and Agriculture Commissioner candidate Denise Grimsley, while George Buck won the poll for the Congressional race in Florida’s 13th Congressional District. “Pinellas County has a history of picking winners in our […]
Mitch PerryNovember 7, 2017
9min393
Unlike the August 29 primary, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman went into the general election as the favorite against former Mayor Rick Baker. But margins were slim. Much to the consternation of Baker (and his supporters), early returns of the evening — which included early vote/vote-by-mail — gave Kriseman an advantage of two percentage points, a margin […]
Phil AmmannSeptember 30, 2015
4min241
On Thursday, St. Petersburg’s City Council is scheduled to take up the city’s poorly designed school zones, but they might not be getting all the facts from the department of public works. After a WTSP/10 Investigates report had found the St. Petersburg Police Department wrote an astonishing number of school zone tickets at improperly signed school […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 22, 2015
3min257
If no one emerges by 5 p.m. Monday evening as a qualified candidate for St. Pete City Council District 3, Ed Montanari will emerge as the council member elect to replace outgoing Bill Dudley. As of Monday afternoon Montanari seems to have it in the bag. No one has filed paperwork to run against him […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 9, 20153min193
Ed Montanari has officially qualified as a candidate for St. Petersburg City Council. Montanari is running for District 3 to replace outgoing Council member Bill Dudley. “Thank you for your continued support and prayers as we embark on a successful campaign,” Montanari wrote in an email Tuesday afternoon announcing he had filed the paperwork. Tuesday […]
Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 2, 2015
4min164
St. Pete City Council candidate Ed Montanari has raised more than $45,000, according to sources close to his campaign. The total so far comes from more than 175 contributors. Montanari has not posted first quarter treasurer reports, but if the numbers reported to SaintPetersblog are accurate, it puts Montanari at already unprecedented fundraising levels and he still […]
Peter SchorschMarch 10, 2015
3min176
Ed Montanari, one of St. Petersburg’s most involved and respected citizen leaders, will announce next month he’s running for the District 2 seat on the City Council, according to those close to the plain-spoken, razor-sharp airline pilot. Bill Dudley, term-limited from running again, now represents the northeast St. Petersburg district. In 2007, Dudley upset the better-financed Montanari […]