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Mitch PerryOctober 11, 2017

St. Petersburg City Council hopeful Gina Driscoll doesn’t think much of the service offered by the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) to those needing transportation in the ‘Burg. “We need to look at the bus system that we already have because it’s broken, it doesn’t work for most of the people who have to use it,” […]

Mitch PerryOctober 9, 2017

Justin Bean is finished talking about his past. Less than one day after opponent Gina Driscoll called on the 30-year-old businessman to apologize to St. Petersburg voters and release his full criminal record, the St. Pete City Council District 6 candidate blasted her for focusing excessively on his background and not the issues facing the city. “I […]

Peter SchorschOctober 8, 2017

While the past may be prologue, in the race for St. Petersburg City Council, Justin Bean’s history is something he just cannot shake. On Monday, the 30-year-old St. Petersburg entrepreneur is again facing calls to “come clean” with voters on a 2010 run-in with the law, which first came to light last month, as well […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 15, 2016

Buses in Williams Park are gone. Sunday was the first day buses stopped at a variety of places in downtown St. Pete instead of all picking up and dropping off passengers at Williams Park. With the old bus shelters no longer surrounding the park, serving as a barrier, St. Pete officials hope the park can […]

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Gina Driscoll blasts ‘unacceptable’ St. Pete transit service

Justin Bean says opponent Gina Driscoll should stick to the issues

In St. Pete Council race, Gina Driscoll calls on Justin Bean to ‘stop lying’ about criminal past

New group aims to restore Williams Park to its historic glory