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Peter SchorschSeptember 18, 2016

Believe it or not, 150 million gallons of waste being dumped into Tampa Bay is not St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman’s biggest political problem. Nor is a broken and breaking water and sewer system Kriseman’s biggest headache. Instead, it’s how Kriseman communicates about these and other issues which reveal the weaknesses in his administration. The sad truth is 106 […]

Peter SchorschSeptember 6, 2016

It is the difference between the executive and the legislative. The former is about the buck stopping here. The latter is about forming a committee to explore when would be best to meet to address the problem. It’s about management style. With a political career that included time on St. Petersburg’s City Council and as a […]

Peter SchorschAugust 18, 2016

As SaintPetersBlog’s Mitch Perry first reported Wednesday afternoon, the Pinellas County Democratic Executive Committee will not accept a $531 grant it received to install native plants around its headquarters located on the outskirts of downtown St. Petersburg. The decision comes after community-wide criticism was leveled at the party for requesting taxpayer dollars to improve the grounds of a political […]

Mitch PerryFebruary 18, 2015

Last week, at a candidates forum in South Tampa, District 4 challenger Kent King assailed incumbent Harry Cohen’s performance on council over the past four years, saying he hasn’t represented South Tampa well at City Hall. But after King told moderator Christine Burdick at this morning’s Downtown Partnership candidates forum that the City Council is not the “lead […]

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