Drew DixonSeptember 22, 2024
3min0
While Pinellas County commissioners were able to reduce property taxes as part of a $4.3 billion budget, the county is still targeting several infrastructure and service improvements.
Tag: Penny for Pinellas
Drew DixonSeptember 22, 2024
Daniel Figueroa IVOctober 25, 2021
5min1284
Funding comes from a program designed to help St. Pete reach its 2030 affordable housing goals.
Guest AuthorNovember 12, 2020
7min803
We are truly “in this together.”
Mitch PerryDecember 6, 2017
2min228
If you can’t beat ’em at the polls, perhaps you can take them down in the courtroom? That’s the philosophy of Pinellas County Tea Party activist Tom Rask, who is suing the Pinellas County Commission following last month’s vote to reauthorize the Penny for Pinellas sales tax. In a lawsuit filed Nov. 22, Rask claims […]
Phil AmmannNovember 7, 2017
5min571
One of the most contentious, and expensive, mayoral races in St. Petersburg history — christened the “battle of the Ricks” — is finally over. And, as expected, it was a close race; first-term incumbent Mayor Rick Kriseman narrowly defeated former two-term Mayor Rick Baker 51.55 to 48.45 percent. St. Pete voters cast ballots Tuesday to determine […]
Phil AmmannNovember 1, 2017
5min258
In early voting for Pinellas County and the St. Petersburg municipal elections, more than 104,000 people have now cast a ballot. As of Wednesday morning, Pinellas Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark posted new early vote and vote-by-mail numbers; of by-mail voting out of 265,039 mail ballots sent, about 39 percent – 103,936 – returned. Adding […]
Anne LindbergDecember 6, 2016
3min191
Pinellas residents can expect to hear a lot next year about the number of roads, fire stations, parks, buildings and other projects the county and cities have constructed during the past 30 years. Residents will also hear a lot about construction planned for Pinellas’ future. It’s all part of an education campaign that the county […]
Mitch PerryMarch 9, 2015
5min237
Florida lawmakers last year approved a plan to set aside $7 million in sales-tax revenue to help pay for building or renovating sports stadiums. Last month, though, the Joint Legislative Budget Commission punted on the decision on whether or not to fund the four stadium projects before them: EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Daytona International Speedway, Sun […]