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Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 11, 2015

It was all about the incumbents Tuesday during a quiet municipal election in eight Pinellas cities. Voters hit the ballot boxes in beach communities, a couple of north county cities, and Kenneth City. The most hotly contested races came out of Kenneth City where a bunch of flamingos made waves. The flock of flamingos popped […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorFebruary 26, 2015

Florida Department of Transportation officials will be on hand 5 to 7 Thursday evening to answer questions and present the Gateway Expressway project to residents. The meeting will be at the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority’s administration building located at 3201 Scherer Drive, St. Petersburg. The location is appropriate considering it’s just about ground zero for […]

Guest AuthorOctober 9, 2014

Florida’s geology, topography and watercourses are like no other state, dominated by vast floodplains along the coast and myriad wetlands, rivers, streams and lakes inland. Virtually all of these features are connected underground by our precious aquifer system through sandy soils and porous limestone. Because Florida’s elevation is only slightly above sea level and relatively […]

Shannon NickinsonOctober 8, 2014

I think I had my last chance to be in a wedding party. Thanks heavens I’m going out on a high note. I went through a period for a couple of years where it seemed like everyone I knew was getting matched or hatched. It was gift registries and strappy shoes for months at a […]

Guest AuthorSeptember 30, 2014

A new AARP poll shows what nearly everyone who lives in Florida has known for some time. There are three basic economic engines in Florida: tourism, agriculture and retirees. Sure, under the umbrella of retirees you can include home building and health care, but if retirees don’t come, the jobs associated with those industries will […]

Guest AuthorMarch 25, 2014

The recent congressional special election in the Tampa Bay area was a painful process to watch. Two decent major party candidates, sincere in their desire to serve the people, displayed their wares, offering different philosophies and different political positions on the issues of the day. Each identified with a political party that has differing plans […]

Tag: Pinellas County

Incumbents rule the day in 8 Pinellas municipal races

FDOT officials bring expressway plans to Pinellas

Tom Feeney: Proposed EPA water rules are too costly for Fla. governments

Shannon Nickinson: Bondi doesn’t realize the ‘majority’ accept same-sex marriage

Jamie Miller: Florida needs to attract more retirees to help the economy thrive

John Grant: Get ready for the fall elections and a flood of PAC-paid attack ads