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Mitch PerryNovember 2, 2017

It’s no secret that the Florida Legislature has been pushing policies in recent years that would take away local control from municipal governments. While most of the criticism has come from big-city Democratic mayors like Bob Buckhorn and Rick Kriseman, Republicans like Kathleen Peters have also bashed Tallahassee’s so-called “assault” on home rule when announcing […]

Mitch PerryNovember 1, 2017

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A final report by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission made public last week recommended 89 felonies and 103 first degree misdemeanors against the city of St. Petersburg based on a series of environmental violations relating to sewage dumps from 2015-2016. That bit of information leads a new attack ad by Seamless Florida, the […]

Phil AmmannNovember 1, 2017

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 […]

Mitch PerryOctober 31, 2017

Rick Kriseman‘s campaign received another high-profile boost as Martin O’Malley made a trip to campaign headquarters early Monday evening. A visit by the former Maryland Governor and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate was yet another indication of how serious the Democratic National Committee and Florida Democratic Party are in seeing Kriseman get re-elected as St. Petersburg mayor next week. O’Malley […]

Mitch PerryOctober 27, 2017

Julian Castro came to St. Petersburg Friday, where he took a tour of the flagship offices of the Pinellas Ex-offender Re-entry Coalition (PERC). During his visit, the former Housing and Urban Development Secretary praised the work of St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman in helping give ex-felons opportunities for a second chance, as well as (politely) take issue […]

Mitch PerryOctober 27, 2017

Pinellas/Pasco County State Attorney Bernie McCabe will not be filing criminal charges associated with the sewage dumps that occurred in St. Petersburg in 2015 and 2016, The Tampa Bay Times reports. His comments come less than a day after the Tampa Bay Business Journal reported that McCabe was looking into possible charges against individuals based on the […]

Mitch PerryOctober 27, 2017

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With just 11 days left in the St. Petersburg mayoral contest, the Florida Democratic Party is airing a new ad bashing Rick Baker. The 30-second ad begins with footage of an angry Baker speaking after receiving Aug. 29 primary results. His face then morphs into Donald Trump‘s visage, while the narrator criticizes him for failing […]

Phil AmmannOctober 27, 2017

Rick Baker is not quite finished with Kevin King. In a new radio ad released Friday morning, the former two-term mayor is once again blasting incumbent St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman for a “lack of judgment” in hiring King as his longtime chief of staff. Throughout the week, Baker’s campaign continually hammered his opponent on […]

Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2017

The news hasn’t been great lately for Rick Kriseman, but at least Joe Biden has his back. The former vice president has recorded a robocall in support of the Democratic incumbent and come out with a formal endorsement in the St. Petersburg mayoral contest, twelve days before voters go to the polls (though plenty already are […]

Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2017

For the third consecutive day, Rick Baker‘s campaign is working to keep Rick Kriseman chief of staff Kevin King in the news cycle. This time, they are seizing on a Tampa Bay Times editorial published Thursday calling on Kriseman to unseal court records regarding King’s arrest sixteen years ago. In 2001, as a 22-year-old Pinellas County substitute schoolteacher, […]

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Ponce Inlet released photos after internal investigation.

Rick Baker won’t protect St. Pete from Tallahassee attack on home rule, Florida Democrats say

Latest Rick Baker attack ad pops Rick Kriseman over sewage report

Over 104K votes now cast ahead of Pinellas County, St. Pete elections

Martin O’Malley hits the phones for Rick Kriseman in St. Pete

Julian Castro visits St. Pete, praises Southside CRA program

Bernie McCabe opts not to pursue criminal charges in sewage case

New FDP ad morphs ‘Changed Man’ Rick Baker into Donald Trump

Rick Baker not yet finished with Kevin King, ad blasts Rick Kriseman ‘tolerance’

‘Bidenator’ on the line: Joe Biden cuts robocall for Rick Kriseman

Rick Baker campaign again calls to release Kevin King court records