Tag: Rick Baker

Mitch PerryOctober 26, 2017
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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, […]

Mitch PerryOctober 25, 2017
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After a nearly two-year search, Hillsborough County officials apparently settled on a location they would like Tampa Bay Rays to entertain a possible relocation. Maybe. As the Tampa Bay Times reports, Hillsborough Commissioner Ken Hagan identified a 14-acre site in the southern part of historic Ybor City, with the northern edge starting three blocks south of 7th […]

Mitch PerryOctober 25, 2017
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A day after Rick Baker‘s political committee aired a new ad criticizing Rick Kriseman‘s character and judgment for hiring Kevin King as his chief of staff, the mayor weighed in, calling it “sad” that his opponent is choosing to focus on his top aide. “It’s always sad when you see ads that are personal,” Kriseman […]

Phil AmmannOctober 20, 2017
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Any remaining doubts that national partisan politics are playing a big role in the St. Petersburg mayoral race have been answered. On Friday, the Florida Democratic Party debuted “Sunshine Vision,” a new ad highlighting the progress made by incumbent Mayor Rick Kriseman and his “bold leadership” for St. Petersburg. Kriseman faces former two-term Mayor Rick […]


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