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Phil AmmannMarch 13, 2018

Longtime Belleair Mayor Gary Katica has easily defeated his relatively unknown challenger, Spencer Connerat, Tuesday evening. Katica, 84, has served as mayor of the small Pinellas County community for a dozen years, any took a decisive 83 percent of the vote, according to the county supervisor of elections unofficial results. The mayor had refused to […]

Jeff RosenfieldJanuary 30, 2018

The Town of Belleair’s 2018 mayoral election is shaping up to be one of the most intriguing races in Pinellas County, as longtime incumbent Gary Katica continues to dismiss his relatively unknown challenger, Spencer Connerat, in the lead-up to Election Day March 13. Katica has been mayor of the small Pinellas County community for the […]

Jeff RosenfieldJanuary 22, 2018

Last week, incumbent Belleair Mayor Gary Katica spoke with Florida Politics about his opponent in the upcoming election, 49-year-old Spencer Connerat. The 84-year-old Katica, first elected in 2007 and ran unopposed in the last three elections, called out Connerat for his inexperience when it comes to town affairs as well as what he characterized as […]

Jeff RosenfieldJanuary 15, 2018

Longtime Belleair resident and Mayor Gary Katica isn’t one to mince words. In fact, the 84-year-old ex-police commissioner from New York recently admitted he is a “no B.S. guy.” So, it’s no surprise that when Katica, who moved to Belleair in 1984, was asked about having to run for a fourth consecutive term against relative […]

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