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Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 9, 2019

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Scott Orsini is launching a bid for St. Pete City Council, the first to file for the seat currently held by Council Chair Charlie Gerdes. “I’m running for City Council because I want to serve my community and make St. Pete an even better city,” the St. Petersburg lawyer said in an announcement Wednesday. Gerdes is term-limited […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorDecember 10, 2018

The St. Petersburg City Council will consider a conditional ban on plastic straws and single-use plastic foam containers. The council will take up the proposed ban at its meeting Thursday. The ordinance would regulate straws in all food establishments citywide and ban polystyrene to-go containers in establishments on city-owned property or rights of way. The […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 18, 2018

St. Petersburg City Council agreed to remove an onerous requirement that consultants working on the city’s sewage problems send all reports to council at the same time they share them with staff members. The vote came during a Committee of the Whole meeting Thursday ahead of City Council’s regular board meeting. Consultants complained the requirement […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 18, 2018

Four Historic Old Northeast homeowners are suing their neighbor and the city of St. Petersburg over plans to demolish a historic home in the neighborhood and rebuild a modern home on the property. William and Catherine Cobb and David and Elizabeth Skidmore live on the 700 block of 18th Avenue Northeast want to overturn city […]

Staff ReportsOctober 11, 2018

Former St. Petersburg City Council member Lorraine Margeson is suing her husband, Don Margeson for divorce, according to documents filed in Pinellas County court. Margeson unsuccessfully ran for St. Pete City Council in 2013 against Jim Kennedy who won his second and final term on the board. That seat is now held by realtor Brandi […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorOctober 1, 2018

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Longtime St. Petersburg community activist Theresa “Momma Tee” Lassiter died Sunday night, according to Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch. Welch and his wife, Donna Welch, were planning a celebration of her life and community activism this Friday but canceled the event after her passing. Lassiter had been suffering from cancer for a while, Welch said, […]

Janelle Irwin TaylorSeptember 21, 2018

Update: The St. Petersburg City Council canceled this item and did not hear the appellant’s case during it’s Sept. 20 meeting. A more than four-year battle over the historic downtown St. Petersburg YMCA will continue Thursday during a City Council meeting. Thomas Nestor, a local music promoter who tried unsuccessfully to purchase the building for […]

Peter SchorschApril 4, 2018

St. Petersburg City Council Chair Lisa Wheeler-Bowman faced more than a dozen state election code violations, according to an order of probable cause filed in December by the Florida Elections Commission. Wheeler-Bowman, who defeated Will Newton for the District 7 seat in 2015, is in her first year as chair after serving as vice chair […]

Phil AmmannNovember 7, 2017

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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 AmmannJanuary 25, 2017

Barclay Harless is starting 2017 with a bang. The 31-year-old St. Petersburg banking executive, after launching a bid for City Council District 2 Monday, announced his first fundraiser for next week. The event is Tuesday, Jan. 31 and begins 5:30 p.m. at Ricky P’s, 11002 4th St. N in St. Petersburg. Harless is seeking the […]

Tag: St. Pete City Council

Game on: Scott Orsini files first for Charlie Gerdes St. Pete Council seat

St. Petersburg considering ban on plastic foam containers, plastic straws

St. Pete City Council gives preliminary OK to scale back sewage reports

Old Northeast residents sue neighbor over plans to raze a historic home

Former St. Pete City Council candidate Lorraine Margeson files for divorce

Community activist ‘Momma Tee’ Lassiter dies at 62

The battle over St. Pete’s historic YMCA is still raging

St. Pete City Council chair was charged with 15 state election code violations

‘Battle of Ricks’ ends; Rick Kriseman narrowly re-elected as St. Pete mayor

Barclay Harless to kickoff St. Pete City Council bid with Jan. 31 fundraiser