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Janelle Irwin TaylorJanuary 14, 2019

St. Petersburg City Council member Lisa Wheeler-Bowman filed for re-election to her District 7 seat, she announced Monday. Wheeler-Bowman served as City Council chair last year and vice-chair the year before. She also serves on the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority’s Board of Directors and was the vice chair of the city’s Housing, Land Use and […]

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 […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 2, 2018

The two longest-serving members of the St. Petersburg City Council, Jim Kennedy and Karl Nurse, appeared on the dais for the last time Tuesday, giving the reins of power to newcomers Brandi Gabbard and Gina Driscoll, who are taking their spots for Districts 2 and 6, respectively. While a member of the St. Pete board can only […]

Mitch PerrySeptember 25, 2015

The saga of where the Tampa Bay Rays search for a new home is going on eight years now. It was in November of 2007 that the Major League Baseball franchise held a news conference at the site of Al Lang Field to talk about building a 34,000 seat facility on the waterfront. As we […]

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Lisa Wheeler-Bowman files for re-election to St. Pete City Council

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

Karl Nurse, Jim Kennedy say goodbye to St. Pete City Council

Mitch Perry Report for 9.25.15 – At least 1 MLB team wants to play in St. Pete (in the spring)