Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 14, 2019
10min337
A loophole could allow ineligible candidates to run for offices they’re not allowed to hold.
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Janelle Irwin TaylorJune 14, 2019
Peter SchorschMay 24, 2019
60min478
Rise 'n' shine. Wake up to the best blurbs on politics and policy in Florida.
Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 20, 2019
4min501
Neither of her opponents have raised funds.
Janelle Irwin TaylorMay 14, 2019
5min756
Hirsch is running to stop what she calls “the ravages of gentrification."
Mitch PerryMarch 7, 2018
4min518
Akile Anai learned Monday she would be going to court March 27 on charges of disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence. Better known as Eritha “Akile” Cainion, Anai had recently run under the Uhuru banner for St. Petersburg City Council District 6 last summer. On December 20, 2017, the 21-year-old former candidate was arrested in front of her house […]
Peter SchorschAugust 30, 2017
18min227
Tuesday’s slate of elections in St. Petersburg certainly provided a list of winners and losers, and I’m not just talking about candidates. Here’s a list of the real winners and losers emerging from the city’s primary elections. Please let me know if I missed anyone. Winners Tom Alte and Megan Salisbury — Blue Ticket Consulting went two-for-two […]
Phil AmmannJuly 23, 2017
4min375
St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Jesse Nevel is organizing a “major public event” this week in response to racially charged statements made by fellow candidate Paul Congemi. During a recent mayoral debate, Congemi berated supporters of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement, telling them to “go back to Africa.” Nevel – the Uhuru-backed candidate – has […]
Mitch PerryMarch 28, 2017
6min281
John Johnson, a research administrator at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, is the latest candidate to file in the crowded St. Petersburg City Council District 6 contest. The 46-year-old native Ohio resident calls himself a policy wonk, not a politician. “My background is education, so I’m a strong believer in education, and what it can do at […]