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Mayoral candidate Jamie Bennett is submitting more than 1,000 signed petitions to place his name on the upcoming ballot to run for Mayor. Bennett’s is the first campaign to collect and turn in the requisite number of signed petitions to qualify for the primary. “It wasn’t easy collecting so many petitions,” said Bennett, “but I [...]

How boring was Pinellas DEC Chair Ramsey McLaughlin’s speech to Tinger Bay this afternoon? Well, first of all, he answered none of the hot-button questions asked of him by his introductory speaker Jerri Evans. Instead he gave a rather academic speech on how to win an election. McLaughlin’s remarks were in stark contrast to previous [...]

Mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons had the wind knocked out of him yesterday when his supposed patron Governor Charlie Crist declined to re-appoint Gibbons to the Pinellas County Housing Authority, the bread and butter of Deveron’s political clout.This is one of those under-the-radar stories important to mostly insiders, but I can’t stress enough the magnitude of [...]

Long in the political wilderness, the 2008 presidential and congressional elections demonstrated a drastic return to power for the party of the left. But while Democrats bask in the glow of their successes in National elections, the party hasn’t been able to make much of a go of it in Florida and Pinellas County. Why [...]

Let’s start being honest about why the St. Petersburg Times seeks to downplay the signifcance of early, mail-in voting: if voters cast their ballots early, that will lessen the importance of the Times‘ coverage, especially its editorial recommendations. My point-by-point response to Diane Stenle’s editorial is in italics. Candidates might as well throw out the [...]

City Council candidate Steve Kornell is hosting a meet and greet for his friends, on Facebook and otherwise at the Kizmet Old School Cafe. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. For more info, hit Steve Lapinsiki (fresh off a nice win in Gulfport) up on his burner at 727-368-5032. On a side note, is anyone [...]

Around St. Petersburg’s City Hall, you can’t step over a homeless person without bumping into someone running for Mayor. With Larry Williams throwing his hat in the ring last week, there are currently nine people hoping to replace Rick Baker. Being a candidate for mayor is the only job sector in town that’s a growth [...]

It’s not hard for me to remember Ron Silver’s first day of work on The West Wing. It was a table read of the first episode of the fourth season, and Ron, who died March 15 at 62, had been cast in the role of Bruno Gianelli — campaign director for President Jed Bartlet’s re-election [...]