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Norm Roche files suit against Pinellas County — claims he’s been “blackballed” from being hired

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Norm Roche frequently disagreed with the other six members of the Pinellas County Commission during his one term in office that ended in 2014, but would any of them attempt to stop him from being hired by another part of the county government after he lost his bid for re-election last year? That’s the explosive charge that Roche is making in a lawsuit filed last week in the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court in Pinellas County. The 53-year-old Clearwater resident says he applied for 27…

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Oh no, what’s Neil Brickfield gonna do? Charter Review Commission kills County Mayor proposal

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From David DeCamp: The Charter Review Commission killed a proposal Monday night to ask voters to create a Pinellas County mayor this fall. Safety Harbor Mayor Andy Steingold, a panel member, and other mayors supported a push to replace the county administrator, who is now hired by the County Commission, with a county mayor elected by voters. But a 9-3 majority decided against the dramatic step. The charter panel has the power to put questions on the ballot.

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Oh no, what’s Neil Brickfield gonna do? Charter Review Commission kills County Mayor proposal

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From David DeCamp: The Charter Review Commission killed a proposal Monday night to ask voters to create a Pinellas County mayor this fall. Safety Harbor Mayor Andy Steingold, a panel member, and other mayors supported a push to replace the county administrator, who is now hired by the County Commission, with a county mayor elected by voters. But a 9-3 majority decided against the dramatic step. The charter panel has the power to put questions on the ballot.

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Neil Brickfield on the Billiris-WorkNet controversy

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An increasingly dangerous place to be is the space between political consultant, err, I mean, Pinellas’ next, first county mayor, err, I mean County Commissioner Neil Brickfield and any opportunity for him to offer a quote to the St. Petersburg Times’ David DeCamp. Check out this whopper from Brickfield on the flap about WorkNet Pinellas and the use of youths in a stimulus-funded program to collect petitions for a County Commission candidate: Brickfield, who sits on the WorkNet board and…

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Winners & Losers from Pinellas’ elections

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Today’s city commissioner is tomorrow’s state legislator. And today’s state legislator is tomorrow’s congressional candidate. Or so I’ve always thought and that’s why I always pay attention to the results of even the smallest town’s municipal elections. Yesterday’s slate of elections in Pinellas County certainly provided a list of winners and losers and I’m not just talking about the candidates. Here is my list of who won and who lost as a result of Pinellas’ municipal elections. Winners: The most…

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Winners and Losers from Pinellas’ elections

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Today’s city commissioner is tomorrow’s state legislator. And today’s state legislator is tomorrow’s congressional candidate. Or so I’ve always thought and that’s why I always pay attention to the results of even the smallest town’s municipal elections. Yesterday’s slate of elections in Pinellas County certainly provided a list of winners and losers and I’m not just talking about the candidates. Here is my list of who won and who lost as a result of Pinellas’ municipal elections. Winners: The most…

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Pinellas Commissioner Neil Brickfield confirms he is endorsing Marco Rubio

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Pinellas County Commissioner and GOP stalwart Neil Brickfield confirms he has endorsed former Speaker of the Florida House Marco Rubio for the U.S. Senate. Brickfield’s is the most prominent elected official from Charlie Crist’s home-county to have endorsed Rubio. Speaking by phone with Commissioner Brickfield, he insists he has been a long-time supporter of Speaker Rubio and that his decision did not come in the wake of Rubio’s impressive speech last night to the Pinellas County Republican Executive Committee.

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