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St. Pete Chamber makes voting a social activity

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The concept is simple: Get together with business associates for lunch. But, instead of heading back to the office after eating, head to the polls together. That’s the agenda for Thursday’s “Startup & Vote” event. The St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce has invited technical startup companies to come lunch in Williams Park — food trucks will be there for the event. When everyone has finished noshing and mingling, the group will walk the block or so to the Pinellas Supervisor…

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St. Pete creates training initiative aimed at young African-American males

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Last summer, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman launched a grassroots program designed to take back the city’s neighborhoods from violence. That program, Not My Son, was part of a larger city program, My Brother’s and Sister’s Keeper, that was designed to help bring opportunity to residents of South St. Petersburg. Now, the city has created a second program designed to provide educational, entrepreneurial, and enrichment opportunities for African-American boys and young men. Applications are being accepted now for the program, which…

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Sierra Club endorses Jennifer Webb

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The Florida Sierra Club has endorsed Jennifer Webb in her campaign for the State House District 69 seat. “We are confident Jennifer Webb will stand up against big oil and gas interests and take environmental positions which are aligned with her local constituents’ best interests,” Sierra Club spokesman Dave Harbeitner said. “She understands Florida’s natural environment is a precious asset and needs to be protected so it can remain one of the most important parts of our economy in the…

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Largo medical technology company adds 50 jobs

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MobilexUSA, a medical technology company that provides x-ray and laboratory services to nursing homes and other care centers, has added 50 jobs to its Largo location. The job expansion brings to 130 the number of employees at the site, 13773 Icot Blvd. in the Icot Business Center. The job expansion was brought about in part from a companywide consolidation of seven call centers down to three. TridentUSA Health Services, the parent company of Mobilex, decided to retain and expand the…

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Mike Mikurak mailer portrays Charlie Justice as arrogant spendthrift

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Mike Mikurak has stepped up his attack against Pinellas County Commissioner Charlie Justice in a campaign mailer that accuses Justice of raising taxes and wasting money. Mikurak, a Republican is seeking to unseat Justice, a Democrat, who is running for his second term in the District 3 seat on the County Commission. District 3 is voted countywide. The main thrust of the mailer is a $16.5 million judgment that hit the county in June. The ruling arose from a 2012…

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More than 300,000 Pinellas voters have requested mail ballots

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For the second time, requests for mail-in ballots have exceeded the 300,000 mark in Pinellas County, according to Deborah Clark, supervisor of elections. The 300,593 ballots requested as of 9 p.m. Friday does not set a record. The record of 308,842 was sent in 2012 during the last presidential election. But the number is close to half Pinellas’ 649,200 registered voters. “Pinellas County voters continue to embrace the convenience of mail ballots, with nearly 50 percent of our registered voters…

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David Jolly casts himself as beleaguered outsider in forum with Charlie Crist

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U.S. Rep. David Jolly and former Gov. Charlie Crist had two sharply different approaches to the audience at a candidates’ forum Thursday sponsored by the Gulfport Area Chamber of Commerce. Jolly, a Republican, pictured himself as a man abandoned by his political party and attacked by the other party when all he wants to do is create a “third way” of crossing the aisle and creating consensus between differing views. Jolly warned the audience that in the waning days of…

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