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Costs of ambulance rides, pet licenses could increase in Pinellas

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Fees for ambulance service and pet licenses could go up in the next fiscal year under a recommendation prepared by Pinellas County Administrator Mark Woodard. Woodard made his recommendations for changes in fees charged for county services during a workshop Tuesday. His recommendations would not become final until the 2016-17 budget is passed in September. If they pass, they will go into effect Oct. 1. Under Woodard’s proposal, the fee for ambulance services would see at least three changes. Emergency…

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Madeira Beach officials reject petitions, plan to go ahead with votes on proposed developments

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Acting on the advice of the city attorney, Madeira Beach City Clerk Aimee Servedio has rejected the majority of more than 1,000 signatures on a petition geared at stopping a proposed development.   The decision to reject the petitions means final votes on the proposals will likely go ahead at Tuesday’s commission meeting. “It was done wrong, and it’s not being accepted,” Madeira Beach Mayor Travis Palladeno said. The city sent a letter to members of Madeira Beach United, a…

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Pinellas County stands with Orlando, schedules blood drives

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Pinellas County officials sent condolences and love to the city of Orlando and all the families impacted by the worst mass murder in American history. Florida, they said, is one community and an attack on one city is an attack on each of us. “Pinellas joins with our friends throughout Florida in standing with the people of Orlando,” said Charlie Justice, chairman of the Pinellas County Commission. “We stand resolute on principles of equality, freedom, justice and love. We will…

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Carol Cook leads fundraising stakes race for Pinellas School Board District 5

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Incumbent School Board member Carol Cook is ahead in bringing in the money to finance her run to retain her seat. Cook raised $2,355 last month, bringing her campaign total to $9,030. Coming in second in the money stakes was Eliseo Santana, who has a total of $6,669. Santana is a retired communications maintenance supervisor who worked for the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office. Trailing the field is Mike Petruccelli, who serves on the Indian Shores Town Council. Petruccelli has a total…

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Matt Stewart retains his fundraising lead for the District 1 seat on the Pinellas School Board

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Matt Stewart, a deputy director for the Hillsborough Supervisor of Election, is holding onto his fundraising lead in the race for the Pinellas School Board’s District 1 seat. Stewart, who is also an adjunct at St. Petersburg College, raised about $3,310 in May, bringing his campaign total to $12,350. The other two candidates in the race, former St. Petersburg council member Bill Dudley and retired teacher Joanne Lentino, are in a horse race for second place. Lentino has nosed out…

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Janet Long takes overwhelming money lead in Pinellas Commission race

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Democratic incumbent Janet Long is the clear winner when it comes to raising money for the race for the District 1 at-large seat on the Pinellas Commission. Long reports she raised $8,700 last month, bringing her total to $74,018. First-time candidate Hughes, a Republican who entered the race just last month, brought in $120. Of that, $20 comes out of his own pocket. The remaining $100 is a donation from Clearwater council member Bob Cundiff. Hughes has said he campaigned for…

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Former healthcare CEO accuses CFO of secretly recording private conversations

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Akshay M. Desai, former CEO of the defunct Universal Health Care Group, has filed a lawsuit claiming the company’s former chief financial officer taped at least one of their private conversations and played it for others. Desai is seeking money damages for the alleged taping and an injunction to prevent Kassim Aly Mahmood from using the tape again. Mahmood could not be reached for comment and did not respond to an email asking for comment. Desai declined to be interviewed,…

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