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Something remarkable happened last night at the Bethel Community Baptist Church on 54 Avenue South in St. Petersburg.  There was a Mayoral debate, sponsored in part by The Power Brokerand Grapevine magazine, followed by a straw poll of 116 people.  Rick Kriseman utterly and decisively destroyed the competition with 64.7%.  Incumbent Mayor Bill Foster — a white man whotold the world last time around that he wanted to be “the first black mayor” of St. Petersburg — came in at an anemic 16.4%.  He should worry.  A lot. Kathleen…

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The following is cross-posted with permission of Ben Kirby, who has a new blog up here. There’s going to be some bad news. Something bad happened at your organization.  Something went wrong, someone screwed up.  Maybe a staffer.  Maybe you.  Maybe it was in control of the Board or the executives or the leadership team — maybe not. As a leader of a community organization, you have a question to ask yourself: When do I get the whole story out about…

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