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Devon Crumpacker has 174 articles published.

Devon Crumpacker is a Tampa Bay based writer and reporter for Extensive Enterprises Media. He primarily covers Pinellas County politics for SaintPetersblog.com, but also makes time to write the occasional bar review for FloridaBarTab.com. He lives in St. Petersburg with his fiance, Sydney. To contact, e-mail [email protected], or visit his Twitter page @DevonCrumpacker.

County pops Portofino at Largo for improper asbestos removal

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Sloppy asbestos removal is costing the Portofino at Largo Condominium Association and its parent company, Waterstone Capital Portofino at Largo, LLC, nearly $43,000 in county fines. The EPA’s Criminal Investigation Division contacted Pinellas’ Air Quality Division in June of 2014 with a complaint about some renovations taking place at Portofino at Largo, also known as Portofino at Indian Rocks Beach. Inspections by the county’s Air Quality Division ensued, with two taking place in June, three in July, and one in…

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Pinellas County Administrator Mark Woodard receives favorable performance review

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In his first full year on the job, County Administrator Mark Woodard is doing very well. Pinellas County commissioners gave Woodard, who has been working for the county in some facet for close to three decades, an annual performance review score that falls between “meeting” and “exceeding” expectations for the job. In a numerical rating system in which a total of 400 points were available to Woodard — a scale that is in accordance with the Unified Personnel System for rating employee…

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Pinellas County officials looking for solutions to rising sea level

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Some of Pinellas’ show-runners have decided sea level rise is a subject worth exploring. County Commissioner Ken Welch, director of Pinellas County Economic Development Mike Meidel, Pinellas County Natural Resources division manager Kelli Hammer Levy, and Libby Carnahan, a UF/IFAS Florida Sea Grant Extension agent, will all be attending a sea level rise conference at St. Petersburg College in early October. “The goal of the conference is to come up with strategies for either mitigating the effects of sea level…

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Pinellas County adds to two infrastructure improvement funds

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A pair of improvement projects of Pinellas County’s Department of Engineering and Technical Support  — one for the Pinellas Trail and the other for stormwater pipe fixes — just got a nice financial boost. County commissioners, at their first regular meeting of September, approved a change order to a contract with Layne Inliner, LLC for stormwater pipeline repairs throughout unincorporated Pinellas. The adjustment adds an extra $468,000 to the county’s approved expenditure amount for the project, which now rings in…

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Pinellas County Commissioner Janet Long raises nearly $22k for 2016 re-election campaign

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Incumbent Janet Long has continued her bid for Pinellas County Commission re-election with another solid month of campaign fundraising. The 70-year-old Democrat and former Florida House state representative from Seminole has raised a total of $21,658 since formally jumping into the race for Commission’s District 1 seat back in May. Approximately $4,850 of that sum was donated during this past month. In total, 10 checks were contributed to the Long campaign in August. Six of those came from individual supporters, while…

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Jeff Brandes talks solar energy, bipartisanship, and the future of the Republican Party

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When state Sen. Jeff Brandes spoke with the St. Petersburg Republican Club, he made it clear that he was ready for a bigger role within the Legislature. “Can the Supreme Court justices hold you guys in contempt of court?” asked an individual in attendance, in regards to the Legislature’s continued failure to redraw congressional districts. “Not to my knowledge,” said Brandes, 39, who represents the Senate’s 22nd District, which includes western Hillsborough and southern Pinellas counties. “But if they did, I…

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Big-time Florida clemency attorney Reggie Garcia lectures at SPC downtown

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Being a felon in Florida — in America — means losing a few privileges, a few civil rights. In this state, you’ll no longer retain the right to vote, hold public office, sit on a jury (not that anyone ever really wants to do that), and possess a firearm, should you be convicted of any felony charge. People like Reggie Garcia, a soon-to-be 55-year-old clemency attorney originally from Tampa, realize that in some instances, it just takes being in the…

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