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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.

Janet Long nearly tops $17,000 for re-election campaign

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Since filing to run for re-election in early May, Pinellas County Commissioner Janet Long has raised exactly $16,808 in campaign contributions. That’s according to the last three months of published campaign finance reports on the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections’ website. Long, a 70 year-old Democrat from Seminole, has received nearly 50 total checks so far, including five for $1,000 — the maximum allowable individual contribution amount. Those five top donations came from real estate developer Edward R. Sharp, land-use attorney Ed Armstrong,…

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Jim Frishe now over $20,000 raised for property appraiser bid

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So far, no other candidate for Pinellas County’s elected office has raised more money for their 2016 campaign than former state Rep. Jim Frishe. The 66 year-old Republican has raised approximately $20,065 since officially filing to run for the county’s Property Appraiser position back in April. That’s according to monthly campaign finance reports published by the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections. “I’m always humbled by the support of everyday folks around Pinellas County,” Frishe told SaintPetersBlog. Frishe received just under 60 checks in…

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Pinellas top lawyers, Bob Dillinger and Bernie McCabe, running for re-election in 2016 with eyes on mental health issues

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Pinellas’ top lawyers, Bob Dillinger and Bernie McCabe, want four more years. Dillinger, 65, has been the public defender for Pinellas and Pasco counties since ’96. McCabe, 67, has represented the same area — Florida’s Sixth Judicial Circuit — as the state attorney since ’92. They’ll be running for their sixth and seventh consecutive terms, respectively. Saint PetersBlog recently spoke with each candidate, and atop both of their future to-do lists, should they get re-elected, were mental health related issues. “I…

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Money from STAR Center sale may fund St. Pete small business incubator

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Pinellas County, with money from the upcoming sale of the Young-Rainey STAR Center, may be on its way to funding a new, local small business incubator. During a Tuesday work session, the Board of County Commissioners discussed adding an appropriations request to one of its 2016 fiscal year regular meeting agendas. The request would be for state, federal and county funding for a St. Pete-based small business incubator. According to Tonya Elmore, president and CEO of the Tampa Bay Innovation Center,…

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Pinellas County sheriff receives half million more for federal prisoner housing

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The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office has run into some unexpected funding for its federal prisoner housing — $542,080, appropriated from the U.S. Marshals Service. The money was added to the county’s fiscal year 2015 general fund budget on Aug. 4 by the Board of County Commissioners. Thanks to an amended service agreement with the USMS, which was made on Feb. 26 of this year, the PCSO now receives $88 per day, per federal prisoner housed. That’s an increase of $8 per…

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Pinellas County Commission endorses Dr. Ulyee Choe for Health Department director

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A Clearwater native, Dr. Ulyee Choe, is on his way to becoming Pinellas County’s next Health Department director. The Board of County Commissioners approved a letter of endorsement for Choe — addressed to the Florida Deputy Secretary for County Health — at their Aug. 4 regular meeting. Choe, a graduate of Dunedin High School, has a CV worthy of a glance-over: In 2001, he graduated with a BS in microbiology from the University of Florida. Four years later, he got…

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Pinellas adopts new, long-awaited Countywide Plan

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After five years of polishing, Pinellas County’s new Countywide Plan (CWP) has finally become a reality. The Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved the new CWP at their Aug. 4 regular meeting. The updated plan contains new strategies and rules, as well as a new map. Its creation was made possible by Florida’s “Special Act,” which, since being passed by the Legislature in 2012, provides for a onetime repeal and replacement of the county’s existing CWP. Guidelines for the Special act’s…

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