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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.

Tampa Bay Rowdies 2016 home opener set for April 2

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The Tampa Bay Rowdies have released the club’s 2016 schedule, and it starts with an April 2 match at Al Lang Stadium against the Indy Eleven. The NASL’s league format will be the same as last year. The Spring Season, a single round robin, will be 10 matches long and played between April 2 and June 11. Then the Fall Season, a double round robin, will be 22 matches long and begin on July 2 with the final matches of…

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Charlie Justice continues march toward re-election

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It’s a Monday night — cold outside for Florida. The CFP National Championship game will be on soon. Alabama versus Clemson. Charlie Justice makes way around a second-floor conference room at the Belleair Country Club. Speaking to supporters, the Pinellas County commissioner waits until it’s time to step up to the lectern. He’s got Alabama. Justice says he didn’t like the way Dabo Swinney, Clemson’s head coach, handled an impromptu fake punt during a game a couple weeks earlier. The kid ended…

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Pinellas County Commission agrees to pitch in $350k for St. Pete-to-Tampa ferry pilot project

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Pinellas is in. Mayor Rick Kriseman secured a commitment from Pinellas County Commissioners on Tuesday — by a vote of 6-1 — to set aside $350,000 for a St. Pete-to-Tampa ferry pilot project. Pinellas County Commission is now the third local government to verbally commit money to the project, joining St. Petersburg City Council and Hillsborough County Commission, which have each also agreed to set aside $350,000 for the cause. Kriseman hopes to soon get the same dollar-amount commitment from Tampa as…

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PSTA offers more free rides for students

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The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority is now offering free rides to all Pinellas Technical College students and staff members. Any PTC student or staff member will now be permitted to ride PSTA buses for free by showing their school ID. According to PSTA, roughly 3,000 PTC students attend classes in St. Petersburg and Clearwater. Sarah Crofoot is one of them. After a truck she was riding in got sideswiped by a speeding car, Crofoot had to be airlifted to the…

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Pinellas Commission will see 2016 Legislative Session through before discussing marijuana civil citations

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Pinellas County Commission’s work session on civil citations for marijuana possession is expected to take place sometime after the 2016 Legislative Session. That’s according to a letter from Commission Chair Charlie Justice to Pinellas’ Clerk of the Circuit Court, Ken Burke. “The ultimate policy decision will be made by the County Commission after evaluating any statutory changes made by the Florida Legislature during their early Session,” wrote Justice. The letter was in response to Burke’s letter to Public Defender Bob Dillinger,…

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Rowdies add MLS midfielder Michael Nanchoff to 2016 roster

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The Tampa Bay Rowdies’ offseason acquisition action isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. Friday the club signed former MLS midfielder Michael Nanchoff. Like much of the Rowdies offseason acquisitions and re-signings, Nanchoff will be on a one-year contract with the team. He does have a club option for 2017 though. As always, per club and league policy, further contract details weren’t disclosed. Nanchoff, 27, is hopping onto the Rowdies squad after spending the past two seasons with the Portland Timbers…

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Pinellas task force wants pre-arrest diversion program for minor marijuana possession, not civil citation ordinance

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Pinellas might not be developing any civil citation programs for minor marijuana possession, but could instead lean towards a pre-arrest diversion program for the offense and others like it. A task force assembled by Clerk of the Court Ken Burke met January 7 to develop a rough outline for the program, which is being based, in part, on Pinellas County’s juvenile diversion program, in which some minors are dealt with through peer review, sanctions, counseling and community service, while also being…

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