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Janelle Irwin has 1517 articles published.

Janelle Irwin has been a professional journalist covering local news and politics in the Tampa Bay area since 2003. She also hosts a weekly political talk show on WMNF Community radio. Janelle formerly served as the sole staff reporter for WMNF News and previously covered news for Patch.com and various local neighborhood newsletters. Her work has been featured in the New York Daily News, Free Speech Radio News and Florida Public Radio and she's been interviewed by radio stations across the nation for her coverage of the 2012 Republican National Convention. Janelle is a diehard news junkie who isn't afraid to take on big names in local politics including Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn, the dirty business of trash and recycling in St. Pete and the ongoing Pier debacle. Her work as a reporter and radio host has earned her two WMNF awards including News Volunteer of the Year and Public Affairs Volunteer of the Year. Janelle is also the devoted mother to three brilliant and beautiful daughters who are a constant source of inspiration and occasional blogging fodder. To contact, email [email protected].

Local media coverage of Rays stadium saga shows desperation

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It may not be the biggest or most breaking news, but locally it’s the St. Pete City Council workshop talking about the Tampa Bay Rays and its current use agreement barring them from looking at stadium sites outside of St. Pete. The outcome of that meeting, though not binding, was telling of the city’s next steps. Council is deadlocked on moving forward with a brokered agreement between Mayor Rick Kriseman and the Rays to lift that ban and allow them to consider…

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Rays stadium agreement gains one ‘yes;’ still doesn’t have enough support to pass

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After nearly five hours of back and forth and sometimes in a circle debate, St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman has walked away from a City Council workshop with one more vote in favor of an agreement to let the Tampa Bay Rays look at stadium sites outside of St. Pete in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. Council member Amy Foster switched her no on the memorandum of understanding from a “no” to a “yes.” “I agree this is not enough money,”…

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The end for SaintPetersBlog

Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts — FloridaPolitics.com — I knew that one

Live blogging St. Pete City Council’s Rays drama one Wengay rant at a time

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St. Pete City Council’s workshop talking about the Rays, Tropicana Field, Wengay Newton’s bowtie and all things St. Pete baseball is about an hour and a half underway. We realized, those who aren’t watching are missing out on some serious drama. Well, folks, keep it tuned here for the blow-by-blow. First, here’s what you missed. Some architect students from USF SP showed off their nifty projects evaluating possible uses for the 85 acres of space currently occupied by the Trop…

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If your neighbor got a blue recycling bin and you didn’t, don’t worry, it’ll get there

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The City of St. Petersburg is in the process of delivering 90-gallon blue bins for curbside recycling. About half of St. Pete residents have already received the bins. The city established eight separate zones to determine both when bins would be delivered and when, once recycling actually begins, pickups will occur. Odd-numbered zones have already received them, while those in even-numbered zones have not. Areas already boasting visible signs of the long-awaited program include South St. Pete, downtown, Coquina Key, Old…

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Stadium deal no-voters on council are going to make enemies no matter what

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They’re damned if they do. They’re damned if they don’t. That’s likely how the majority of City Council feels about the impending conversation regarding the Rays, Tropicana Field and the future of baseball in Tampa Bay. As council convenes in its chambers for yet another workshop to discuss the longstanding stalemate between the baseball franchise and the city, five of them are again being criticized by the Tampa Bay Times. Cut a deal already, is the usual mantra of the…

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News from across the Bay: Trop money for poor neighborhoods, hurricane movie favorites

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Thursday morning news across the web on Tampa Bay-based newspapers and websites were a grab bag of random topics. From weird movie recommendations to watch in a storm to Tropicana Field funding projects in poor neighborhoods, the news is also all over the place. In case you missed it, here’s a rundown of what the other guys were boasting on the web Thursday morning. Tampa Bay Times The Times seems to be fairly on top of it. Their top web…

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Three Florida women make Forbes list of 50 wealthiest self-made women

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Three Florida women have made the Forbes inaugural list of the nation’s 50 richest self-made women. Neerja Sethi tops the list of Florida’s wealthy ladies. She’s tied at number 14 with a net worth of $1.1 billion. Sethi lives in the posh Fisher Island just outside of Miami. According to the 2010 census, Fisher Island had a population of fewer than 500 people and the highest per capita income in the nation. Sethi co-founded an IT consulting and outsourcing company…

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