Janelle Irwin - page 204

Students and faculty at USF St. Pete can now ride the bus for free. That’s thanks to a $13,000 partnership between the downtown university and the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority that allows employees and students to board buses for free just by showing their USF IDs. “That could save them up to $10,000 a year,” said PSTA CEO Brad Miller during a press conference Wednesday. That savings projection is based on using public transportation in lieu of owning and operating…

Keep Reading

A multi-media exhibit now open at the Florida Holocaust Museum formally kicks off today at 4 p.m. State Senator Jack Latvala and former Representative Ed Hooper will both be at an opening ceremony. The two helped secure funding in the legislature for the project. The exhibit outlines the story of a survivor’s brother who was lost during the Holocaust. It features both photographs and videos side-by-side. The setup is meant to give viewers different perspectives in a close enough proximity…

Keep Reading

Commissioner of Agriculture Adam Putnam is asking the House and Senate Appropriations Committees for more money to restore and protect Florida water. “Water is our state’s most important natural resource,” Commissioner Putnam said. “Not only is it one of Florida’s defining characteristics, but we need a healthy and abundant supply of water to grow and thrive as a state. Therefore, we must work to restore the health and conserve our supply of water – and we must do so with…

Keep Reading

What could possibly make last night’s Fangate more amusing than it already was? Watching it unfold in a classroom full of mixed-aged college freshman and sophomores whose reactions were almost completely unhindered. As the world’s most awkward intro to a major debate kerfuffled on live television in front of about 30 St. Petersburg College students there was a moment of questioning. Is this real? That was followed by a moment of bargaining. This can’t be real! And then there was…

Keep Reading

U.S. Representative Dennis Ross today released two broadcast advertisements for his re-election campaign in Congressional District 15. The ad will begin running on television and radio stations tomorrow. The 30-second T.V. spot opens with Ross sitting on the tailgate of a pickup truck with a pile of firewood in the bed and a white house with a large, well-manicured yard in the background. “As a lifelong Floridian who’s raised his own family here I understand the challenges we face,” Ross says…

Keep Reading

Congress woman Kathy Castor took a ride on a Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority bus this morning to find out what her constituents need in a bus system. During what she calls a transit town hall, Castor spoke with about a half-dozen regular bus riders about their commutes. The most common theme: buses don’t run frequently enough. As Castor boarded the number 4 bus at the University of South Florida St. Pete campus, she immediately sat down with a senior citizen…

Keep Reading

Tampa City Council member Mike Suarez will officially kick off his 2015 re-election campaign on October 28th during a fundraising event hosted by the Beck Group and several individual contributors at 220 West Seventh Avenue in Tampa near the newly opened Ulele Restaurant. The suggested donation for hosts is $1,000 and $500 for co-hosts. Individual attendees are asked to kick in $100. A host committee is still being formed and already includes former mayoral candidate and entrepreneur Ed Turanchik, governmental affairs…

Keep Reading