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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].

St. Pete plans to make the sun rise in downtown during the dead of night

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The St. Pete marketing team will create a simulated sunrise at night throughout this weekend beginning Friday night at sunset. As a launch for its “You are my sunshine” marketing effort, a simulated sun will rise up the Priatek Tower at the corner of Central Avenue and Third Street. The simulation will use 100,000 lumens and span 15,000 square feet. The “sunrise” will be powered by the people as residents take to Twitter and Facebook to share positive messages and…

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Pier demolition reveals gloomy construction guts

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So, we all knew it was coming. The city told us it would take six weeks for the St. Pete Pier to be erased from the downtown skyline. We’re now winding up week three of demolition of the actual structure and yet, somehow, it’s still shocking. Images of the Pier, what remains of it anyway, Friday afternoon are shocking. It’s not even “wow” shocking, it’s “holy sh*t” shocking. The entire southwest corner of the Pier is gone. The northwest corner…

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Karl Nurse, Darden Rice reiterate support for Lisa Wheeler-Brown

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Lisa Wheeler-Brown supporters are sticking by her side despite a barrage of controversy surrounding recent changes to campaign finance records. Supporters of Wheeler-Brown’s campaign are calling the allegations petty and point to a riff between current campaign consultants and one who previously worked on her campaign. While campaign supporters and volunteers have rallied behind their candidate on social media responses to a questionable expenditure for dental work, misreporting on that expense and late-filed amendments showing in-kind contributions previously unreported, there…

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Here’s where to get in free this weekend at select Tampa Bay museums

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Free museum this year is Saturday in downtown St. Pete and various other spots around Tampa Bay. (the best are in St. Pete because it’s more awesome.) Residents have the opportunity to peruse 20 museums for free or reduced admission as part of the Smithsonian Museum Day Live and St. Pete’s Arts Alive. Free and discounted entry to the museums runs from 10 a.m until 3 p.m. Each year the event packs participating museums. The city recommends parking in a…

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Florida Aquarium earns Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay for best environmental group

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Pinellas County is home to some of the most avid environmental groups in the Tampa Bay area. The Sierra Club has its regional office in St. Pete. Tampa Bay Watch is posted just outside of Fort DeSoto and activists pushing for conservation-related causes are aplenty. But it was a Tampa group that nabbed Creative Loafing’s nod for best environmental group in the 2015 Best of the Bay series. The Florida Aquarium, located in downtown Tampa’s Channelside district, earned that honor,…

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Eckerd College joins growing group of private colleges to offer pre-paid tuition

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Eckerd College is joining a group of 280 private colleges and universities nationwide in the Private College 529 Plan. The plan offers families a way to pay for college for their kids at today’s rates even if their child isn’t going off to college for quite some time. The plan is geared not only to avoid rising tuition, but also to avoid stock market volatility in safe savings plans. “This is a great deal for families seeking to guarantee a…

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St. Pete rocks it in Creative Loafing’s 2015 Best of the Bay

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St. Pete fared pretty well in Creative Loafing’s Best of the Bay. In perhaps her biggest honor, the Sunshine City was tapped by “reader’s choice” for the best city, beating out Tampa. “Just learned we won Best City (of course!). Best city, best people. Thank you, St. Pete,” Mayor Rick Kriseman wrote on his Facebook page. But it was St. Pete’s eclectic food and booze scene that really stood out. Though Tampa is well on its way with incredible spots…

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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

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