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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 Police Chief Anthony Holloway bests Mayor Rick Kriseman for St. Pete Chamber’s Most Valuable ‘Burger

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St. Pete Police Chief Anthony Holloway walked away with the St. Pete Chamber of Commerce’s top honor in its annual Good ‘Burger awards. Holloway beat out St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman, Bill Edwards and a handful of other business professionals in the city for the Chamber’s MVB, or Most Valuable ‘Burger, award. Others nominated for that honor include Studio@620’s Bob Devin Jones, Eckerd College President Donald Eastman, Chief’s Creole Café owner Elihu Brayboy, Working Women of Tampa Bay’s Jessica Rivelli,…

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Defeated St. Pete City Council candidate Sheila Scott-Griffin gives nod to Will Newton

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Former St. Pete City Council candidate Sheila Scott-Griffin has endorsed Will Newton for the District 7 seat she lost during last month’s Primary Election. Scott-Griffin finished third in a five-way race for the seat. Newton and Lisa Wheeler-Brown grabbed the most votes and will face each other in the November 3 general election. “My platform was on issues of education, economics and families as critical concerns for the citizens of District 7. I want to congratulate and acknowledge “Will” Newton’s…

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City Council takes first step in hiking utility bills

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St. Pete City Council approved on first reading an increase in utility fees. The city’s utility department is asking for a $2.85 overall increase spread across potable water, wastewater and reclaimed water fees. That would be a 2.71 percent hike from fees in fiscal year 2015. Two council members, Darden Rice and Will Newton, voted against the increase. And their no votes could gain traction between now and the second reading. Rice called in to question whether the department deserved more money,…

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St. Pete City Council moves $20 million Pier Uplands plan to final vote

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St. Pete City Council members, acting as the city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, unanimously approved a $20 million plan to develop the Pier uplands in coordination with the Pier Park project. The plan is part of the newly approved Downtown Waterfront Master Plan. The proposed $20 million from an unexpected excess of revenue in the Intown Redevelopment Area would fund a grand entry way to the Pier, two restaurant shells on the uplands, an arts promenade, event space for a market…

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Pier Park is coming — meet its creators

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Now that the St. Petersburg Pier is officially being toppled – cranes and heavy machinery eat away at the inverted pyramid a little more each day – it’s about time to start looking a little further into the team working to replace it. The groups involved include New York-based Rogers Partners Architects, the Tampa-based architectural firm ASD, Ken Smith Landscape Architecture and St. Pete’s Booth’s Design Group. The team was assembled by ASD to include a combination of big-name, nationally…

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Former City Council member wants current board to reconsider 1:30 a.m. historic designation vote

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Former St. Pete City Council member Jeff Danner wants the current board to re-visit changes to the local historic designation ordinance. During a meeting Thursday, Danner argued council members hurried a decision because they had been in meetings for more than 15 hours. Last month, St. Pete City Council members were tasked with deciding whether or not to lower the threshold required for neighborhoods to kick off a historic designation process. The issue had been brewing for years with local…

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Pier Park critics’ points are a stretch at best

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Don’t be fooled by misinformation being shared by Pier Park critics. Over the past several hours, numerous posts have appeared on the Vote on the Pier Facebook page that contain incorrect, misleading or overly dramatized postulations. A post Wednesday night asks, “who is the lead on the Pier Park design?” The post points out that ASD, the local architecture firm working on the project, is a “progressive interior design” firm and the larger firm, Rogers Partners, is not local. That’s mostly…

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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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