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Phil Ammann is a St. Petersburg-based journalist and blogger. With more than three decades of writing, editing and management experience, Phil produced material for both print and online, in addition to founding HRNewsDaily.com. His broad range includes covering news, local government and culture reviews for Patch.com, technical articles and profiles for BetterRVing Magazine and advice columns for a metaphysical website, among others. Phil has served as a contributor and production manager for SaintPetersBlog since 2013. He lives in St. Pete with his wife, visual artist Margaret Juul and can be reached at [email protected] and on Twitter @PhilAmmann.

Over 18K ballots returned so far for St. Pete’s Al Lang referendum

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Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark has posted the vote by mail numbers for the St. Petersburg Special Referendum election Tuesday, May 2. As of Monday morning, of the 66,840 mail ballots sent, just over 26 percent – 18,072 – have returned. The SOE website says there are 168,145 registered voters eligible to vote in this election: 46,658 Republicans, 77,825 Democrats and 43,662 No Party Affiliation/other. The City of St. Petersburg will not conduct early voting as provided in…

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‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ trailer drops with an ominous teaser

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Fans of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” received a foreboding message this weekend. “Jedi must end,” Luke Skywalker says darkly in the first teaser, which premiered Friday at the Star Wars Celebration in Orlando. Premiering Dec. 15, the movie follows Rey, played by Daisy Ridley, who had last tracked down Mark Hamill’s Skywalker, at the end of 2015’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens.” The two-minute trailer shows Rey handling a lightsaber to Luke, and a brief shot of Ray using the…

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Charlie Crist to be ‘carved up’ at Suncoast Tiger Bay After Hours April 20

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Suncoast Tiger Bay Club often likes to “carve up” politicians for lunch. Next week, they will have one for dinner, too. Congressman Charlie Crist is the special guest for the Club’s “Tiger Bay After Hours” event Thursday, April 20. The St. Petersburg Democrat will appear at a special evening meeting, which begins 6:30 p.m. at The Hangar Restaurant at the city’s waterfront Albert Whitted Airport downtown. There will be appetizers and a cash bar. Sponsorship opportunities are available. As seating…

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Models accuse Tampa strip club of using photos without permission, payment

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Six models are accusing Skin Tampa strip club of using photos in various online promotions without permission or payment. The women are Kimberly Cozzens of San Jose, California; Cielo Jean Gibson of Santa Monica, California; Irina Voronina of Los Angeles; Sara Underwood of Columbia County, Oregon; Kara Monaco of Orange County, California and Alison Waite Jordan of Los Angeles County, California. SKN Trading LLC, doing business as Skin Tampa, is at 1620 E. Adamo Drive, is owned by Maytham Zahedi.…

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Tampa health care tech firm starts cracking down on delinquent providers

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Tampa-based CareSync is cracking down on delinquent medical providers, asking a Hillsborough County court to help collect money owed from an orthopedic practice in default. CareSync is a fast-growing health care technology company headquartered at 14055 Riveredge Dr., Suite 600 in Tampa. According to the CareSync website, the company builds “easy-to-use technology, and combine it with exceptional services to help people better coordinate care.” Dr. Ricky Poole Lockett is medical director and owner of Orthopedic Injury Management in St. Petersburg.…

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Polk County civil rights activists sue USF over public records

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A Winter Garden civil-rights activist group is suing the University of South Florida over access to public records. Among the requests made by the Poor and Minority Justice Association Inc. (PMJA) to the USF board of trustees include University President Judy Genshaft‘s travel expenses, police use of derogatory words and others. According to its website, PMJA, is a nonprofit civil-rights group founded in 2012 to protect minority communities in Polk County from “profiling, harassment and abuse by police” and to…

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St. Pete preservation announces May Movies in the Park series

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Conservancy group St. Pete Preservation has unveiled its latest lineup in the annual Movies at the Park series. Movies in the Park is a free showing of film classics and live music set for each Thursday night in May at St. Petersburg’s North Straub Park on Beach Drive between Fourth and Fifth Avenues NE. The fun begins with music at 7 p.m., movies begin at dusk. Parking is available at the Museum of Fine Arts on Beach Drive, with participants…

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