They’re loud. They’re rude. They’re black (mostly). Their ideas are preposterous. Their ideas are outright socialism. Their ideas are non-starters with 98 percent (at least) of St. Petersburg residents. They are, of course, the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement, or as everyone not a part of their organization calls them, the Uhurus. They’re the most hated people in St. Petersburg.
Candidates for Mayor and St. Petersburg City Council faced a July 15 deadline for filing reports showing finance activity from June 24 through July 7. Inside these finance reports are some interesting tidbits of information. Here are a few data points which stood out.
Florida politicos, we want to hear from you! With about nine weeks until lawmakers and influencers head back to Tallahassee for committee meetings and are bogged down with committee reports, staff analyses, and budget recommendations, we want to hear what you’re reading for pleasure this summer. Into nonfiction, historical fiction, thrillers? Tell us what’s in your beach bag, briefcase or on your night stand. Send an email to [email protected] with what you’re reading by 5 p.m., July 19 to be…
Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics.
As we suspected the moment we read about the Tampa Bay Times refinancing plan, Jeff Vinik has been revealed to be one of four ‘secret lenders’ to the newspaper company.
Talk about being “busted.” A Tallahassee attorney who fronted “large sums of money” to a professional poker player is suing after the player lost over $22,000 of that bankroll in unauthorized side gambling, according to a lawsuit filed this week.
Sunburn – The morning read of what’s hot in Florida politics. By Peter Schorsch, Phil Ammann, Jenna Buzzacco-Foerster, Mitch Perry and Jim Rosica. La Fête Nationale. Joyeux Quatorze Juillet. More than 50 cities in the United States will celebrate France’s national holiday, Bastille Day. But there’s no such thing as Bastille Day in France. Why not? Because in France, July 14th is simply known as la fête du 14-juillet (the July 14th holiday) or more officially, la fête nationale (the…