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Failed mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons calls Marco Rubio’s speakership ‘a failure’

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From the Buzz: We just caught up with Republican former St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons awaiting the president’s arrival at the University of Tampa. Charlie Crist was a big Gibbons supporter, and Gibbons — along with Republican St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster — dismissed the idea that Crist could face more backlash for appearing with Obama at MacDill Air Force Base today. Gibbons also dismissed the notion that Marco Rubio will remain a serious threat to Crist. “Marco was…

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I guess Kathleen Ford was right about one thing: St. Petersburg Council advised not to meet with baseball coalition

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The St. Petersburg City Council was advised this week not to meet with a coalition of businessmen and community leaders who are recommending that the Tampa Bay Rays need a new baseball stadium. Any discussions about a new stadium “should be between the Rays and the City,” City attorney John Wolfe and senior administrator Rick Mussett wrote Tuesday in a memo to the City Council. “No third party should be interfering” with the lease agreement on Tropicana Field, “and the…

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Pinellas, burned over recycling

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From Darden Rice: I’m fired up over the embarrassing excuses for the lack of curbside recycling here in Pinellas County. What many thought was a done deal to create a countywide curbside recycling program now appears to be in big trouble. Sign our petition: we want a countywide curbside recycling program. We’ll hand deliver your petitions directly to the county commission. How far are we off track? Some county commissioners are openly asking if the funds for recycling should be…

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Barack Obama, Joe Biden to visit Tampa/St. Pete day after State of the Union speech

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President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will visit the Tampa Bay area Thursday, Jan. 28, the day after his first State of the Union address, the White House has announced. Update – Monday, 2:33 p.m.: The town hall President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden will hold in Tampa on Thursday is open to the public. But act quick, if you want to go. Tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis on Wednesday from 12 p.m.…

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Meet Marco Rubio tonight

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He’s the insurgent candidate for the U.S. Senate who just won a straw ballot on Charlie Crist’s home turf. He’s the fresh face of a resurgent conservative movement pictured earlier this month on the cover of the New York Times magazine. He’s the rock-star politician you keep reading about in the newspaper. Well, now opportunity to size up Marco Rubio in person. On Wednesday night, my good friends Cliff Gephart and Tom DeMint are hosting a Meet & Greet for…

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Rep. Darryl Rouson files HB 787: The Child Abduction Prevention Act

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According to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, 350,000 child abductions by a member of the child’s family occur each year. Thousands more go unreported. House Bill 787, filed this week by Representative Darryl Rouson (D-St. Petersburg), addresses the complex and tragic issue of family child abduction. Representative Rouson is deeply committed to addressing the welfare of some of our most vulnerable members of society, its children. “I am horrified that child abductions by family members are occurring…

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Why Janet Cruz won in H-58

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First of all, to the anonymous bloggers who attempted to discredit the good name of one of Tampa’s finest families, you should be ashamed of yourselves. I know a little something about effective, anonymous, negative blogging, and you sir, are no Jack Kennedy. In fact, the anti-Cruz blog Politics in Tampa is a perfect example of how not to use blogging in a political campaign. For starters, the site lacked credibility and original thought. Regurgitating gossip and innuendo is not…

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