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Charles Darwin for Mayor of St. Pete?

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Of course, this sign doesn’t have the proper disclaimer.

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Steve Corsetti, you have my apologies, but I have to endorse you — but first, another rant about Kathleen Ford

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In case any of you are wondering what political life would be like under a Kathleen Ford administration, this past week offered a glimpse of things to come. The debate over whether to vacate the sidewalk in front of BayWalk has nothing to do with Kathleen Ford. Not in the least. But an already fractious debate became more decisive the moment Ford announced she opposed the plan. Suddenly, lines were drawn and positions hardened. And this was an issue to…

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Kathleen Ford, Bill Foster set to spar at Tiger Bay

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Last month, the voters of St. Petersburg had a veritable cornucopia of candidates to select from to replace the term-limited Rick Baker. In the primary, candidates Bill Foster and Kathleen Ford won enough votes to proceed to the general election. While the primary election relationship of these two former city council colleagues was cordial, the final race to the finish has the candidates trying harder to distinguish themselves from one another. Foster, the top vote-getter in the primary, continues to…

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Video: Charlie Crist at Hillsborough GOP’s Reagan Dinner

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I haven’t heard Charlie deliver a stump speech in a while, but I can’t believe he’s still pushing the “Adam is my grandfather…” spiel. This is the same thing he said ten years ago when I worked on his first run for the U.S. Senate.

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Caption Contest: Mitch Perry, Windy March and Adam Smith

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Need a caption for this picture of Creative Loafing’s Mitch Perry, Tampa Tribune’s William March and the Times’ Adam Smith. And, no, you cannot submit “Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil.” Email your caption to [email protected]. Winner will receive a gift certificate to Bella Brava.

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Bill Foster’s blunders in the black community continue as campaign hires former Cappelli, Gibbons aide Nick Hansen to run black GOTV

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It is probably the shortest post ever written on the St. Petersburg Times’ Bay Buzz: “Bill Foster opens a campaign office in Midtown”. It’s located in the shopping center at 2261 34th Street S. This news comes on the heels of several miscues by Bill Foster’s campaign in its outreach to the African-American community, such as the recent incident in which Foster “hurt some people’s feeling when he turned down an offer last week to take a photo with Davis,…

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The Pier: Past, Present, and Future

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