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Studio@620’s Social Justice Pioneers Gala

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The series of anniversary fundraising celebrations culminates with the 620 Social Justice Pioneers Award Gala to be held at the Mickett/Stackhouse studios at 6:20 pm. The grand event will honor five social justice pioneers: Ray Arsenault, John Lewis, Susan Sarandon, John Hope Franklin, who sadly passed away recently, and a special surprise honoree!  The gala includes a dinner catered by Chef Tom Pritchard, Executive Chef of the Baystar Restaurant Group featuring Island Way Grill. Awards designed by glass artist…

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The Worst Election Ever

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Who would believe the fate of St. Petersburg could be changed by a car accident that occurred well beyond its city limits? On a brisk October evening, the Lord decided to call home Patrick Brett, the 20-year-old son of Terry and Kim. The high school student body president, homecoming king, and president of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, died well before his time in a car accident on his way home from a college football game. Because it was near…

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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

Scott Wagman and Charlie Justice’s cookie-cutter recipe for campaign website design

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The folks at Rearden-Killion must be real busy these days. How else to explain the cookie-cutter work they baked up for Charlie Justice’s new campaign website. It’s a complete rip-off of the website designed for Scott Wagman’s campaign. My design team and I took a look at both sites and found these notes the Rearden-Killion designers embedded in the code, revealing their step-by-step guide. Step 1: Layout the template. Step 2: Feature the candidates. Step 3: Utilize social networking. Step…

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This year’s crop of debutantes

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Some guys follow Fantasy Football, for others, there is Fantasy Debutantes. This year’s crop of Girls Yet to Go Wild: The 16 young women who will be presented in December: Donna Alexandra Cannova, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Frank Cannova, a business administration major at the University of Florida. Taylor Kathleen Chmielewski, daughter of Mark Chmielewski and Linda Jantschek, international studies and economics, Boston College. Lisa Nadine DeGroot, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Alan DeGroot, advertising and graphic…

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St. Petersburg Times changes its own ticket policy

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From John Fleming, Performing Arts critic for the St. Petersburg Times: Last weekend, for the first time as performing arts critic of the St. Petersburg Times, I took complimentary press tickets to productions that I planned to review, La Traviata at St. Petersburg Opera and Tuesdays With Morrie at American Stage. In the past, the newspaper always paid for the tickets. This is a big change for the Times, but one that was probably overdue, since most newspapers and other…

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Scott Wagman launches banner ads

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Looks like the Scott Wagman campaign is stepping up its online messaging efforts. I found this banner ad on local blog Recreating Tampa.

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A memo to Kendrick Meek

Kenneth Quinnell, the uber-smart new media director for the Kendrick Meek campaign, recently asked a few of us in the

Charlie Crist endorses Deveron Gibbons

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From Gibbons’ website: In a stunning development in the race for Mayor of St. Petersburg, Governor Charlie Crist today announced his full support for local business, education and civic leader Deveron Gibbons. “Deveron Gibbons is the story of a hometown kid who’s becoming a hometown champion for St. Pete,” Governor Crist said. “While many people outside St. Petersburg know Deveron as smart, determined, and experienced at every level of government, here in St. Pete, Deveron is known as someone who…

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