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10 things I think I think about today’s paper

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10 things I think I think about today’s St. Petersburg Times: 1. Perhaps the best written item in today’s edition is this letter-to-the-editor about Charlie Crist, an excerpt: His positive ratings are puzzling to me, and speak a lot about Floridians’ “good” sense, as I still don’t know what good he did during his short cameo impersonating a governor. But I do know what he did not do: govern. He abandoned the power into the hands of an ultra-right-wing House,…

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Courage on video: Steve Kornell responds at debate whether he’s gay: ‘Yes,’ he says. Receives standing ovation.

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(h/t to Steve Rothaus)

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SPT’s Bill Maxwell rumored to be retiring

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A source inside the SPT Editorial Board called me late last night and again this morning with the rumor that the venerable Bill Maxwell has accepted a buyout and will announce retirement on Friday. Developing…    

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Chuck Harmon at Tiger Bay

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Crime and Punishment – The City of St. Pete has plenty of the former these days, but what of the latter? Military-style assault weapons freely accessible by common criminals, open season on convenience store owners, young children in their homes losing their innocent lives, drug and prostitution deals happening openly on the streets. While every economic downturn in history has had its attendant spike in crimes associated with economic distress, many citizens of the City feel more unsafe than ever.…

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10 things I think I think about today’s paper

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Alright, so this is a new daily feature I am launching (my blogging needs a little discipline) called 10 things I think I think about today’s paper, the paper, in this case being the St. Petersburg Times. I have a love-hate relationship with the Times. I love the newspaper, but the newspaper hates me. Because the conventional wisdom is never get into a fight with those who buy ink by the barrel, I don’t want this to be viewed as…

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So grateful…

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Before I post another damn thing, I just have to say I am grateful for little things in life: like playing tennis at North Shore Park. That has to be one of the best places in the country to play tennis. I mean, it’s on the frekin’ waterfront. When I was in New York, I had pay beau coup bucks just for the right to play tennis INDOORS. Here I was today, playing exciting tennis — for free — against…

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Charlie Justice backs Wags, Dem dominoes to fall?

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Now that Charlie Justice has endorsed Scott Wagman, is the rest of the local Democratic Party ready to jump on “Wagon” (get it???). Ken Welch and Rick Kriseman have already agreed to endorse, but the Wagman campaign is reportedly holding back on announcing their endorsements, planning to roll out those endorsements in the coming weeks to project a sense of momentum. Meanwhile, Representative Janet Long, who has no close ties to Wagman or his campaign. is uninterested in endorsing.  

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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

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