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Howard Troxler: On Jamie Bennett: Nice guy, but he has to grip the reins tight

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This was an unwise marriage, the too-easygoing City Council member running for mayor of St. Petersburg and the wild-card political consultant. Now it’s an ugly divorce. After James Bennett’s campaign got caught handing out tickets to the city’s suite at Tropicana Field for political purposes, Bennett and adviser Peter Schorsch parted ways, blaming each other. In turn, Schorsch went public over the weekend with a laundry list of dirty campaign tricks and violations that he says Bennett knew about. Bennett…

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Of course I think Jamie Bennett should quit

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I’ve been asked about 200 times what I think Jamie Bennett should do next. My answer is unquivocal: he should announce that he will stop running for Mayor of St. Petersburg. Put aside his actions or involvement in “Ticketgate,” although that is pretty hard to do. Bennett was fully aware that the tickets were being distributed to advance his political campaign. Him saying he had no knowledge of this or that is an insult to the voters of St. Petersburg.…

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Ticketgate: the political strategy behind the distribution of tickets

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The first time I saw the tickets to the city’s suite at Tropicana Field was on or about April 16, immediately after Jamie Bennett called St. Pete Beach Mayor Mike Finnerty to confirm a) that Finnerty was still endorsing Bennett and b) if Finnerty wanted four tickets to the city’s suite at a Rays game. That was the precedent set by Jamie Bennett in my presence. Tickets equals politics. And from those actions I took my direction on how and…

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Mr. Nice Guy is not that

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Mayoral hopeful Jamie Bennett intentionally tried to influence neighborhood presidents and community leaders with free baseball tickets to the city’s suite at Tropicana Field, said a campaign organizer fired Friday over the controversy. But campaign manager Peter Schorsch’s allegations don’t stop there. Schorsch said he and Bennett plotted and schemed to discredit other candidates and misled the public about their dirty campaign tactics, even going as far as to entice homeless people to crash rival Kathleen Ford’s news conference. “Mr.…

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St. Petersburg Democratic Black Caucus

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Join the St. Petersburg Democratic Black Caucus for its Annual Membership Meeting at 616 4th St. No. in St. Pete from 9A-11A. You are invited to become a part of the re-organization of the caucus, assist in setting the agenda for the future, and strategize on electing strong Democrats for the future. FMI/RSVP: 727-823-5566 or www.democraticblackcaucusfl.org.

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Bartlett Park needs your help!

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In order to help make their neighborhood a cleaner and safer place to live, residents of Bartlett Park, Keep Pinellas Beautiful, and the City of St. Petersburg’s Sanitation and Police Departments are sponsoring a neighborhood clean up in Bartlett Park on Saturday May 9th from 9:00am to 11:00am starting at St. Petersburg Neighborhood Housing Services (SPNHS) located at 1600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701. Please meet in the back parking lot of St. Petersburg…

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