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Larry Williams’ campaign kick-off

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Now the Dick Morris event is free

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Who wouldn’t want to part with $75 to hear Dick Morris pontificate on the art of having your toes sucked? Evidently, not enough local Republicans, as the Pinellas GOP decided, rather than face a half-empty theatre, to give away tickets to Morris’ speaking engagement at The Palladium.

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NAACP: March in honor of Paris Whitehead

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From Ray Tampa, preisent of the St. Petersburg Branch of the NAACP: The St. Petersburg Branch of the NAACP announces a march in honor of Paris Whitehead, who was fatally shot and killed due to an unspeakable act of violence. Paricpants are asked to gather at the Bartlett Park Recreation Center (Frank H. Pierce Center), 2000 7th Street SOuth in St. Petersburg on April 25, 2009. The march will begin promptly at 10:00 a.m.

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Has Saturday Morning Market lost its home?

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A rumor circulated around the Saturday Morning Market that its organizers would have to find a new home next year as the parking lot at Al Lang Stadium would not be available. Speculation is that Mayor Rick Baker has a plan for the site but will not reveal it until June. However, if the Saturday Morning Market is in jeopardy, the 10,000 visitors the event attracts might want to know sooner rather than later what’s the deal.

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If Florida moves its capital to St. Pete…

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…does that mean Deveron Gibbons won’t have to leave town to raise money for his campaign?    

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Larry Williams launches campaign website

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…and it’s not half-bad. Well, most political websites are half-bad, but Larry’s website at larrywilliamsformayor.com is better than, say, Kathleen Ford’s. Anyone else starting to get the feeling that ol’ Larry may be the proverbial dark horse in this race? At first, I thought he would just hurt Jamie Bennett, but the more I think about it, I think he damages Bill Foster and Deveron Gibbons. His supporters are out-of-the-way Republicans that would more likely support Bill or Dev before…

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40 inspirational speeches in 2 minutes

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An old friend of mine from grade school, Darren Bishop, is now the president of our neighborhood association, which launched a blog. Found this clip there:

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