From Nick Hansen: “We will be walking door-to-door this Saturday, March 21st, and you are invited to join us. We will be focusing on voters in Precinct #231. We can always use help, so please contact Nick Hansen for more details.”
The ever-growing field of St. Petersburg mayoral candidates gathered today at The St. Petersburg Times’ offices for a series of interviews and a group photo shot of all those who have filed to run. Everyone except Deveron Gibbons, who had a board meeting at St. Petersburg College. Bill Foster jokingly suggested that the Times superimpose Gibbons into the photo. To which, Scott Wagman, who was already noticeably uncomfortable, offerred that Gibbons was in “someone else’s pocket.” This is yet another…
From the St. Petersburg Times‘ archives, the story of how the newest entrant into the mayoral race, who still has a billboard up from a previous race, didn’t pay his consultant and was sued accordingly: Former St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Larry Williams and a campaign consultant say they have settled a lawsuit that accused Williams of failing to pay $14,821.40 he owed. The Mallard Group filed the lawsuit in October, saying it repeatedly tried to collect from Williams. Terms of…
Rip Van Williams has awoken from his eight-year slumber and just filed his paperwork to run for mayor of St. Petersburg. That makes six legitimate candidates, and a handful of ne’er do wells, hoping to replace Rick Baker.
It’s been eight years since he was last seen in public, but Larry Williams looks like he is going forward on his threat to run for mayor of St. Petersburg. The City Clerk’s office reports Rip Van Williams woke up and picked up the official paperwork last week. Look for a Williams’ filing the first week of April right after a new fundraising quarter begins. And right after he files, look for my complaint against Williams’ campaign for not taking…
Greg Foster from St. Pete Recycling Solutions is hosting a pre-St. Patty’s Day party at Chattaway’s to benefit Jamie Bennett’s Campaign for Mayor. There will be live music, food and drink from 6-9 p.m.
“We’re going to have to look at a couple alternatives. One of them is to bulldoze the Pier — and you can negotiate your way out of leases. … Bulldoze it, plant some sod, make it a temporary park — temporary park.” — Scott Wagman on What should happen to the Pier?
