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On the beaches, voters return familiar faces to their city halls

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Voters re-elected incumbents in Belleair, Belleair Bluffs and Indian Rocks Beach as residents headed to the polls on March 10 to cast their ballots in their municipal elections. The residents of Belleair Bluffs gave Chris Arbutine a new two-year term and re-elected all three incumbent members of the city commission. Joe Barkley will finish out the remaining year of a two-year term. Suzy Sofer and John “Jack” Nazario outpolled Robert Russo to win full two-year terms. Winning with more than…

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Art in the Park in Historic Kenwood

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The 2nd annual Art in the Park festival in the Historic Kenwood neighborhood, in St. Petersburg, Florida, will take place this year on Saturday, March 14, 2009, from 10:00am to 4:00pm. Adults and children of all ages are welcome to attend the art festival. This year we will have exhibits of many new artists as well as fun events for children and adults. Food and beverages will be available. Music will be provided by O Som Do Jazz featuring Rio…

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Deveron Gibbons and Scott Wagman incoherent on what to do with The Pier

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Adam Smith, on a break from covering the legislative session, wrote the Bay Buzz post below. It is petrifying how incoherent both Deveron Gibbons and Scott Wagman are on one of the most important issues facing the city: what to do with The Pier. Unfortunately, these two candidates, Gibbons through his connections in statewide politics and Wagman with his own checkbook, are sure to be the leading fundraisers for the first quarter. Still, take a moment to read their statements…

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100 Years of Baseball and Fashion

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Ray Tampa at Tiger Bay today

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With blacks having finally become CEOs of national corporations, held some of the nation’s top posts in military, judicial and foreign affairs, the possibility of not one but three serious black contenders for the St. Petersburg Mayor’s race, and most recently the election of the first black President of the United States, who got more white votes than Al Gore or John Kerry. One might ask: What’s a civil rights leader to do? Newly elected president of St. Petersburg’s NAACP…

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Muni election update: turnout as of 2 p.m.

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As of 2:00 p.m., the average turnout in the various municipal elections is just 3.4% (not counting early voting).

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Election Day

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“Let each citizen remember at the moment he is offering his vote that he is not making a present or a compliment to please an individual–or at least that he ought not so to do; but that he is executing one of the most solemn trusts in human society for which he is accountable to God and his country.”That quote is some pretty heady stuff from Mr. Samuel Adams (who I believe fought the British for the right to distribute…

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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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