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Revamping Wednesdays in Williams Park

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The first of a newly organized Wednesday event for Williams Park is ready. This week it will include artists from Art in the Park, live music, chess, checkers & other games, story tellers & poets. Other activities and events will be added as they are developed in the coming weeks. If anyone has suggestions, ideas or wishes to participate they can contact Christine Silvia, Coordinator of Art in the Park, at [email protected] spread the word that there will be an…

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Publish campaign finance information online

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With Scott Wagman’s pronouncement that he plans to raise at least a half-a-million dollars for his campaign, there is an increasing concern about the impact of money in this year’s municipal elections. With the mayor’s office and five seats on the city council up for election, there could be at least a million dollars in campaign contributions made to all of the candidates running. That is a staggering amount of money, especially in this economic climate, and it needs to…

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Monday’s mayoral wrap-up

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This past week saw an increased level of activity from almost every candidate running for Mayor. Here’s a recap with analysis. – Jamie Bennett took a hit for my volunteering on his campaign, but his campaign showed off its early organizational strength, launching a campaign website and hosting a campaign kick-off attended by just under 100 people. – Kathleen Ford is circling the race like a hungry shark in shallow waters, having resigned her membership in the organization opposed to…

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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

Exclusive first look: Deveron Gibbons’ campaign website

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Saint Petersblog 2.0 has an exclusive first look at Deveron Gibbons’ campaign website: www.gibbonsformayor.com. All in all, it’s a compact, clean site with an emphasis on social networking.

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Kathleen Ford takes steps to run for Mayor

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As of Monday, Kathleen Ford has resigned her membership in at least one local, but significant, political organization in preparation for an expected run for St. Petersburg Mayor. A source close to the Ford family stated that they expected Kathleen to announce her candidacy around the same time as Commissioner Ken Welch makes his decision, which he said would take place at the end of the month.

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Thank you, Christina, for the new nickname

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City Council member Jamie Bennett has a reputation for being Mr. Nice Guy, so his decision to turn his mayoral campaign over to some of Tampa Bay’s political bad boyshas launched plenty of talk.

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Quack, quack: Bill Foster hires Mallard Group

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Mayoral candidate Bill Foster confirmed on Saturday night that he will indeed retain The Mallard Group to assist his campaign. Foster has been coy about which consultant he would employ in this race, but he has relied on ‘The Pond’ before in his re-election efforts to the St. Petersburg City Council. Although The Mallard Group has been relatively quiet lately, especially after a series of high-profile losses and a lawsuit was filed against the firm by Judge Jack Day, TMG…

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