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Epilogue to the St. Pete Mayoral Race: IRS filings show Deveron Gibbons’ campaign was likely behind attacks against Bill Foster

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When a direct-mail piece attacking him landed in voters’ mailboxes, Bill Foster knew which of his opponents was behind the dirty tricks…fellow Republican Deveron Gibbons: Foster said he thinks fellow candidate Deveron Gibbons is behind the mailer. As reported by Aaron Sharockman: In 2006, Bainter attacked an attorney general candidate, state Sen. Walter “Skip” Campbell, for a bill he sponsored that regulated the payday loan industry. Foster noted that Gibbons works for Amscot Financial, a company that provides payday loans.…

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E-mails confirm City Hall administrator is coordinating letter-writing campaign for Rick Baker’s application for SPC president — on city time

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Last week, Aaron Sharockman reported that St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker had begun campaigning in earnest for the presidency of St. Petersburg College: Baker, who said supporters came forward as they heard about his prospective candidacy, has even asked a political consultant to help coordinate the letters. Nick Hansen, who was campaign manager for mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons, has been collecting and organizing the letters. Today, through a public records request, Saint Petersblog has learned that Lori Matway, the City…

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With Carl Kuttler announcing his retirement date and search committee in place, let’s update the Rick Baker Back-to-School Meter

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Aaron Sharockman reports that St. Petersburg College President has set Dec. 31 as his official retirement date, a search committee has been created and that a timeline to name his successor has been established: Applications for the position are due Nov. 30. School officials said they hope to have a successor chosen by Spring 2010. Search committee members are: Trustees Richard Johnston and Ken Burke; faculty members Earl Fratus, George M. Greenlee, and Tom Philippe; college employees Tonjua Williams and…

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If giving away public land (to limit citizens’ 1st Amendment rights) is the only way to save BayWalk, then let it fail!

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It was Aaron Sharockman who first made the point that if the owners of BayWalk had originally asked for the property where the sidewalk around the entertainment complex is, the city would have been more than happy to have given them the land. So what’s the big deal now? The big deal is that City Hall should not be in the business of giving away public land to private interests because those interests don’t like people exercising their 1st Amendment…

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Times’ Aaron Sharockman promoted to cover Florida for PolitiFact

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Looks like the editors at the Times have opened up the books and decided Aaron Sharockman deserves to be a made guy. After the St. Petersburg Mayoral Campaign, Sharockman will begin his new duties, covering Florida politics for the Times‘ Pulitzer prize-winning PolitiFact. The only downside to this is that Aaron will no longer be covering the drive to build a new baseball stadium. Congratulations to a great reporter, even if he is a lousy card player. (He once called…

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