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Lisa Wheeler-Brown says Trop site is prime development for ‘booming’ St. Pete

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Leading the pack of five City Council candidates in District 7, Lisa Wheeler-Brown has already nabbed endorsements from two City Council members, including Karl Nurse and Darden Rice. It may be little coincidence that both of those council members are two of the four currently supporting Mayor Rick Kriseman’s deal brokered with the Tampa Bay Rays to allow the team’s management to begin looking for stadium space outside the city. Wheeler-Brown has long said she supports that Memorandum of Understanding.…

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City Council candidate Aaron Sharpe would vote ‘yes’ on Rays deal

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If elected to City Council, District 7 candidate Aaron Sharpe would vote in favor of Mayor Rick Kriseman’s brokered deal with the Tampa Bay Rays to allow them to look outside the city for possible stadium locations. This is important information in the race to replace term-limited council member Wengay Newton because council is currently deadlocked on the deal and Newton is one of the no-votes. Sharpe’s vote would give Kriseman the fifth vote needed to seal the deal with…

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Darryl Rouson endorses Will Newton for St. Pete City Council

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Florida Representative Darryl Rouson has announced his support for Will Newton in the St. Petersburg City Council District 7 race. “Will Newton will be a fierce voice when our community is maligned, a calming voice when our community is divided and a sensible voice in dealing with others,” Rouson said in a prepared statement. “I urge everyone to elect Will Newton. Newton is running to replace his brother, Wengay Newton, in the City Council district that covers much of South…

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Yes, he’s Wengay’s brother, but City Council candidate Will Newton is his own man

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Five candidates are running to replace City Council member Wengay Newton for his District 7 seat covering parts of South St. Pete including Midtown and Child’s Park. One of them is his brother. Will Newton, or Winnie as his firefighter friends call him, is a St. Pete native and has lived in his district since the 1980s in the home he purchased then. Newton is a retired firefighter who now works as the district vice president for the Florida Professional…

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Absentee ballots already mailed to overseas voters for St. Pete election

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Ballots for St. Pete City Council District 7 have already gone out to overseas voters. The Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections office sent out 26 ballots on July 10 for the August 25 Primary Election. That’s just one day ahead of the deadline to mail overseas ballots. Those ballots went out to active-duty military and their spouses and dependents who are currently serving outside the District and civilians who are currently living outside the country but who are registered to…

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St. Pete City Council candidate Aaron Sharpe launches website

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St. Pete City Council candidate Aaron Sharpe has launched a campaign website. In an email announcement Thursday morning, Sharpe asked for supporters to visit the website, where donors can give or sign up to volunteer or host an event. “With less than 60 days to the primary election we need your help just as much as ever,” Sharpe wrote. “Please consider supporting the campaign.” The website’s home page has a blue banner at the top with “Sharpe” in a white…

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Three City Council races with nine candidates to go before St. Pete voters

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Qualifying officially ended for St. Pete city offices up for election this year at 5 p.m. Monday. The deadline ushered in one unopposed win and another 11th-hour candidate. Ed Montanari will replace outgoing council member Bill Dudley in January after no other candidate surfaced to challenge him in his District 3 bid to represent residents in parts of Northeast St. Pete. The news of Montanari’s easy win doesn’t come as too much of a surprise to those following the race.…

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