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St. Pete offering lien amnesty program

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St. Petersburg property owners with delinquent special assessment liens on their properties could receive relief through a new Special Assessments Lien Amnesty program. There are hundreds of property owners who have outstanding liens, assessed generally for neglect of a private property that required the city to secure an unsafe structure, demolish a nuisance property or clear debris from private lots. Through a new program adopted by City Council today, a property owner with an outstanding special assessment lien could pay…

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Kathleen Ford, Scott Wagman – the two candidates who benefited most from local Democratic support – stiff Pinellas Dems, while Mike Fox mans up

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During the 2009 St. Petersburg Mayoral Race, candidates Kathleen Ford and Scott Wagman benefitted greatly from the support of local Democrats. “As expected, Pinellas Democrats have thrown their support behind Kathleen Ford, the Democratic contender in the nonpartisan mayoral race.” – Bay Buzz, Pinellas Democrats throw support behind Kathleen Ford for St. Pete mayor “Local and state Democrats are aggressively targeting St. Petersburg’s officially nonpartisan mayor’s race to help put a Democrat, Kathleen Ford, in the mayor’s seat, while Republicans…

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Bill Foster endorses Jack Latvala

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St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster waded back into local politics for the first time since his election, announcing his endorsement of Jack Latvala for the Florida Senate, District 16 in the 2010 election. “Jack Latvala has valuable experience that will benefit our region in Tallahassee. He accomplished many things for the Tampa Bay area and the state as a whole when he served in the Senate from 1994-2002. He was the driving force to end the water wars in the…

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Leslie Curran emerging as ‘voice of opposition’ to Bill Foster’s City Hall

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Ouch. Ouch. OUCH! As much as it pains me to write this – ouch! – City Councilmember Leslie Curran is emerging as a counterweight, if not the voice of opposition, to Mayor Bill Foster’s City Hall, a suprising development considering that Curran and Foster are both Republicans from the same part of town who share similar worldviews. Yet, since becoming Chair of the City Council, Curran’s frustration with some of Foster’s heavy-handedness is becoming apparent. Consider this exchange during a…

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Leslie Curran emerging as ‘voice of opposition’ to Bill Foster’s City Hall

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Ouch. Ouch. OUCH! As much as it pains me to write this – ouch! – City Councilmember Leslie Curran is emerging as a counterweight, if not the voice of opposition, to Mayor Bill Foster’s City Hall, a suprising development considering that Curran and Foster are both Republicans from the same part of town who share similar worldviews. Yet, since becoming Chair of the City Council, Curran’s frustration with some of Foster’s heavy-handedness is becoming apparent. Consider this exchange during a…

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Breakfast with the Mayor

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You’re invited to join Mayor Bill Foster for the first in a series of monthly casual breakfast conversations, called “Breakfast With the Mayor.” Residents are invited to bring their thoughts and ideas to share with the mayor, while supporting the local economy and purchasing a breakfast plate. This month, “Breakfast with the Mayor” will be held at Shirley’s Soul Food, 1789 34th St. S. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, at 7 a.m. Look for future “Breakfast with the Mayor” dates at…

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Battleground Tampa Bay

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During last year’s St. Petersburg Mayoral Campaign, when I published blog post after blog post about that election, I took note of a subtle trend in how visitors were arriving on my site. As much as I would have liked otherwise, many of my readers were not coming directly to Saint Petersblog, rather they were coming to the site after searching for a particular term in Google, Yahoo, etc. Yes, there was a base of regular readers who arrived on…

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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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