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Sunday’s editorial pages

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St. Petersburg Times – Bill Foster for St. Petersburg mayor – One candidate for St. Petersburg mayor offers the experience and leadership to build on the city’s accomplishments and meet its challenges. Bill Foster embraces the progress and offers an optimistic vision for the future. Kathleen Ford sees flaws, fights old battles and charts a different direction — backward. Lakeland Ledger – Public Service Commission: Regulators and the Regulated – Whatever the scandal-ridden Florida Public Service Commission decides regarding multibillion-dollar…

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Despite vow to remain positive, Bill Foster launches negative, err, comparative TV spot, mail-piece against Kathleen Ford

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Bill Foster must be behind in the polls. A front-runner does not launch this kind of barrage of negative, err, comparative advertising. So with Foster behind in the polls, that means it’s Hebert-time as in Jack Hebert, Bill Foster’s hired gun who is at his best — and worst — this close to an election. First, there was this television spot. Not terribly inventive. In fact, I am surprised the uber-creative Hebert didn’t lighten these ads with a little humor:…

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Video: Bill Foster responds to Dino-gate as Kathleen Ford brags ‘I am a scientist!’

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Responding to a question about why Kathleen Ford brought toy dinosaurs to a recent mayoral forum, Bill Foster said he was insulted by Ford’s actions. But the real gem of this video is Ford’s assertion that she is a scientist (which, she explained later, is based on the fact that she has a Bachelor of Science degree). That’s right, Kathleen Ford, former city council member, lawyer, nurse and now says she is a scientist!  

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Kathleen Ford, Bill Foster set to spar at Tiger Bay

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Last month, the voters of St. Petersburg had a veritable cornucopia of candidates to select from to replace the term-limited Rick Baker. In the primary, candidates Bill Foster and Kathleen Ford won enough votes to proceed to the general election. While the primary election relationship of these two former city council colleagues was cordial, the final race to the finish has the candidates trying harder to distinguish themselves from one another. Foster, the top vote-getter in the primary, continues to…

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Bill Foster’s blunders in the black community continue as campaign hires former Cappelli, Gibbons aide Nick Hansen to run black GOTV

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It is probably the shortest post ever written on the St. Petersburg Times’ Bay Buzz: “Bill Foster opens a campaign office in Midtown”. It’s located in the shopping center at 2261 34th Street S. This news comes on the heels of several miscues by Bill Foster’s campaign in its outreach to the African-American community, such as the recent incident in which Foster “hurt some people’s feeling when he turned down an offer last week to take a photo with Davis,…

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As vote looms to remove her as VP of St. Pete Democratic Club, Rene Flowers defends her endorsement of Bill Foster

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At Wednesday’s meeting of the St. Petersburg Democratic Club, there is an agenda item to remove Rene Flowers as Vice President of the St. Petersburg Democratic Club because of her endorsement of Republican Bill Foster for Mayor of St. Petersburg. In her defense, Flowers wrote a scathing memo to Jack Killinsworth, the president of the SPDC, outlining not only why she supports Foster, but also criticizing the club, the Pinellas Democratic Party and other local Democrats for their inconsistent support…

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League of Women Voters to host candidate forums tonight and Thursday at City Hall

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Either way, seeing and hearing the candidates will help you to make your ballot choices for the November 3rd election. St. Petersburg will choose a mayor (Kathleen Ford or Bill Foster) and City Council members for Districts 2 (Stephen J. Corsetti or James Kennedy Jr); 4 (Leslie Curran or Pamella Settlegoode); 5 (Steve Kornell or Angela Rouson); 6 (Karl Nurse or Vel Thompson); and 8 (Jeff Danner or Leonard Schmiege); voted citywide. On Tues., Oct. 6th at 7 p.m. the…

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