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A different perspective from Bill Foster’s about St. Pete Pride

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Henry Boxlor was right in the middle of things last week at St. Pete Pride and reports back a much different perspective than that of Mayor Bill Foster.   His report: St. Pete Pride was fun, exciting, colorful and different. I have been at every St. Pete Pride event and have watched the event and the GLBT community grdaually morph into a new exciting and vibrant social movement. It seems to me that the Pride event has become more about…

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With rumors of Kathleen Ford pondering a run, speculation begins about next year’s City Council races

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One of my governing theories of politics is, because of the down economy, more and more people will consider running for elected office.  Not because these people all hope to improve the state of government, but because elected office provides economic security, specifically, retirement benefits, in an era when such things are hard to obtain.  I think you’ll see more races like the St. Petersburg Mayoral Campaign and the upcoming Tampa Mayoral Campaign, campaigns in which several candidates run creating…

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With rumors of Kathleen Ford pondering a run, speculation begins about next year’s City Council races

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One of my governing theories of politics is, because of the down economy, more and more people will consider running for elected office.  Not because these people all hope to improve the state of government, but because elected office provides economic security, specifically, retirement benefits, in an era when such things are hard to obtain.  I think you’ll see more races like the St. Petersburg Mayoral Campaign and the upcoming Tampa Mayoral Campaign, campaigns in which several candidates run creating…

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Ex-girlfriend of former mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons seeks injunction against him

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This is all from Michael Van Sickler.  I am posting in entirety because it is not in print yet and I don’t want it to get “lost”: An ex-girlfriend of former St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons is alleging that he has threatened to harm her and, earlier this month, tried to run her off the road. Rita Wesley, 41, is seeking a court injunction that would keep Gibbons 500 feet from her home and 100 feet from her car.…

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Bill Foster not so proud of what he saw at St. Pete Pride on Saturday

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Michael Van Sickler asked Bill Foster for his impression of the St. Pete Pride parade on Saturday: Alas, as he did four years ago, Foster said he saw much of the same adult-themed behavior. “Nothing was really different,” Foster said. “The organizers can’t control the revelers, who are along the parade route, but they can control the parade participants and the vendors. I’m not going to go into specifics, but it was tailored to an adult audience.” Asked what he saw that was…

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Guest op-ed: Sue Stu Sternberg if he moves

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Henry Boxlor weighs in on Stu Sternberg’s push for a new stadium outside of downtown St. Pete: There are some institutions that I universally dislike. Banks, Insurance companies, car salesmen, and professional sports organizations. Don’t get me wrong I like hockey, football and baseball. Basketball, not so much.  Just not the businesses that run them, like MLB, for example. I have watched the professional sports business manipulate states, counties and cities for years. Guys like Sternberg and his cohorts of…

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Bill Foster to Rays: Stick to the city, Stu!

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St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster has issued a memorandum written to the City Council, the Pinellas County Commission and Stuart Sternberg, the owner of the Tampa Bay Rays, which says, in a nutshell, that the city will fight any attempt by the Rays to look beyond the city limits for a new stadium location. “I do agree that the Rays are a “regional asset,” and will work tirelessly with the political and business leaders of Tampa Bay in support of…

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