City Councilman Steve Kornell challenges close friend to a spelling contest

Sometimes it’s nice to remember that elected officials are actual, real people. Never has that been more the case than with St. Pete City Council member Steve Kornell’s back and forth on Facebook over nothing other than a spelling contest. Kornell will be participating in a spelling bee to support adult literacy this Wednesday at Studio @620 at 7 p.m. He’s on a team of four called Wizards of Words. Teams will compete in 11 rounds consisting of 10 words. At…