If you just can’t get enough of Wengay Newton’s rambling soliloquies by watching on the city’s public access television channel, rest easy. The City Council’s lone African-American voice now has another microphone at his disposal — a new radio call-in show, “Community News with Newt,” on Praise 1590 AM W.R.X.B. airing every Saturday from 3 to 4 pm. Can’t say it won’t be entertaining. (H/t to the Ybor City Stogie)
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…
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…
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…
There’s so much news to discuss, but today, there is really only one story the Times cares about. I cannot tell you how upset — internally and externally — the St. Petersburg Times‘ corporate officers are about the City of St. Petersburg’s solicitation ban. I spoke with Times’ lawyer the compassionate and uber-smart George Rahdert last year during the city elections and he was aghast at some of the city leaders’ decision to ‘go after the least among us’ meaning…
There’s so much news to discuss, but today, there is really only one story the Times cares about. I cannot tell you how upset — internally and externally — the St. Petersburg Times‘ corporate officers are about the City of St. Petersburg’s solicitation ban. I spoke with Times’ lawyer the compassionate and uber-smart George Rahdert last year during the city elections and he was aghast at some of the city leaders’ decision to ‘go after the least among us’ meaning…
Article appearing in tomorrow’s St. Petersburg Times: In the city’s first weekend with longer drinking hours, police saw a marked uptick in calls for service. They responded to 131 calls after 2 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday mornings, a 22 percent increase from the previous weekend. Those calls resulted in 38 incident reports after 2 a.m., up from 23 last weekend. The increase validates St. Petersburg police Chief Chuck Harmon’s warning to the City Council before its May 6 vote…
