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Anti-Lisa Wheeler-Brown flier attacks her past criminal record

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The nastiest campaign mailer so far this election hit voters’ mailboxes this week. It’s a blatant attack on City Council candidate Lisa Wheeler-Brown. One side of the flier shows an unflattering photo of Wheeler-Brown next to the heading, “Can we trust Lisa Wheeler-Brown’s judgement with OUR money?” Below that are several boxes with red X’s in them representing writing bad checks, retail theft, misusing campaign funds and driving without insurance. The other side of the mailer explains. “Lisa Wheeler-Brown says…

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Creative Loafing endorses Lisa Wheeler-Brown and the result could be game-changing

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In a fairly unusual move, Creative Loafing has made endorsements in the St. Pete City Council races. Not surprisingly, they’re behind incumbents Charlie Gerdes and Steve Kornell. The decision to endorse Lisa Wheeler-Brown over Will Newton, however, came with a little more deliberation. CL threw together an ad hoc editorial board comprised of editor David Warner, News and Politics editor Kate Bradshaw and managing editor Scott Harrell. They listed myriad reasons why both candidates were excellent, writing that “the circus that has…

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Clearing the air on this season’s contentious St. Pete City Council coverage

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It’s not every day I decide to swap my pronouns from the likes of “they” and “its” to the first person “I,” “Me,” and “My.” But today seems like a good day. I’ve been catching a lot of flak from people who support Lisa Wheeler-Brown for St. Pete City Council District 7. For those of you who may not have been following along, I started what has turned out to be a pretty nasty series of allegations. See, Wheeler-Brown spent…

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Final City Council candidate forum gets heated

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Three City Council races will be decided next week when voters hit the polls November 3. Candidates in two of those races squared off in the final debate leading up to the election in what turned out to be a boisterous forum hosted by the St. Pete NAACP. Lisa Wheeler-Brown came out of the gate strong with an impassioned plea to voters to reject the negative attention her opponent, Will Newton, has stirred in the race for the District 7…

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Will Newton flier out this week is all positive

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The latest pro-Will Newton flier is out today. Targeted voters in St. Petersburg  received a mailer paid for by the Council for Stronger Neighborhoods advocating on behalf of Newton. He’s running for St. Petersburg City Council, District 7. The mail shows a smiling picture of Newton next to the bullet points, “involved,” “knowledgeable,” and “prepared.” “Will Newton … has a solid resume of public service,” the address side of the mail quotes from a Sept. 28 article in The Tampa…

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Second complaint associated with Lisa Wheeler-Brown’s campaign filed with the state elections commission

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Another elections complaint has been filed associated with the Lisa Wheeler-Brown campaign. This time the complaint is not directly targeted at Wheeler-Brown and instead at a campaign consultant and his PAC, the Florida Voters Fund. James Donelon, the same South Pasadena resident who filed a complaint against Wheeler-Brown alleging a slew of campaign finance violations, is requesting the Florida Elections Commission investigate Tom Alte of Blue Ticket Consulting and his relationship between both the campaign and the Florida Voters Fund.…

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Will Newton continues to widen fundraising gap in race against Lisa Wheeler-Brown

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St. Pete City Council candidate Will Newton has outraised his opponent by nearly $10,000. That’s after outraising her by nearly $1,200 during the latest reporting period between October 5 and 18. So far, Newton has raked in more than $62,000 since announcing his candidacy in June. Lisa Wheeler-Brown has raised $55,634 even though she entered the race six months before him. The difference lies in the lopsided prevalence in high-dollar contributions. Newton has continuously raked in money from outside groups. During…

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