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Bill Foster fundraiser at The Venue

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Some of the local Republican Party’s big guns, including Jimmy Holton and Joe Triola, are hosting a fundraiser for Bill Foster on September 30 at The Venue.

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Charlie Crist should cancel fundraiser on 9/11

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If appearances matter, an upcoming fundraiser for Gov. Charlie Crist will generate some buzz. Not only is the fundraiser being held on the 8th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack, but the host gave more than $30,000 to Barack Obama. An invitation lists the fundraiser at retired entrepreneur Fazal A. Fazlin’s waterfront mansion in St. Petersburg. The entrance fee is $1,000 or $2,400 for a VIP meet and greet and photo with the GOP U.S. Senate candidate. FEC records…

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Jamie Bennett fundraiser at Cafe Vienna

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Just got done reading the latest, yet still atrociously designed, campaign newsletter from Jamie Bennett. I downloaded the newsletter off Bennett’s campaign website, which displays a Twitter update more than 78 days old. Anyway, it looks like Bennett’s cooking up something at Cafe Vienna on Monday night:

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Why isn’t the Times writing about Tom Coehlo’s connection to Deveron Gibbons?

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How is it that the Palm Beach Post can write a story about a politician’s prominent supporter and fundraiser getting into trouble… …yet the St. Petersburg Times has not written about the connection between Deveron Gibbons and Tom Coehlo, a prominent supporter and fundraiser of Gibbons arrested for, well, being a con man. Instead of researching the Coehlo-Gibbons connection, Times editor Heather Uriquedes greenlights this story: The Suncoast Police Benevolent Association held a Fourth of July barbecue on Saturday for…

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A.K. Desai raises money for Charlie Crist in Orlando

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St. Petersburg physician and GOP financier A.K. Desai, who is Charlie Crist’s finance chairman, held a $2,400-per-person fundraiser for him at the Car Club in Orlando on Friday night.

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Fresh from underwriting legislative coup in NY, billionaire Tom Golisano to run for Senate in Florida?

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There are rumblings in the blogosphere that billionaire businessman Tom Golisano — a former three-time Independent candidate for New York Governor — is now contemplating a Democratic run for Florida’s open US Senate seat. Golisano, who owns homes in both New York and Florida, recently switched his residency to the Sunshine State. The New York Times also reported Golisano was the driving influence beyond the recent New York Senate leadership coup which threw the body into turmoil. Always the fundraiser,…

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Steve Kornell to host fundraiser

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City Council candidate Steve Kornell is hosting a meet and greet for his friends, on Facebook and otherwise at the Kizmet Old School Cafe. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. For more info, hit Steve Lapinsiki (fresh off a nice win in Gulfport) up on his burner at 727-368-5032. On a side note, is anyone as distressed as me to see this location as Kizmet Old School Cafe. This was the building that housed Grand Finale, which both me and…

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