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St. Pete, Pinellas consider wage theft ordinances

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It won’t come up for a vote until March 26, but St. Pete City Council member Darden Rice is confident a wage theft ordinance will pass it’s first stop in the committee of the whole. “It will probably be a couple of meetings before it formally gets approved,” she said. “But we’ll probably be making some significant motion to move this ahead.” During a meeting last month Rice proposed a wage theft ordinance that would set a citywide procedure for…

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Linda Saul-Sena could be temporarily kicked off ballot but will still be able to run in November

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From Mitch Perry: It’s not been a great 24 hours for John Dingfelder and Linda Saul-Sena, two Tampa Democrats who intended to catapult from the Tampa City Council to Hillsborough County Commission later this year. The two intended to serve out as much of their terms as possible before resigning prior to the November 2 election, but instead both had to leave the council overnight, when they realized that they had missed the deadline to submit a letter to the Hillsborough Supervisor…

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How can Mitch Kates not be blamed for another paperwork screw-up by one of his candidates

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***Updated***”Everyone knows in this state we have a resign-to-run law,” said Scott Paine, a political science professor at the University of Tampa. “They really should have caught this.” ***Updated***Linda Saul-Sena’s resignation letter here. Forced to resign her city council seat in haste this morning after failing to submit on time her resign-to-run paperwork, Hillsborough County Commission candidate Linda Saul-Sena find her entire campaign in jeopardy because of sloppy paperwork. Failing to dot the i’s correctly may end up costing Saul-Sena…

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Linda Saul-Sena misses deadline to file resign-to-run papers

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Janet Zink reports about another client of Mitch Kates facing difficulties: Tampa City Council member Linda Saul-Sena missed the deadline to file resignation papers to run for the Hillsborough County Commission, records show. Saul-Sena, a Democrat running for the commission’s at-large District 2 seat, turned in her resignation letter June 15 with an effective resignation date of November 15. Election law requires Saul-Sena to have turned in the paperwork by June 4. She could not be immediately reached for comment. Council…

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Tampa Bay’s Campaign Weekender for June 18-20

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Man-about-town Michael Ciftci is hosting another edition of Off-the-Record tonight at 5:30 p.m.  David Rivera will be joining the political cocktail hour at the Drynk at 302 South Howard Avenue in Tampa. For more information, please visit this Facebook page. State House candidate Kathryn Starkey will be canvassing on Saturday beginning in the morning.  Meet at the Lucky Dill at 2800 Alt 19 in Palm Harbor. For more information, please call 727.505.2624. State House candidate Jamie Grant will be canvassing…

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Tampa Bay’s Campaign Weekender for June 18-20

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Man-about-town Michael Ciftci is hosting another edition of Off-the-Record tonight at 5:30 p.m.  David Rivera will be joining the political cocktail hour at the Drynk at 302 South Howard Avenue in Tampa. For more information, please visit this Facebook page. State House candidate Kathryn Starkey will be canvassing on Saturday beginning in the morning.  Meet at the Lucky Dill at 2800 Alt 19 in Palm Harbor. For more information, please call 727.505.2624. State House candidate Jamie Grant will be canvassing…

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Hillsborough Co. Commissioner Mark Sharpe has primary opponent

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The last minute qualifying of Josh Burgin in the District 7 Hillsborough County Commission race means sitting commissioner Mark Sharpe has a primary opponent. Burgin, who worked as the legislative aide for former Hillsborough County Commissioner Brian Blair, is the sister of state Rep. Rachel Burgin. Josh Burgin has also worked as executive director of the Hillsborough County Republican Party. Sharpe, who has broken from party ranks by strongly supporting a proposed sales tax to pay for road improvements, expanded bus service and…

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