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Pinellas Commission appears ready to get aboard the ferry

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Pinellas County commissioners appear poised to get on board a high-speed commuter ferry between St. Petersburg and Tampa. Commissioners are scheduled to vote on the item during Tuesday’s meeting. If the commission agrees, Pinellas would become the fourth government to collaborate to fund the six-month pilot program. The Hillsborough commission and the Tampa and St. Petersburg councils have already signed on. “If I’m reading the tea leaves, it’ll pass 6 to 1,” said Charlie Justice, chairman of the Pinellas Commission.…

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Seminole athletics, electric bus charging station top shortened list for Pinellas BP money

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It took about four hours, but Pinellas commissioners whittled down 54-item wish list to a shorter list of projects that could be done using settlement money from the BP oil spill. The 54 suggested projects had a price tag of about $23.5 million. The total price tag on the shorter list was about $6.2 million, under the $7.1 million available from the settlement. But the commissioners also had a “research” list of possible projects they need more information about before…

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Mike Mikurak hangs on to fundraising lead over Charlie Justice in Pinellas commission race

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First-time candidate Mike Mikurak is holding firmly to his lead in the fundraising race for the District 3 at-large seat on the Pinellas County Commission. Mikurak, a Republican, raised another $2,405 in June, bringing his total to $102,885. That is almost double Charlie Justice’s total of $55,582. Justice, the incumbent, raised $1,100 in June. Justice could narrow that gap or overcome it. He has a fundraiser scheduled for 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. July 26 at the Sheraton Sand Key,…

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Activists take crusade for electric buses to Pinellas County commissioners

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Members of the board that oversees public transportation in Pinellas agreed last week to buy two electric buses for a pilot program, if the county commission decides to purchase a charging station for the vehicles. Now activists who once targeted the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority have set their sights on Pinellas County commissioners. The immediate goal: Convince commissioners to agree to spend about $590,000 of the $7.1 million it received from the BP oil spill settlement for the charging station. The…

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Janet Long, Karen Seel, Ken Welch draw no opposition in Pinellas Commission races

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Incumbents Janet Long, Karen Seel and Ken Welch were re-elected Friday when no one showed up to run against them by the end of qualifying. Incumbent Charlie Justice, a Democrat, will face first-time candidate Mike Mikurak, a Republican, in the Nov. 8 general election. Seel, a Republican who has served on the commission since 1999 when then-Gov. Jeb Bush appointed her to fill an unexpired term, never had the threat of opposition. Sharon McManus had announced she would run against…

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Janet Long, Mike Mikurak, Ken Welch pre-qualify for Pinellas Commission races

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Democratic incumbents Janet Long and Ken Welch have pre-qualified for their re-election runs for the Pinellas County Commission. Also pre-qualified is first-time candidate Mike Mikurak. Candidates have until noon Friday to qualify for the upcoming election. Long is facing first-time candidate Martin Hughes in the race for the at-large District 1 seat. Hughes has not yet qualified. Neither has incumbent Democrat Charlie Justice, who is facing Republican Mikurak in the run for the District 3 seat. Welch, a Democrat, has drawn no…

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Janet Long takes overwhelming money lead in Pinellas Commission race

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Democratic incumbent Janet Long is the clear winner when it comes to raising money for the race for the District 1 at-large seat on the Pinellas Commission. Long reports she raised $8,700 last month, bringing her total to $74,018. First-time candidate Hughes, a Republican who entered the race just last month, brought in $120. Of that, $20 comes out of his own pocket. The remaining $100 is a donation from Clearwater council member Bob Cundiff. Hughes has said he campaigned for…

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