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#24 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Janet Long

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A Pinellas County commissioner, Long bumped her way up from dead last on the 2015 list of most powerful Tampa Bay politicians to second to last. A Democrat, she was elected to the commission in 2012 after serving in the Legislature from 2006 until 2010. Long is nearing the end of her first term on the county commission and looks a shoo-in for re-election. She’s also vice chairwoman of this year’s board, lending her strength on the dais now, for…

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#25 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — John Legg

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A list regular for years (14 on last year’s list), the GOP lawmaker from Trinity chaired the influential Senate Committee on Education Pre-K-12. He’s effectively killed several education bills simply by not scheduling hearings for them. Legg’s legacy on education policy will be extensive when he calls it a career in Tallahassee. He spent five years working on creating end-of-course exams. He helped rewrite the state’s school grading system, and advocated for a greater connection between teacher evaluations and student…

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Ken Welch to launch fourth re-election campaign

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Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch is officially launching his re-election campaign next week. Welch will be meeting with supporters at the Hangar Restaurant located at 540 First Street SE Wednesday, February 10. Congresswoman Kathy Castor will be on hand as a special guest, though an invitation sent to prospective donors makes clear she “is not asking for funds or donations” as per campaign finance rules. Welch has already built an impressive host committee consisting of several current and former mayors.…

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Pinellas Charter Review Board public hearing brings flood of suggestions

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When asking the public for suggestions to improve the county charter, Pinellas County probably hoped for a stream of ideas. What they didn’t expect was a flood. As commissioners for the County Charter Review board begin getting to work, citizens — especially those connected with the Tea Party — have been eagerly waiting to chime in. During the most recent public hearing — and in e-mails which were sent both before and after the hearing — waves of recommendations came in on how to change…

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Charlie Justice to chair 2016 Pinellas County Commission

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Pinellas County Commissioner Charlie Justice will serve as the chair of that board in 2016. Justice was chosen to serve as chair of the Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners by unanimous vote Tuesday. “I was honored to be selected by my colleagues to lead the Board next year and I look forward to continuing to build on the great partnerships we’ve cultivated this year,” Justice said. “I’ve appreciated the opportunity to work closely with Commissioner [John] Morroni in my…

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Commission incumbent Janet Long up to nearly 46k in campaign contributions

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For the second straight month, Pinellas County Commissioner Janet Long has topped her previous best fundraising figure. The month of Sept. saw Long, a 70-year-old Democrat and former state representative from Seminole, reel-in $11,800 — the highest total contribution figure of her then five-month-old reelection campaign. Long, however, beat that Sept. high this past month — Oct. — by $700, for a total of $12,500 raised during that reporting period. Her new campaign contribution sum now sits at approximately $45,958 —…

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Would-be CD 13 Dem candidates totally fine with Charlie Crist’s candidacy

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Although St. Petersburg attorney Jessica Ehrlich was soundly defeated by Bill Young in his last re-election for Congress in 2012, her margin of defeat was the second closest of any losing Democrat in 40 years, and she was running hard in the fall of 2013 to face Young again in 2014. However, after Young’s death in the fall of 2013, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ignored Ehrlich’s efforts and recruited former CFO Alex Sink to run as the Democratic nominee. Sink…

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