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Multi-million dollar Gateway Express project gets the go ahead

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Pinellas County commissioners unanimously agreed Tuesday to sign an agreement with the state Department of Transportation for a project designed to improve transportation in the Gateway area. “It’s going to greatly improve transportation in mid-county,” Commissioner Karen Seel said. “Hooray.” Commissioner Dave Eggers agreed, saying, “This is truly an exciting day.” Seel “enthusiastically” made the motion to accept the deal. The Gateway Expressway has been under development for 15 to 20 years, officials said. Construction is expected to cost about…

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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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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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Pinellas commission jumps on board St.Pete-Tampa ferry

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Three governments down and one to go before the launching of a high-speed ferry service y service between Tampa and St. Petersburg. Pinellas commissioners voted Tuesday to commit $350,000 as its portion of the $1.4 million projected for the six-month pilot that would run from Nov. 1 through April 30. The purpose of the pilot is to gauge long-term interest and the viability of a permanent high-speed ferry service between Tampa and St. Petersburg. Pinellas is the third government to…

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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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Pinellas commissioners to county administrator: Find money for school nurses

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Much of Thursday’s discussion about Pinellas County’s budget centered on school nurses – or the lack of them in a proposed spending list for the 2016-17 fiscal year. “The school nurses are not in the recommendations,” Pinellas County Administrator Mark Woodard told commissioners. It was an unpopular omission from the $15.7 million list. “We’re either going to pay now or later,” Commissioner Karen Seel said. “I’d rather grow healthy children.” Seel was the driving force behind a proposal to shift…

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Janet Long calls for changes in transportation governance

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Transportation has been a major issue in Tampa Bay for 50 years, and there’s no solution in sight because of a governance model that has “paralyzed” officials, Pinellas County Commissioner Janet Long said Tuesday. Long called for commissioners to hold a workshop to “talk about how we can change this governance model that has paralyzed us from moving forward.” She added, “I would respectfully ask we have the workshop sooner rather than later.” But it doesn’t appear that Long will…

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