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Transit tax foe to Pinellas County commission: Reprimand or fire county administrator — or else

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Two anti-transit-tax activists fired off emails to Pinellas commissioners this week demanding that County Administrator Mark Woodard be disciplined for discussions he held with Mike Merrill, the Hillsborough county administrator. They were reacting to a report in the Tampa Bay Times that Woodard had met with Merrill to discuss, among other things, regional transportation issues. According to the May 3 article, the two had discussed simultaneously asking voters in both counties to approve a half-cent sales tax to pay for…

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Pinellas commissioner says he’s frustrated with Hillsborough for voting no on Go Hillsborough

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Solving Pinellas’ transportation issues will take a collaborative, regional effort, Pinellas County commissioners told a Seminole crowd Tuesday. That’s why the failure of the Hillsborough commission to put a half-cent transportation tax on this November’s ballot was so disappointing to at least one Pinellas commissioner. “I’m a little frustrated with our friends in Hillsborough,” Commissioner John Morroni said. “Not to give the people a chance to vote on it was really bad in my opinion.” Morroni’s comments were made during a “community conversation” the…

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Pinellas County Democratic Chair thinks Dems can pick up legislative seats this year

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With great fanfare last week, Republican Party of Florida Chairman Blaise Ingoglia proudly boasted about the fact that seven counties in Florida have now switched from majority Democratic to majority Republican in 2016. “I have always maintained that a strong Republican party with a strong grassroots infrastructure is the key to winning elections,” Ingoglia said in a statement. “We remain committed to registering new voters to the GOP during this election cycle while training new volunteers and leaders who will join…

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Pinellas County Administrator Mark Woodard receives favorable performance review

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In his first full year on the job, County Administrator Mark Woodard is doing very well. Pinellas County commissioners gave Woodard, who has been working for the county in some facet for close to three decades, an annual performance review score that falls between “meeting” and “exceeding” expectations for the job. In a numerical rating system in which a total of 400 points were available to Woodard — a scale that is in accordance with the Unified Personnel System for rating employee…

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Pinellas County molds 2016 legislative program into final form

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Pinellas County’s formal stance on this season’s state and federal legislative issues have been set. Late last week, at the first of two September regular meetings, county commissioners adopted their 2016 legislative program. The program’s accompanying document was laid out as a briefly explained list of supported priorities, eight of which were federal issues and 33 were state issues. Of the seven county commissioners, at least four must agree to support any particular issue in order for it to be…

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Mike Mikurak files to run for Pinellas County Commission’s District 3 seat

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Juvenile Welfare Board member Mike Mikurak is no longer just eyeing a 2016 Pinellas County Commission seat; he’s now filed to run for one. Mikurak, a 61-year-old Republican from St. Petersburg, will be running for the county’s District 3 seat — an at-large seat for which all of Pinellas votes on. The seat’s district encompasses most of St. Pete, and all of St. Pete Beach, Treasure Island and Madeira Beach. “I’ve never run for election before,” said Mikurak to SaintPetersBlog. “I’ve…

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Money from STAR Center sale may fund St. Pete small business incubator

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Pinellas County, with money from the upcoming sale of the Young-Rainey STAR Center, may be on its way to funding a new, local small business incubator. During a Tuesday work session, the Board of County Commissioners discussed adding an appropriations request to one of its 2016 fiscal year regular meeting agendas. The request would be for state, federal and county funding for a St. Pete-based small business incubator. According to Tonya Elmore, president and CEO of the Tampa Bay Innovation Center,…

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