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The Rays deal: What does it all mean?

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It’s been a little more than a year since the first round of Rick Kriseman administration excitement over a proposed deal with the Tampa Bay Rays. Closing out his first year in office, St. Pete’s mayor managed to emerge from Tropicana Field practically holding hands with Brian Auld, the team’s president, with a deal in hand. Queue the City Council rejection. Since then the saga has been a whirlwind of Kriseman’s testy comments to stubborn council members who refused to…

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New City Council means new things for St. Pete

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Two new St. Pete City Council members will cast their first votes from the dais at City Hall this week. Lisa Wheeler-Brown and Ed Montanari will take over for Wengay Newton and Bill Dudley who represented their districts and the city for eight years. With a new council comes a whole new era in St. Pete politics. But what will that look like? The obvious is the expected end to the longstanding stalemate over the Tampa Bay Rays and Tropicana…

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Fleeting thoughts and images of an ideal future OR St. Pete’s gun violence march mash-up

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“One homicide is one homicide too many.” – St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman “Following spike in murders, Rick Kriseman to march against gun violence” — Headline, SaintPetersBlog.com “Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.” – Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814 — 1880) “The demonstration is following six shooting deaths in St. Pete over the past six weeks.” – SaintPetersBlog.com “Just this week alone, 17-year old Tyler Lord was shot and killed in an alley behind his home. Two…

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Alley recycling one step closer in St. Pete

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Alley recycling is one step closer to becoming a thing. Just one day after Mayor Rick Kriseman tweeted that the expanded service would begin January 25th, City Council unanimously approved a public hearing finalizing the deal December 17th. Universal Curbside Recycling launched this summer, but many residents in homes where solid waste is collected in alley ways were angry their recycling would have to be collected from the curb. Some 40 percent of neighborhoods fall under that category. Many of…

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Here’s how St. Pete’s elected officials are enjoying their Thanksgiving

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Perhaps the most treasured of all Thanksgiving traditions is sharing with friends and family those things you’re grateful about. This year we asked elected officials in St. Pete to share their Thanksgiving plans, traditions and various favorites. Mayor Rick Kriseman: “I cook the turkey on thanksgiving.  I live to cook the turkey.  It has an herb crust with an apricot glaze. I also make the gravy from the drippings and onions and shallots that are blended. “Definitely one of my…

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St. Petersburg’s elected officials have plenty to be thankful for

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It’s that time of year again. Families all over the country are looking forward to a short week and getting ready to join families in saying thanks for all the many things of which they are grateful. Sure, the usual friends, family and health are likely to top the lists, but local St. Pete officials and various politicos each have a unique list of reasons they should include this Thanksgiving. St. Pete is hot off one of its most contentious…

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St. Pete City Council won’t spend $1.5 million on sewers … yet

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St. Pete City Council members voted not to allocate $1.5 million of the $6.5 million paid out as a result of the BP oil spill settlement to pay for sewage infrastructure repairs at a meeting Monday evening. Instead, the council voted 7-0 to ask staff to come back next week with a resolution highlighting the city’s commitment to increasing funding for the projects. At issue is whether or not the city should use BP settlement funds for sewage repairs or…

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