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Karl Nurse in D.C. shopping for aid programs start-up money

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Longtime City Councilman Karl Nurse will represent St. Petersburg at the National League of Cities meeting Monday and Tuesday in Washington, D.C. He has no  specific goals in mind, but hopes to find possible pilot programs to help families that would be funded through various foundations. Nurse has been successful in doing this before. “Several years ago, I brought back the ‘Bank on St. Pete,’” Nurse said. That program pushes cities to promote credit union-type banking systems to steer residents…

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Close that door! Karl Nurse asks for help dealing with downtown St. Pete noise complaints

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If you run a noisy bar downtown, prepare to start closing your doors after midnight – 11 if it’s a weeknight. Literally closing the door, not closing in general. Sound absurd? It’s not, really. In an effort to deal with burdensome and frequent noise complaints in the burgeoning downtown St. Pete nightlife scene, City Council member Karl Nurse is asking his colleagues to collaborate on a plan. The board voted unanimously, with Wengay Newton abstaining due to an absence, to…

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Karl Nurse calls for more green funding

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St. Petersburg Council Member Karl Nurse will host a press conference Tuesday, July 13, at 10 a.m. in Room 100 of City Hall, 175 Fifth St. N., to encourage the federal government to release millions of dollars earmarked for weatherizing homes and buildings. Joined by Council Members Dudley, Kornell and Newton, Nurse will ask the federal government to resolve a dispute between the U.S. Department of Energy and the Federal Housing Finance Agency that has blocked millions of dollars of…

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Pinellas Democratic Party hosting fundraiser on Tuesday celebrating ‘cool black guys’ Calvin Harris and Ken Welch

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Sen. Arthenia L. Joyner – Sen. Charlie Justice – Rep. Bill Heller Rep. Rick Kriseman – Rep. Janet Long – Rep. Darryl Rouson School Board Member Nina Hayden – School Board Member Linda Learner Mayor Pat Gerard – Councilor Steve Kornell Councilor Wengay “Newt” Newton – Councilor Karl Nurse City Com. Joseph Barkley – City Com. Stephanie Oddo Cordially invite you to join us in celebrating Pinellas County Commissioners Calvin Harris and Ken Welch Beaks Old Florida Tavern and Restaurant…

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Pinellas Democratic Party hosting fundraiser on Tuesday celebrating ‘cool black guys’ Calvin Harris and Ken Welch

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Sen. Arthenia L. Joyner – Sen. Charlie Justice – Rep. Bill Heller Rep. Rick Kriseman – Rep. Janet Long – Rep. Darryl Rouson School Board Member Nina Hayden – School Board Member Linda Learner Mayor Pat Gerard – Councilor Steve Kornell Councilor Wengay “Newt” Newton – Councilor Karl Nurse City Com. Joseph Barkley – City Com. Stephanie Oddo Cordially invite you to join us in celebrating Pinellas County Commissioners Calvin Harris and Ken Welch Beaks Old Florida Tavern and Restaurant…

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How I broke the story about Goliath Davis’ stop for suspicion of DUI

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Since Thursday, when I first broke the story of Deputy Mayor Goilath Davis being stopped by the Gulfport Police Department in the early morning of December 15, 2009, for suspicion of DUI, I have been inundated for answers to questions as to how I, a singular writer and blogger, broke a story of this magnitutde. How did I scoop the St. Petersburg Times?  Still others wanted to know what my motivation was for investigating the story?  Some wished to know if I had a…

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How I broke the story about Goliath Davis’ stop for suspicion of DUI

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Since Thursday, when I first broke the story of Deputy Mayor Goilath Davis being stopped by the Gulfport Police Department in the early morning of December 15, 2009, for suspicion of DUI, I have been inundated for answers to questions as to how I, a singular writer and blogger, broke a story of this magnitutde. How did I scoop the St. Petersburg Times?  Still others wanted to know what my motivation was for investigating the story?  Some wished to know if I had a…

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