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Political committee supporting Rick Baker’s mayoral bid was formed a month before his campaign launch

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Seamless Florida, a political committee aligned with Rick Baker‘s campaign to be St. Petersburg mayor, was formed a month before he officially became a candidate, filing documents with the Florida Division of Elections show. The political committee registered with the DOE on April 11, naming Rob Kapusta, chairman of the St. Petersburg Downtown Partnership, as its chair and Nancy Watkins, the highly respected Tampa-based accountant as its treasurer. Although the committee’s listed purpose is fairly broad and that the candidates it will be…

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Activists blasts Rick Baker’s ‘backward thinking’ on LGBT rights

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A day after Rick Baker announced he would run again for St. Petersburg mayor, a group of LGBT leaders is scheduled to blast his record on LGBT issues. At a press conference set outside of City Hall, the activists are expected to note that during Baker’s tenure leading the city from 2001-2010, he banned the gay pride flag from flying at City Hall, refused to attend gay pride events around the city and “refused to offer any support for the LGBT community,” according to a…

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Rick Kriseman on Rick Baker announcement — it’s about moving St. Pete forward, not back

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This morning, Rick Kriseman was working and thus didn’t hear Rick Baker blast his nearly three-and-a-half year tenure as St. Petersburg mayor. It was an aggressive performance by the former mayor against the current one, and Kriseman — without knowing the exact contents of Baker’s fusillade, opted to maintain a theme that it’s about moving the city forward, not back into the last decade. “Well, I think it’s up to the voters to decide if they don’t like what’s happening,”…

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