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Winners & Losers from yesterday’s primary

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Forget about Kathleen Ford and Bill Foster winning, there were plenty of other Winners and Losers who emerged from the St. Petersburg Mayoral Primary. Here’s a list of who really won and who really, really lost. The Architects, the Maestros, or whatever they call campaign managers nowadays: Steve Lipinski and Darden Rice. Lapinski, Steve Kornell’s campaign manager, has put together a streak of impressive wins by paying attention to the details. Rice, who is quarterbacking Karl Nurse’s re-election effort, deserves…

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Angela Rouson sends out the cutest mailpiece of the campaign

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Okay, okay, there is not a lot of high-level policy discussed in Angela Rouson’s latest mailpiece, but I think that is the point. Evoking a similar effort by her husband during his campaign, this mailpiece reminds voters about the best aspect of Angela Rouson, her compassionate mothering of five young men. Because in this day and age, if Angela can keep five young men in line, she should have no problem with Leslie Curran and Wengay Newton. Great photography, nice…

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Tiger Bay or Tiger Lilly?

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Like with so many others, my relationship with Tiger Bay is becoming a love-hate situation. I love going to the forums, I think they hate when I show up and make the likes of Leslie Curran quiver with discomfort. Earlier this year and behind closed doors, the board of Tiger Bay contemplated taking away a fang-and-claw award I received for a question I asked Mayor Rick Baker. The rationale for this unprecedented action (seriously) had something to do with Beverly…

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10 things I think I think about yesterday’s candidate forum at Tiger Bay

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Honestly, I am often apprehensive about going to Tiger Bay. I know I make a lot of people (that means you, Leslie Curran) uncomfortable by just being in the room. But my apprehension subsides quickly once I see all the familiar faces. Plus, I’ve won a couple of fang-and-claw awards, I try to ask good, tough questions (I’d have won a few more fang-and-claw awards by now if some of the judges weren’t those same people I make uncomfortable) and,…

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Pinellas Realtors explain endorsements

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Is this going to be one of the new trends this election season, in which organizations explain their endorsements? Sierra Club explained why it endorsed Scott Wagman for St. Petersburg Mayor; now the Pinellas Realtors are explaining (albeit with several spelling errors I had to correct) the endorsement they made last week in the City Council races: District 2: James Kennedy – Kennedy earned the committee’s recommendation because of his commitment to growth management planning as well as his overall…

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Pinellas Realtors endorse Angela Rouson, Karl Nurse, Leslie Curran and Jim Kennedy

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The Pinellas Realtor Organization has endorsed Angela Rouson for the District 5 seat on the St. Petersburg City Council. The official announcement has yet to be made, but they have also endorsed all of the incumbents, Karl Nurse, Leslie Curran and Jim Kennedy.

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Steve Kornell’s in your mailbox

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Why is it that we have three good candidates for City Council from one district and yet we are stuck with Leslie Curran and Wengay Newton from other districts? Anyway, Steve Kornell’s mail-piece to absentee ballot requesters arrived yesterday. Standard fare, but sharp enough. Considering his budget, I award it a solid ‘B’ grade.

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