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Pier Advisory Task Force posts final report online

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Following a 14-month review of The Pier, the Pier Advisory Task Force has released its report to be presented to the mayor and City Council at next Thursday’s June 10 City Council meeting. Following objectives laid out by the mayor and Council in March 2009, the 20-member Task Force evaluated the Pier, Pier Approach and surrounding areas.  In preparing its recommendations, the Task Force utilized public input received from the community and studied a vast amount of data to help…

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Tampa’s firefighters endorse Bob Buckhorn for mayor

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The city’s firefighters union has pledged support for Bob Buckhorn’s mayoral bid. Representatives of the International Association of Firefighters Local 754 today endorsed the 51-year-old former Tampa city councilman in the 2011 election. “Bob Buckhorn is the best choice for the future of both the City and the future of the Tampa Fire Department,” union President Capt. M.G. Costello said in a statement. “No one is as prepared to lead as Bob.”

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Tampa’s firefighters endorse Bob Buckhorn for mayor

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The city’s firefighters union has pledged support for Bob Buckhorn’s mayoral bid. Representatives of the International Association of Firefighters Local 754 today endorsed the 51-year-old former Tampa city councilman in the 2011 election. “Bob Buckhorn is the best choice for the future of both the City and the future of the Tampa Fire Department,” union President Capt. M.G. Costello said in a statement. “No one is as prepared to lead as Bob.”

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Deveron Gibbons is still an SOB and here are 10 reasons why he won’t run, much less win, in 2013

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The fallout from St. Petersburg Times reporter Michael Van Sickler’s profile of Jeff Copeland, a prominent political organizer in the African American community, continues even after the article’s first publication. Beginning on Wednesday and through this weekend, several sources close to both Copeland and former mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons have told me that Gibbons is bragging that he was a significant off-the-record source to Van Sickler and is the reason why the article was published. While I doubt Gibbons was…

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Deveron Gibbons is still an SOB and here are 10 reasons why he won’t run, much less win, in 2013

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The fallout from St. Petersburg Times reporter Michael Van Sickler’s profile of Jeff Copeland, a prominent political organizer in the African American community, continues even after the article’s first publication. Beginning on Wednesday and through this weekend, several sources close to both Copeland and former mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons have told me that Gibbons is bragging that he was a significant off-the-record source to Van Sickler and is the reason why the article was published. While I doubt Gibbons was…

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The Broken Windows of 38th Avenue and First Street North

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Campaigning for mayor of St. Petersburg, Bill Foster’s first promise was that he would “adopt a ‘broken windows’ philosophy when it came to crime prevention, which according to Foster’s campaign website, means stopping minor offenses in order to prevent major crimes. The “broken windows” theory stems from an article titled “Broken Windows” by James Q. Wilson and George L. Kelling, which appeared in the March 1982 edition of The Atlantic Monthly: Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not…

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Last chance to attend Mayor’s Night Out before summer break

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The public is once again invited to attend next Thursday’s “Mayor’s Night Out” community forum at Roberts Recreation Center, 1246 50th Ave. N. before the popular community program goes on hiatus for the summer.  Mayor Bill Foster and city department personnel will be on hand next Thursday, May 13, to hear residents’ thoughts and concerns, answer questions and provide a one-stop shopping environment to access city services. District 4 Council Chair Leslie Curran will also attend. “Mayor’s Night Out” begins…

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