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Direct mail round-up: Charlie Gerdes targets voter with first round of campaign mailers

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St. Pete City Council chair Charlie Gerdes has sent out his first campaign mailer asking voters to re-elect him as the District 1 representative for West St. Pete. The mailer announces to voters, ā€œPutting you first. Moving us forward.ā€ The mailer, sent to more than 13,000 city voters Monday, lists some of Gerdesā€™ accomplishments as council chair. Gerdes wrote the board put $2 million back into the cityā€™s coffers ā€œso that we can manage our growth smartly,ā€ funded a new…

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Political outsider Monica Abbott self-funds City Council bid to out-raise Charlie Gerdes

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Thanks to an $11,000 loan from herself, City Council candidate Monica Abbott has now tripled the amount of money raised by her opponent for the District 1 seat covering West St. Pete. Including her loan, Abbott has now raised $12,425 compared to just $4,150 raised by City Council chair Charlie Gerdes in his re-election bid. Abbott also brought in a $250 contribution from City Council member-elect Ed Montanari. Abbott had previously donated to Montanariā€™s campaign. The City Council hopeful also…

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Mail ballots to go out for St. Pete and Seminole voters today

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The Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections will begin mailing ballots to voters in St. Pete and Seminole Tuesday to the more than 65,000 domestic voters who requested them. Most of those will be sent to St. Pete voters who will decide three City Council races and four amendments. The most contentious race in the Sunshine City is between community activist Lisa Wheeler-Brown and firefighter union representative Will Newton. That race has gotten heated over the past couple of months as…

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Direct mail roundup: Monica Abbott mailer touts commitment to open communication

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Just as The Tampa Tribune announced it was backing Charlie Gerdes for re-election to City Council, mailers touting his opponent hit voters’ mailboxes. The mailer is all-positive and touts Monica Abbottā€™s commitment to being accessible to constituents. ā€œI will not only listen to you, I will hear you and act on your behalf,ā€ the back side of the mailer read.Ā And itā€™s clear sheā€™s serious about that. There is a phone number, website and email address listed on each side of…

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St. Pete union backs Charlie Gerdes re-election to City Council

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The Service Employees International Union Florida is backing St. Pete City Council chair Charlie Gerdes for re-election to West St. Pete’s District 1. ā€œI respect him not only as a Council member but also as a human being, said local union chapter chair Brian ā€œCricketā€ Brehm. ā€œWhen we are out there helping our homeless communities, we also see Mr. Gerdes doing all he can to serve them.ā€ The union, which represents the SEIUā€™s public, healthcare and property services workers in…

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Lisa Wheeler-Brown leads latest City Council poll; undecided voters still a huge factor

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The St. Pete municipal election this November could be all about the undecided voters based on a new poll released Thursday by St. Pete Polls. According to a survey of 654 registered voters, even non-competitive races are polling at a high rate of uncertainty. In the race between six-year council member Steve Kornell and his challenger, Phillip Garrett, who has raised zero dollars and doesnā€™t appear to have campaigned at all for the seat, nearly half of those polled werenā€™t…

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Steve Kornell challenger is broke, but still there

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Phillip Garrett still has not raised a dime in his attempt to unseat St. Pete City Councilman Steve Kornell. Thatā€™s according to the latest campaign documents filed with the city clerkā€™s office. His name hasnā€™t been brought up often asĀ Kornell is considered all but guaranteed a win on Election Day this November. But, that hasnā€™t stopped Garrett from waging a campaign. Garrett has a Facebook page and a website. Facebook is obviously free and so is the website builder he…

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