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Activists take crusade for electric buses to Pinellas County commissioners

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Members of the board that oversees public transportation in Pinellas agreed last week to buy two electric buses for a pilot program, if the county commission decidesĀ to purchase a charging station for the vehicles. Now activists who once targeted the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority have set their sights on Pinellas County commissioners. The immediate goal: Convince commissioners to agree to spend about $590,000 of the $7.1 million it received from the BP oil spill settlement for the charging station. The…

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Charlie Justice says he’s still endorsing Ben Diamond, but Eric Lynn has his support

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Updated- After we reported this morning that Pinellas County Commissioner Charlie Justice had switched from endorsing Ben Diamond in theĀ Ā House District 68 candidate Ben Diamond to being neutral in the race with fellow Democrat Eric Lynn, we received a call from Tom Alte, Diamond’s campaign manager, saying that Justice was still endorsing Diamond. We went back and reviewed the statement sent to us by Justice on Thursday. In fact, Justice does that, “while Ben asked for and received my endorsement,…

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Mayors ask Pinellas to reconsider Sunday morning alcohol sales ban

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Some Pinellas mayors want the Pinellas County Commission to relax its ban on selling alcohol before 11 a.m. on Sundays. Allowing sales earlier in the day, they say, is a matter of smart economics, a sign of a progressive region, and a tourist-friendly idea. ā€œIn our minds, itā€™s just sort of a leftover law that doesnā€™t have any use anymore,ā€ said R.B. Johnson, mayor of Indian Rocks Beach, of his councilā€™s favorable stance on changing the rule. ā€œWe just felt…

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Transit tax foe to Pinellas County commission: Reprimand or fire county administrator ā€” or else

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Two anti-transit-tax activists fired off emails to Pinellas commissioners this week demanding that County Administrator Mark Woodard be disciplined for discussions he held with Mike Merrill, the Hillsborough county administrator. They were reacting to a report in the Tampa Bay Times that Woodard had met with Merrill to discuss, among other things, regional transportation issues. According to the May 3 article, the two had discussed simultaneously asking voters in both counties to approve a half-cent sales tax to pay for…

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Charlie Justice begins to close fundraising gap in race against Mike Mikurak

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February fundraising in the only competitive Pinellas County Commission race was fairly lackluster. Incumbent, Charlie Justice, took a first step in closing the gap between him and his challenger, Mike Mikurak. With $4,225 coming in during the month, Justice outraised Mikurak by nearly double this report. Mikurak raised $2,695. But the difference didnā€™t put much of a dent into Mikurakā€™s fundraising head start. The Republican has raised nearly $74,000 compared to Justice who has raised less than $30,000. Justice pulled…

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With GOP backing, Mike Mikurak continues to grow funding gap in Pinellas Commission contest

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Mike Mikurak has outraised his opponent Charlie Justice more than three to one in his race to unseat the current Commission chair. Mikurak has raised more than $73,000 compared to Justiceā€™s $24,000. In January alone Mikurak nearly doubled Justiceā€™s fundraising totals. Mikurakā€™s fundraising success is likely the result of a Republican push to re-gain a majority on Commission. Pat Gerardā€™s election in 2014 replacing Norm Roche gave Democrats a majority for the first time in 50 years. The Pinellas County…

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Pinellas County Commissioner Janet Long raises nearly $22k for 2016 re-election campaign

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Incumbent Janet Long has continued her bid for Pinellas County Commission re-election with another solid month of campaign fundraising. The 70-year-old Democrat and former Florida House state representative from Seminole has raised a total of $21,658 since formally jumping into the race for Commission’s District 1 seat back in May. Approximately $4,850 of that sum was donated during this past month. In total, 10 checks were contributed to the Long campaign inĀ August. Six of those came from individual supporters, while…

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