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Could the Times be celebrating Mike Connors’ slash in responsibility?

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The Tampa Bay Times posted a scathing story about St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman’s scaling back of a key staffer’s role. Public Works Administrator Mike Connors will oversee 200 fewer employees as a result of a staffing change that removes him from power over the city’s sanitation department, which includes its newly rolled out recycling program. He also is being removed as the head of the city’s purchasing department, which oversaw the purchase of seven recycling pickup trucks. Despite the…

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Yes, he’s Wengay’s brother, but City Council candidate Will Newton is his own man

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Five candidates are running to replace City Council member Wengay Newton for his District 7 seat covering parts of South St. Pete including Midtown and Child’s Park. One of them is his brother. Will Newton, or Winnie as his firefighter friends call him, is a St. Pete native and has lived in his district since the 1980s in the home he purchased then. Newton is a retired firefighter who now works as the district vice president for the Florida Professional…

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Construction fences to go up around Pier next week

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Fences will go up as soon as next week in preparation to demolish the existing St. Pete Pier. St. Pete City Council members approved several items related to constructing a new Pier, including demolishing the current one, during a meeting Thursday. According to Public Works Administrator Mike Connors, the city is prepared to fence off the area beginning next week. The city can begin demolition of the inverted pyramid almost immediately because that project is already permitted. Demolition of other…

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The shuttered St. Pete Pier could be demolished later this month

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The inverted pyramid could come toppling down as soon as July 20 if City Council approves a series of ordinances associated with building a new Pier. In addition to approving the contract with ASD/Rogers Partners to complete designs for Pier Park, City Council members will also vote on a contract with Sonny Gasbrenner, Inc. to demolish the Pier. The $3.1 million task of bringing the Pier and its approach down can begin as soon as 10 days following Council approval. Day…

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Pier Park vs. Inverted Pyramid = War and dock voyages to Mexico

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The Pier debate seemed to go quiet after City Council voted to approve Pier Park as the top choice for a new Pier in May. Opponents of Pier Park (or anything not of the inverted pyramid variety) kept rolling with a petition effort to kill the whole shebang, but they kept under the radar. Tom Lambdon, the guy behind Vote on the Pier attempting to derail Pier Park and successful in knocking off the 2013 Lens project, explained why to…

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Pier Park negotiations to go before City Council this week

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It’s been 60 days since St. Pete City Council approved Pier Park as the top-ranked design to replace the aging inverted pyramid. The decision paved the way for negotiations with the design team. According to Mayor Rick Kriseman’s communications director, Ben Kirby, a contract will go before City Council at its meeting this Thursday. The council’s decision paved the way for architects with ASD/Rogers Partners and Urban Designers/KSLA to have a seat at the negotiating table. The city said the negotiation…

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Pier Selection Committee dismissed by Rick Kriseman

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The Pier Selection Committee charged with ranking design choices for a new St. Pete Pier has officially been relieved of its duties. Mayor Rick Kriseman officially thanked and dismissed committee members during a meeting in his office Thursday afternoon. The team ranked Pier Park at the top of its list during a meeting last month and St. Pete City Council subsequently approved that ranking and opened the door for Kriseman to begin negotiations with that design team. Those negotiations are expected to wrap…

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