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In alternate universe of St. Pete Mayor Bob Buckhorn, Pier would already be gone

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Imagine a world where Bob Buckhorn is the mayor of St. Pete, not Tampa. According to his version of that parallel universe, the Pier as it exists today would not be there. If that were the case, the rampant bickering among inverted-pyramid-loving activists and city leaders trying to figure out what in the bejesus to do about this longstanding dilemma wouldn’t really be a thing. Sure there’d be a bunch of pissed off activists complaining they didn’t have a say…

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Rick Kriseman’s message to St. Pete City Council: ‘Build a damn Pier’

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St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman urged City Council to respect the city’s Pier process and let it work. “Perhaps the public just wants their elected officials to do what they elected them to do – to build a damn Pier,” Kriseman said. That pretty much summed up the message during Kriseman’s 20 minutes before council members. “Build a damn Pier.” Council scheduled a Pier update for Kriseman to issue during its Thursday meeting. In his update, Kriseman took a trip down…

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At least one Pier demolition permit expires this year

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Rick Kriseman is cutting it close. The St. Pete mayor is expected to address City Council Thursday at the board’s 3 p.m. meeting. Kriseman will lay out an expectation to have a new Pier completed by 2018, according to a release from his communication’s staff. That timeline would play it pretty close to the wire for permitting. According to an email from Thomas B. Gibson, the city’s Engineering and Capital Improvements engineering director, at least one demolition permit is only valid through October…

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Times reporter fails to mention letter from top Pier activist

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One of the fiercest critics of the Pier process wrote Tampa Bay Times Pier reporter Waveney Ann Moore a passionate (and rather long-winded) letter late last month laying down the argument that the Kriseman administration has flopped on its handling of the process. Tom Lambdon is with the group Vote on the Pier. He headed a petition effort to kill the Lens in 2013 and is now spearheading another to force development decisions on St. Pete’s downtown waterfront to be…

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City councilmember’s vote on new St. Pete’s Pier left out of city data

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Update: SaintPetersblog has identified the discrepancy with Darden Rice’s vote in the Pier survey. Rice’s vote was filed with the city as unverified because she provided her current home address. The Supervisor of Elections database had not been updated with that address and instead listed Rice’s address as a previous residence. Rice said it was an oversight on her part and has updated her address with the SOE’s office. SaintPetersblog is working to find out how Rice’s vote – and…

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Rick Kriseman sends conflicting messages on the Pier

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The Tampa Bay Times is reporting St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman will urge City Council to stick to the process regarding slow-moving plans to choose a design for a new Pier. In the report, Kriseman’s director of communications, Ben Kirby, tells the Times “Kriseman will remind council members of the inclusive process he established, emphasizing the public input that began with the pier working group that established what citizens want at the attraction.” In other words, what public survey? Kriseman…

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Long shot or not, Blue Pier supporters aren’t backing down

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Beautiful weather over Easter weekend paired with the finally scheduled Pier Selection Committee meeting to assign rankings to the three remaining designs has created something of a media lull in the looming Pier debate. While the silence could signal acceptance or even fatigue over the long-awaited replacement of downtown’s current Pier, the debate is anything but dead. One group continues to build momentum. Supporters of the Blue Pier are plowing forward with their push to have the selection committee re-evaluate…

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