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Rep. Darryl Rouson shares personal story to help start annual Red Ribbon Week

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Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske shared his views on the importance of treatment for drug addicts — while state Rep. Darryl Rouson shared his story of addiction and recovery — during a kick-off breakfast for the yearly Red Ribbon Week drug prevention program. Read the rest of this story after the jump. Arrests and draconian sentencing laws alone aren’t helping the country win the war on drugs, America’s drug czar told a group of community leaders. “Treatment and prevention can be…

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St. Pete Times bites tongue: PolitiFact rules I’m telling the truth about Deveron Gibbons’ record

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From Aaron Shrockman: Is Deveron Gibbons a bad driver? The political blog What’s Wrong With Deveron? sure wants you to think so. The blog, maintained by Peter Schorsch and created to bash Gibbons, contends that the first-time candidate has had his driver’s license suspended at least seven times. “His driver’s license was suspended as recently as December 1, 2008, only one month before Gibbons filed to run for mayor of St. Petersburg,” Schorsch wrote on the blog. “Dating back to…

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Jamie Bennett campaign accepted cash donations over legal limit — against my advice

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Before you read the following article, remember there was a complete (self-imposed) firewall between me and Jamie Bennett’s campaign finances. So everything you are about to read is just another indication of Bennett’s incompetence. Also, I am on record as early as March 16 as recommending the campaign institute more advanced controls of his campaign finance record-keeping, as indicated by this email I sent to the campaign treasurer: Bill: Here is where you want to go to order Campaign Tool…

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Alright, I won’t run for H-52

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Since first beginning to explore the possibility of campaigning to represent the people of the 52nd District in the House of Representative, I have been humbled by the support and encouragement I received from across Pinellas County, and indeed, beyond. Like so many Floridians, I am relieved to know Representative Heller will not run for the Florida Senate and will continue to serve in his current capacity. So today, it is with mixed emotions that I announce my withdrawal from…

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Ramsay McLauchlan at Tiger Bay

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Long in the political wilderness, the 2008 presidential and congressional elections demonstrated a drastic return to power for the party of the left. But while Democrats bask in the glow of their successes in National elections, the party hasn’t been able to make much of a go of it in Florida and Pinellas County. Why hasn’t the local party been able to translate the national voting mood into success for state and local candidates? Can Pinellas County’s new Chairman of…

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A point-by-point rebuttal of Diane Stenle’s editorial criticizing early mail-in voting

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Let’s start being honest about why the St. Petersburg Times seeks to downplay the significance of early, mail-in voting: if voters cast their ballots early, that will lessen the importance of the Times‘ coverage, especially its editorial recommendations. My point-by-point response to Diane Stenle’s editorial is in italics. Candidates might as well throw out the play book on how to run campaigns for local offices in Pinellas County. It’s a whole new ball game. The game changer: mail balloting. Stenle…

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Doesn’t the PCS have something better to do?

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Pinellas County deputies arrested eight women on charges including prostitution and nudity at Vegas Showgirls near Derby Lane in St. Petersburg Friday night. The sting happened about 9 p.m. at 10750 Gandy Boulevard.  Ahhh, Vegas. It used to be one of my spots, especially after a night at Derby. But now that I have changed my wayward ways, I have yet to be back there, although now I feel like I should stop by as a show of support. Speaking…

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