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Steve Kornell blasts bike share program on Facebook

Published on February 10, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

St. Pete City Council member Steve Kornell is calling the Rick Kriseman administration “tone deaf.” For that matter, he’s calling anyone who supports spending city money on a proposed bike share program “tone deaf.” In a Facebook post Wednesday morning, Kornell linked to a story published by the Tampa Bay Times online Tuesday about the failures of a bike share program in Seattle, Washington. “It is tone deaf to think a bike share program for short term trips downtown is…

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Seattle’s bike share failure an unfair comparison with St. Pete’s plans

Published on February 9, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Janelle Irwin

The Tampa Bay Times is drawing attention to a possible hang-up for bike share aspirations in St. Pete: Seattle’s program is saddled with debt. That’s a scary prospect, indeed. But the article is, at best, making a mountain out of a molehill and, at worst, entirely irrelevant. Let’s first look at the mountain-out-of-a-molehill scenario. Seattle, huh? Short of Hawaii or Alaska, you can’t get any farther from the Sunshine City than that. What about Tampa where the program is a…

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ICYMI: Rick Kriseman delivers new St. Pete Pier update

Published on February 2, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

This year isn’t expected to be a very exciting one for St. Pete’s new Pier. That’s according to Mayor Rick Kriseman, who, in a video released Friday, thanked residents and visitors for their patience while plans continue to unfold. He described a process for 2016 full of red tape and behind the scenes bore that will likely leave residents wondering what in the world is going on. The inverted pyramid is razed and from an onlooker’s perspective, not much is…

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Ken Welch to launch fourth re-election campaign

Published on February 2, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch is officially launching his re-election campaign next week. Welch will be meeting with supporters at the Hangar Restaurant located at 540 First Street SE Wednesday, February 10. Congresswoman Kathy Castor will be on hand as a special guest, though an invitation sent to prospective donors makes clear she “is not asking for funds or donations” as per campaign finance rules. Welch has already built an impressive host committee consisting of several current and former mayors.…

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Toast of the Bay/Dump into the Bay: St. Pete Chamber and Bike Share

Published on January 30, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

Toast to the Bay: St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce The St. Pete Chamber this week celebrated a fruitful 2015 at the Mahaffey Theater in downtown St. Pete among more than 1,000 members. The backdrop was a theater thriving in a booming downtown. All things that make the Chamber and its president, Chris Steinocher, very, very happy. The group welcomed 333 new members in 2015, a record-breaking year for them. Steinocher participated in 42 ribbon cuttings representing 42 new businesses…

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Rick Kriseman to fly Carter Woodson African American History Museum flag in honor of Black History Month

Published on January 30, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Janelle Irwin

In honor of Black History Month, St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman will raise the Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum flag over City Hall. This is the 40th anniversary of Black History Month, which is held throughout February each year. The move comes not only as an honor to the museum in recognition of African-American history and the fight for civil rights through American history, but as the city’s commitment to ensuring the survival of the museum located in…

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Bradenton engineer to run St. Pete’s public works

Published on January 29, 2016 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

Claude Tankersley will replace former St. Petersburg Public Works Administrator Mike Connors. Tankersley comes to the city from Bradenton where he worked in a similar capacity as Public Works director. He’ll begin mid-February and take over for Tom Gibson who has been interim head of public works since Connor’s departure in late August. “I am incredibly pleased to have Claude join our team in the Sunshine City and provide our Public Works Administration with new leadership and direction,” Mayor Rick…

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Rick Kriseman - page 45

ICYMI: Rick Kriseman delivers new St. Pete Pier update

Ken Welch to launch fourth re-election campaign

Rick Kriseman to fly Carter Woodson African American History Museum flag in honor of Black History Month

Bradenton engineer to run St. Pete’s public works

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