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St. Pete City Council furthers talk on fossil fuel divestment

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St. Petersburg City Council members are considering divesting the city from fossil fuels. During a meeting Thursday, the eight-member board voted unanimously to refer to the Budget, Finance and Taxation Committee a divestment measure recommended by Mayor Rick Kriseman. The measure would affect city pensions where investments are currently placed strategically to incur the most financial benefit. City Council approval of the issue would remove fossil fuel industries from those investments. Kriseman pushed the issue as a way to encourage…

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Bob Buckhorn not high on possible Rays ballpark in Westshore area

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A long-discussed plan that would finally allow the Tampa Bay Rays management to begin discussing a possible stadium in Hillsborough County could come before the St. Petersburg City Council as early as next week, and indications are that the votes are there to have that happen. The immediate focus after that, of course, what sites the Rays will be looking at in Hillsborough. One of the usual suspects, when the topic arises, is the Westshore area of Tampa, which was listed…

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No, there won’t be a vote this week on new Rays deal

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There will not be a vote on a new Rays deal this week. St. Pete City Council Chairwoman Amy Foster confirmed Wednesday that there was no chance a deal – brokered between Mayor Rick Kriseman and the Tampa Bay Rays to allow the team to look for stadium sites outside of St. Pete – would be voted on at Thursday’s meeting. Tuesday, the Tampa Bay Times reported that Kriseman’s intent was to put a vote before council on Thursday. However,…

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Hillsborough County Commission OKs $350,000 for St. Pete ferry pilot project

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The Hillsborough County Commission voted 5-1 Wednesday to agree, based on certain conditions, to set aside $350,000 to help fund a pilot project that would bring ferry service from downtown St. Petersburg to downtown Tampa, beginning this October. St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman is spearheading the effort. He hopes to get a financial commitment of $350,000 from each of the four local governments that would benefit from the ferry service before his staff sits down with the private company that would run the…

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Mitch Perry Report for 1.6.15 — Are Nikki Haley and Julian Castro top picks for VP?

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Since we don’t know who the presidential nominees are yet, it’s insanely premature to speculate on who might be the vice-presidential candidates, right? Of course not. Actually, the reason I’m even thinking of this today is that my original story idea for this column is being banked for a future story. But I thought about VP nominees this morning after the Republican National Committee announced that Nikki Haley will be given their response to President Barack Obama‘s State of the…

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Rick Kriseman, Bob Buckhorn meet to discuss possible ferry service linking Tampa Bay area

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A proposed pilot project that would offer ferry service from downtown St. Petersburg to downtown Tampa just got a bit more real on Tuesday after the mayors of those respective cities met for an hour to discuss the possibility. St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman made the commute to meet with Mayor Bob Buckhorn at Tampa City Hall, a day before he’s scheduled to provide details to the Hillsborough County Commission. The project has been spearheaded by Kriseman since this fall, and…

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Bob Buckhorn, Rick Kriseman to deliver lively State of the Bay on Friday

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Neighboring Mayors Bob Buckhorn and Rick Kriseman will deliver a State of the Bay address at the Suncoast Tiger Bay Club luncheon at the St. Pete Yacht Club in downtown on Friday. The two are likely to tout their respective wins in both Tampa and St. Pete. For Kriseman that means a demolished Pier, a thriving downtown, several key steps in stamping out poverty in South St. Pete and, most likely by then, a new deal with the Tampa Bay Rays. For Buckhorn, there’s the mostly…

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