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Top St. Pete headlines in 2015: No. 9 – Transportation

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Editor’s note: As 2015 winds down, SPB is taking a look back at the year’s news in St. Pete and assembled a list of the top 10 most interesting developments. Whether the news evoked outrage in the community, excitement or even heartbreak, these are the top headlines of the past year. No. 9 – Transportation The year 2015 started off with many St. Petersburg residents still disappointed that a Pinellas county transit referendum failed. It would have led to a more robust public transportation…

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Top St. Pete headlines in 2015: No. 10 – Paid paternity leave

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Editor’s note: As 2015 winds down, SPB is taking a look back at the year’s news in St. Pete and assembled a list of the top 10 most interesting developments. Whether the news evoked outrage in the community, excitement or even heartbreak, these are the top headlines of the past year. No. 10: Paid paternity leave Mayor Rick Kriseman announced in December 2014 that he would change city policy to allow six weeks paid leave for new parents. The change, effective…

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New Tampa Bay Rays deal not likely to look like old one

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St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman is planning a series of sit-downs with individual City Council members in hopes of earning support for a new deal with the Tampa Bay Rays to let the team search for new stadium sites outside of St. Pete. The move is not surprising. While Kriseman and his staff had no comment on the issue, it’s likely they’ve been counting the days until January. This weekend, two new council members will be sworn in. One of…

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Immersed in local arts, Cuba delegation visits St. Petersburg

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Representing Cuban arts and culture, an eight-person delegation visited St. Petersburg this weekend, to meet with civic leaders and elected officials for a three-day immersion in all things St. Pete — particularly the arts. Though invitations by Mayor Rick Kriseman, the Dali Museum, and the Downtown Partnership, the delegation, which included representatives of the Ministry of Culture, explored a potential for artistic exchange in the Tampa Bay region. The delegation’s arrival was timed to coincide with “D-17” — December 17 —…

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Fleeting thoughts and images of an ideal future OR St. Pete’s gun violence march mash-up

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“One homicide is one homicide too many.” – St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman “Following spike in murders, Rick Kriseman to march against gun violence” — Headline, SaintPetersBlog.com “Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.” – Edwin Hubbell Chapin (1814 — 1880) “The demonstration is following six shooting deaths in St. Pete over the past six weeks.” – SaintPetersBlog.com “Just this week alone, 17-year old Tyler Lord was shot and killed in an alley behind his home. Two…

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Mayors join Rick Kriseman in giving Donald Trump the boot

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Rick Kriseman isn’t the only mayor wanting to keep Donald Trump out. Some other mayors have joined St. Pete’s now famous Mayor in sending a message to Trump — stay out. Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said Tuesday, according to CNN, that he’d ban Trump if he could. “We don’t have any room for that kind of stupidity here,” Nutter said. And in an interview posted on CNN Nutter also called Trump an A**hole. “He has no idea what he’s talking…

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Jamie Grant doubles down on referring to Donald Trump proposal on Muslims as “fascist”

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Tampa area state Rep. Jamie Grant said Wednesday he’s not backing away from his Monday tweet calling Donald Trump‘s proposed ban on Muslims from entering the country a “a fascist proposal.”  “The answer to immigration problems in this country is not fascism. It’s not registries of people who look a certain way or believe a certain thing,” Grant said at a meeting of the Tampa Bay Healthcare Collaborative at the Children’s Board in Ybor City on Wednesday. The GOP lawmaker sat on…

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