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St. Pete honors the now toppling inverted pyramid

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Some 600 people lined the sidewalk leading to the shuttered Pier to grab a piece of history during a two hour rally aimed at honoring the Pier’s past while celebrating its future. The event, overlooking Spa Beach and the iconic inverted pyramid, attracted more people than even city officials anticipated. They came prepared with just 200 brick pavers with the inverted pyramid Pier emblem shown on the front. Those left waiting were able to put their name on a list…

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Counter protest planned for St. Pete Pier celebration

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City officials and St. Pete residents will gather near the St. Pete Museum of History overlooking the ill-fated Pier currently being ripped down by heavy machinery to honor its history and celebrate the future of a new Pier. But Mayor Rick Kriseman and supporters of the new Pier design, Pier Park, won’t be the only ones there for the event. Beginning at 5 p.m., the same time the mayor’s event begins, opponents of demolishing the Pier will also gather for…

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Tom Lambdon: Pier petition is far from over

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After reporting Tuesday evening the window to place a petition-based referendum on the November ballot had passed, supporters of the effort were quick to take to social media pointing out their efforts are not dead. Tom Lambdon, head of the group Vote on the Pier and Preserve our Waterfront, said he’s continuing to gather petition signatures to place a referendum before voters asking whether or not construction and demolition on downtown waterfront property should be voted on at the ballot…

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It’s official: The St. Pete Pier is being demolished

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When the City of St. Petersburg announced demolition was going to begin on the iconic inverted pyramid that’s served as a staple of the downtown waterfront for 40 years, there was a sort of “I’ll believe when I see it” mentality. Fences were up and the call was made, but fences had been up before and an earlier claim to demolish was thwarted when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers stepped in and told the city it needed additional permitting. Well…

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Eric Lynn’s campaign team includes high-profile Obama staffers

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CD 13 Democratic candidate Eric Lynn, the only declared candidate in the Pinellas County congressional race, announced his campaign team today, and it includes two nationally known figures who played important parts in getting Barack Obama elected president twice. Bill Burton and Anita Dunn from the political communications firm SKDKnickerbocker have signed on to the campaign as Lynn’s media consultants. Burton has been acting as the press spokesperson role ever since Lynn got into the race. He was the national spokesman for…

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Lisa Wheeler-Brown, Sheila Scott-Griffin gave thumbs up for Rays leaving St. Pete

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The latest mailer hitting District 7 voters in St. Pete touts candidate Will Newton while directly hitting Lisa Wheeler-Brown and Sheila Scott-Griffin on the controversial Tampa Bay Rays Issue. The mailer cites a question posed during a candidate forum on July 21 at the Childs Park Recreation Center where candidates were asked, according to the mailer, “are you in favor of the Rays leaving St. Petersburg? The flier shows a photo of Wheeler-Brown and Scott-Griffin giving a thumbs up and…

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St. Pete officials say curbside recycling is exceeding expectations, looks to add more flexibility

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St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman is updating residents on the contentious rollout of universal curbside recycling in his weekly SUNblast newsletter sent to subscribing residents. Kriseman said the numbers show participation rates are exceeding early expectations. An inquiry into those numbers was not immediately answered. However, Kriseman explained the sanitation department is calculating participation by comparing 10 selected areas throughout the city by looking at the number of bins tipped verses the number of possible participants. During the first week of…

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