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St. Pete millage rate will not go up next year

Published on July 23, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

St. Pete City Council tentatively approved a millage rate for the fiscal year 2016 budget during its meeting Thursday. Under the proposed budget the property taxes collected by the city would remain flat at a 6.77 millage rate. Council also approved public meeting dates to discuss the budget for September 3 and 17 at 7:30. City Council must approve a budget before October 1. City Council has to vote on a millage rate preemptively by August 4 in order to…

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.23.15 — Cuba not only difference between Buckhorn and Kriseman

Published on July 23, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

Attitudes regarding fostering a relationship with Cuba is only of several differences between Bob Buckhorn and Rick Kriseman. Kameel Stanley in today’s Times writes about how Kriseman is hot to trot to Havana sometime this year. That’s in contrast to Buckhorn, who has been steadfast in his lack of enthusiasm for hosting a Cuban consulate in Tampa. While it’s true that everything needs to be looked at from a political perspective, Buckhorn is hardly kowtowing to South Florida Cuban exiles with his stance…

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Could the Times be celebrating Mike Connors’ slash in responsibility?

Published on July 21, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

The Tampa Bay Times posted a scathing story about St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman’s scaling back of a key staffer’s role. Public Works Administrator Mike Connors will oversee 200 fewer employees as a result of a staffing change that removes him from power over the city’s sanitation department, which includes its newly rolled out recycling program. He also is being removed as the head of the city’s purchasing department, which oversaw the purchase of seven recycling pickup trucks. Despite the…

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Lisa Wheeler-Brown says Trop site is prime development for ‘booming’ St. Pete

Published on July 21, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

Leading the pack of five City Council candidates in District 7, Lisa Wheeler-Brown has already nabbed endorsements from two City Council members, including Karl Nurse and Darden Rice. It may be little coincidence that both of those council members are two of the four currently supporting Mayor Rick Kriseman’s deal brokered with the Tampa Bay Rays to allow the team’s management to begin looking for stadium space outside the city. Wheeler-Brown has long said she supports that Memorandum of Understanding.…

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Three neighborhoods rally to make St. Pete recycling more flexible

Published on July 16, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

A coalition of traditional neighborhoods in St. Pete is angry the city has still not responded to repeated requests for alley recycling pickup, mirroring the way trash is picked up in those areas. Alley access is available in 40 percent of St. Pete neighborhoods, but the city’s newly rolled out universal recycling program only collects recycling from the 95 gallon blue rolling bins from the curbside. The neighborhoods, Historic Old Northeast, Granada Terrace, Historic Kenwood and the Saint Petersburg Downtown…

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Rick Kriseman’s 2016 budget aims to lift up South St. Pete

Published on July 9, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman released his 2016 budget this week. The $607 million budget is up more than 3 percent from 2015. As Kriseman outlined in a summary of the budget posted on the city’s website, his proposal contains three major changes from 2015. City employees stand to earn an extra three percent on their paychecks under the proposed budget. City employees have been pleading for a raise throughout the series of budget listening tours this year. Kriseman’s administration…

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Mitch Perry Report for 7.9.15 — Pier politics returns yet again in St. Pete

Published on July 9, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

You’ve gotta love Tom Lambdon. Well, let me take that back. You don’t have to love anybody. In fact, there are many people in St. Petersburg who would hope to never hear this man’s name mentioned in polite company ever again. But civic activists like Lambdon wouldn’t get anywhere if they weren’t representing others who need someone to lead them. I mention the Safety Harbor resident because the St. Pete City Council is meeting today to consider contracts for Pier…

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Rick Kriseman - page 67

St. Pete millage rate will not go up next year

Mitch Perry Report for 7.23.15 — Cuba not only difference between Buckhorn and Kriseman

Could the Times be celebrating Mike Connors’ slash in responsibility?

Lisa Wheeler-Brown says Trop site is prime development for ‘booming’ St. Pete

Three neighborhoods rally to make St. Pete recycling more flexible

Rick Kriseman’s 2016 budget aims to lift up South St. Pete

Mitch Perry Report for 7.9.15 — Pier politics returns yet again in St. Pete

Rick Kriseman - page 67

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