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Dan Ruth: Bad recycling planning = A one-term Kriseman

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Rick Kriseman can’t win. It took St. Pete years to hop on the universal curbside bandwagon. The slow progress led the city to be the last remaining major Florida city not to have universal recycling. Environmentalist do-gooders reamed Kriseman’s predecessor, Bill Foster, for not pushing recycling. Kriseman, on the other hand, touted it during campaigning and capitalized on the recycling vote. He ushered it in, along with a willing City Council and now it’s just days away from becoming a…

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Personnel note: Rick Kriseman appoints two staffers to leadership positions

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St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman has named two city employees to key roles within city operations. Beginning July 1 Economic Development Manager Sophia Sorolis will serve as the go-to person for implementation of the city’s Grow Smarter Strategy. The program is an economic development initiative targeting five business areas including marine and life sciences, specialized manufacturing, financial services, data analytics and creative arts and design. Sorolis will also partner with the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce to implement initiatives geared…

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Tampa Tribune applauds state for funding USF St. Pete and Tampa projects

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The Tampa Tribune is paying homage to two state lawmakers in its Thursday editorial. State Sen. Tom Lee and state Rep. Rich Corcoran were instrumental in bringing key state funding to the University of South Florida in both Tampa and St. Pete during contentious budget negotiations. The Tribune lauds the $17 million secured to begin work on a downtown Tampa USF medical school at the heart of developer Jeff Vinik’s vision for the area and $12.3 million to complete a USF School of…

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Budget Listening Tour hears heavy feedback from city employees

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Last night’s city-sponsored FY16 Budget Listening Tour saw a high turnout from St. Petersburg city employees. Their cry: higher pay. Despite being assured that a 3 percent pay raise would be written into St. Petersburg’s FY16 budget, via a prerecorded video from Mayor Rick Kriseman, city workers from various departments still expressed their need for more money during the event’s public comment section. “I feel like it’s a slap in the face,” said the Wastewater Department’s Lamont Ellison of the…

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Rick Kriseman is pleased with state budget

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The Florida Legislature agreed on an $80 billion budget late Monday night after a highly contentious legislative session and special session. The budget includes several wins for St. Pete. The biggest win for St. Pete is a $12.3 million appropriation for the USF St. Pete School of Business. “I join our friends at the University of South Florida – St. Petersburg in celebrating the $12.3 million for the Kate Tiedemann College of Business,” St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman wrote in…

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St. Pete to host Florida Main Street Conference

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St. Pete will play host to an annual meeting of Florida Main Streets this August. The Florida Main Street Conference will be at the Vinoy August 17-19 for the program’s 30th anniversary. The conference will host more some 50 “Main Street” communities including our own Edge District, Grand Central and Deuces Live Main Street. The three communities are co-hosting the conference. All are accredited by the National Main Street Center. “The City of St. Petersburg welcomes the 2015 Florida Main Street…

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St. Pete City Council final Budget Listening Tour tonight

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Ears will be open for suggestions as St. Petersburg leaders begin to craft a new city budget. The FY16 Budget Listening Tour concludes this evening at 6 p.m. It is the last of three formal and guided opportunities to learn how city leaders determine St. Petersburg’s annual spending plan. All of St. Pete City Council, as well as the public, is invited to the event at Willis S. Johns Recreation Center, at 6635 Dr. M. L. King, Jr. Street North. Lawmakers in attendance…

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