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Times reporter fails to mention letter from top Pier activist

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

One of the fiercest critics of the Pier process wrote Tampa Bay Times Pier reporter Waveney Ann Moore a passionate (and rather long-winded) letter late last month laying down the argument that the Kriseman administration has flopped on its handling of the process. Tom Lambdon is with the group Vote on the Pier. He headed a petition effort to kill the Lens in 2013 and is now spearheading another to force development decisions on St. Pete’s downtown waterfront to be…

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Rick Kriseman sends conflicting messages on the Pier

Published on April 7, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

The Tampa Bay Times is reporting St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman will urge City Council to stick to the process regarding slow-moving plans to choose a design for a new Pier. In the report, Kriseman’s director of communications, Ben Kirby, tells the Times “Kriseman will remind council members of the inclusive process he established, emphasizing the public input that began with the pier working group that established what citizens want at the attraction.” In other words, what public survey? Kriseman…

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Ed Montanari announces he’s running for St. Pete City Council District 3 seat

Published on April 6, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

Civic activist Ed Montanari announced on Monday he’s running for the St. Petersburg City Council District 3 race this November, and he says the two major issues that he’ll be running on are business and maintaining the quality of life in the city that has blossomed in recent years. “I want to continue to be an attractive place for high-paying, high-tech clean and green jobs, but the other thing that we’ve had in St. Pete, and we’ve always protected, is our…

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St. Pete City Council will schedule a Rays workshop

Published on April 2, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

St. Pete City Council voted unanimously to hold another workshop to discuss Mayor Rick Kriseman’s updated Memorandum of Understanding with the Rays. Council Chair Charlie Gerdes declined to schedule a council vote on the updated agreement aimed at letting the Major League Baseball team start exploring possible stadium sites in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. But council member Karl Nurse moved to hold a workshop discussing the latest negotiation. The workshop is aimed at giving council members the chance to air…

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Contrary to Times editorial, Steve Kornell shouldn’t be ousted

Published on April 1, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

The Tampa Bay Times published an editorial Wednesday calling for the heads of five City Council members who voted against Mayor Rick Kriseman’s original deal brokered with the Tampa Bay Rays to allow them to look outside of St. Pete for potential stadium sites. The editorial, to put it mildly, was brutal. The Times’ editorial board called Wengay Newton and Bill Dudley lacking in leadership. It said Amy Foster ran for her seat based on business acumen, but has yet to show…

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Mitch Perry Report for 4.1.15 — The Tampa Bay Times has had enough with some City Council members

Published on April 1, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Mitch Perry

The St. Petersburg City Council won’t be voting on that newly revised agreement that Mayor Rick Kriseman worked out with the Tampa Bay Rays last week that seemingly resolved the main conflict in why the Council didn’t approve the deal last December — the redevelopment rights to Tropicana Field. The new deal the mayor negotiated would ensure that all proceeds from those rights would (rightly) go to the city, and not the departing baseball franchise. But that’s not sufficient enough for several…

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For MLB, the other woman isn’t prettier than the Rays

Published on March 31, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Gary Shelton

The other woman isn’t pretty enough. Not yet, anyway. Still, there is time. If you are a fan of baseball in Tampa Bay, you could not help but notice when Commissioner Rob Manfred flirted a bit this week with Montreal, which is expected to be the other option if things don’t work in Tampa Bay. It is a role that long-time fans of St. Petersburg should know well. After all, we were the ones that baseball dallied with for years.…

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Rick Kriseman - page 75

Times reporter fails to mention letter from top Pier activist

Rick Kriseman sends conflicting messages on the Pier

Ed Montanari announces he’s running for St. Pete City Council District 3 seat

St. Pete City Council will schedule a Rays workshop

Contrary to Times editorial, Steve Kornell shouldn’t be ousted

Mitch Perry Report for 4.1.15 — The Tampa Bay Times has had enough with some City Council members

For MLB, the other woman isn’t prettier than the Rays

Rick Kriseman - page 75

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