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Steve Kornell’s campaign contributions swell to more than $40,000

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St. Pete City Council member Steve Kornell continues to trounce his opposition in campaign finance activity. Kornell has raised more than $42,000 so far after bringing in $5,662 between August 17 and September 13. Kornell’s opponent, Phillip Garrett, raised $800 during the latest reporting period marking his first contributions to date. Garrett pulled in another $231.75 of in-kind contributions from himself. Garrett received a $500 contribution from St. Pete resident John Klement, $100 from himself and $200 from Young Floridians…

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South St. Pete redevelopment trust fund approval expected Tuesday

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The Pinellas County Commission and St. Petersburg City Council have all but agreed on a payment plan for the South St. Petersburg Community Redevelopment Project. County staff will be recommending an ordinance to the Pinellas County Commission at its Tuesday, June 23, meeting that creates a trust fund for the project’s community redevelopment area (CRA) — a 7.5-square-mile section of South St. Pete that reaches from Fourth Street to 49th Street, and from Second Avenue N. to 30th Avenue S. The…

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Showing results: Florida’s most aggressive poverty reduction plan to date

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A five-year, $170 million investment plan to reduce poverty and stimulate job growth in South St. Pete is “exceeding expectations,” according to a midyear progress report released by the Pinellas County Urban League this June. The city- and county-backed project is called the 2020 Plan — named after its expected completion year — and it’s being hailed as the most aggressive poverty reduction effort ever attempted in the State of Florida. The newly released report measures progress associated with each…

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Was Go Davis really coming from the hospital on the night he was stopped for suspicion of DUI?

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On December 15, 2009,  just before two o’clock in the morning, City of St. Petersburg Deputy Mayor Goliath Davis was stopped for suspicion of DUI.  During the stop, Davis told the police officer who had pulled him over that he did not have his driver’s license because he had just returned from the hospital — as if going to the hospital excuses one from carrying their driver’s license. But that is beside the point: was Go Davis really coming back…

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Prayer for Peace

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Seven x 7 hosts its 2nd Annual Prayer for Peace in South St. Pete, commemorating the National Day of Prayer. Now more than ever it’s time to come together in prayer and supplication for the future of our children and community. Gate opens @ 6P. Praise & Worship @ 6:30P, Prayer @ 7P. All happening at Campbell Park James Oliver Field & bleachers, 601 14th St. S.

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