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St. Pete City Council to consider Thursday $20 million for Pier uplands

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St. Pete City Council could have another contentious meeting this week as it prepares to approve or deny Mayor Rick Kriseman’s $20 million ask for improvements to the Pier Uplands to complement the Pier Park plan already in the works to replace the iconic inverted pyramid. Changes to the city’s Intown Redevelopment Plan, or IRP, would allocate $20 million toward Pier Uplands improvements, including two restaurant shells near the St. Petersburg Museum of History and where the Pelican parking lot currently…

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District 7 candidates must broaden reach for citywide vote

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After the St. Pete Primary Election that moved candidates Lisa Wheeler-Brown and Will Newton on to the Nov. 3 primary, we took a look at Election Day data in District 7 to see what strategies the two candidates may find useful. The general election, however, will be citywide. That means there’s a whole swath of voters to attract in districts where the demographic is entirely different than the mostly impoverished district the candidates would represent if elected. Looking at numbers…

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Responding to raw sewage dump, St. Pete officials announce fixes to inadequate stormwater system

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St. Pete city officials are working on a handful of fixes to its sometimes overburdened sewage system. Earlier this month above average, consistent rainfall caused the city to divert untreated wastewater into Clam Bayou, one of St. Pete’s estuaries, to the tune of 15 million gallons. The biggest fix to ensuring that doesn’t happen again includes adding an additional 900 horsepower of pumps to the system. There are now five 250 horsepower pumps. Two additional 450 horsepower pumps are planned…

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Monday morning quarterbacking St. Pete District 7 race

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Now that Lisa Wheeler-Brown and Will Newton have narrowed the field ahead of the November 3 General Election, the two will have to start fine-tuning campaign strategies. Often times the best place to start is by analyzing the Primary Election numbers. Wheeler-Brown came out on top with more than 37 percent of the vote. Newton came in second with just shy of 35.5 percent. The gap separating the two was just 79 votes. That means it will likely be a…

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Lisa Wheeler-Brown, Will Newton advance to City Council general election

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St. Petersburg City Council candidates Lisa Wheeler-Brown and Will Newton have survived the primary election and will move on to face each other in the Nov. 3 citywide general election. “But it’s not over. It starts again tomorrow,” Wheeler-Brown said from an election night party. “We have 69 days until Nov. 3. And 34 days until the first vote-by-mail ballots go out.” Wheeler-Brown came in with 37.43 percent of the vote according to preliminary data from the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections…

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It’s not the party, it’s the after party: a rundown of where City Council candidates will be tonight

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Want to party with the candidates? Five are going into Tuesday’s St. Pete City Council District 7 Primary. Only two will come out. Win or lose, here’s where candidates will be hanging out on election night awaiting their fate. Lisa Wheeler-Brown Parker Financial Services 833 22nd Street South 6:30-whenever the party stops Wheeler-Brown will join supporters after polls close. Will Newton Sylvia’s Soul Food Restaurant Bar 642 22nd St. South 7:00 There will be light hors d’ouevres provided. Supporters can…

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Will Newton supporters not worried about plentiful Sheila Scott-Griffin yard signs

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There are five candidates running for St. Pete City Council District 7. A drive around one of the most dominant voting centers in that district, Midtown, reveals an overwhelming majority of yard signs for three of the candidates. Those are Will Newton, Lisa Wheeler-Brown and Sheila Scott-Griffin. When Newton first announced he was entering the race – about six months after Wheeler-Brown did – he was widely expected to be her main competition. But a poll conducted in late July…

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