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Ed Montanari hasn’t even announced City Council bid, but he already has impressive backing

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SaintPetersBlog reported this week that sources close to St. Pete businessman Ed Montanari say he plans to run for City Council in the upcoming municipal elections. Montanari would run for the District 3 seat currently held by Bill Dudley. Dudley is not seeking re-election due to term-limits. Montanari has a long track record of civil service and has become a pillar of the business community. He’s so involved many view him as an unofficial ninth member of Council. This service in the community…

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Lisa Wheeler-Brown nabs backing from Ken Welch

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Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch has endorsed Lisa Wheeler-Brown for St. Peteresburg City Council. “Lisa has the passion and character to serve. We have many issues that Pinellas County and the city of St. Pete will need to work together on, including the many aspects of the Redevelopment Plan being developed for the South St. Petersburg Community Redevelopment Area (CRA),” Welch said. Wheeler-Brown is running to succeed District 7 incumbent Wengay Newton. Newton is not seeking re-election because of term…

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Karl Nurse in D.C. shopping for aid programs start-up money

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Longtime City Councilman Karl Nurse will represent St. Petersburg at the National League of Cities meeting Monday and Tuesday in Washington, D.C. He has no  specific goals in mind, but hopes to find possible pilot programs to help families that would be funded through various foundations. Nurse has been successful in doing this before. “Several years ago, I brought back the ‘Bank on St. Pete,’” Nurse said. That program pushes cities to promote credit union-type banking systems to steer residents…

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Boley Centers wants $49 million for mental health care, St. Pete City Council agrees

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At the bidding of St. Pete City Council, the city is backing local nonprofits supporting mental health programs in the city in their ask for increased funding from the state. During a presentation today, Boley Centers President Gary McMath told City Council members the average per-person public expenditures for people suffering from mental health in Florida is just $26.60. The national average is $130. That showing makes Florida number 49 in the U.S. for mental health spending. “It’s pretty dismal,”…

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City Council approves $235,000 for new St. Pete Police toys

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St. Pete City Council approved $235,000 for new equipment, technology and training and recruitment during a meeting Thursday. The bulk of the money will pay for dash cams in police cars. The St. Petersburg Police Department will purchase 15 in-vehicle camera systems for use in its Street Crimes Unit. Those vehicles are not currently equipped for video. The cameras will turn on automatically when the vehicle’s lights are activated. Officers can also turn the cameras on manually from the vehicle…

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St. Pete City Council moves on three measures aimed at keeping Rays baseball in town

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St. Pete City Council voted unanimously to approve three measures related to the Tampa Bay Rays continuing to play baseball in St. Petersburg. Council member Wengay Newton was absent for the vote. The first measure is a symbolic resolution showing council’s intention to work with the Major League Baseball team to keep them in St. Petersburg beyond the terms of their current contract that requires the team to play ball in Tropicana Field through 2027. “I hope the Rays understand…

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St. Pete, Pinellas consider wage theft ordinances

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It won’t come up for a vote until March 26, but St. Pete City Council member Darden Rice is confident a wage theft ordinance will pass it’s first stop in the committee of the whole. “It will probably be a couple of meetings before it formally gets approved,” she said. “But we’ll probably be making some significant motion to move this ahead.” During a meeting last month Rice proposed a wage theft ordinance that would set a citywide procedure for…

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