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Philip Garrett called Janelle Irwin’s radio show; what happened next was awesome

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Philip Garrett is also “Charles in St. Pete,” an occasional caller at WMNF Community Radio on news and public affairs shows. For anyone who listens to call-in shows on WMNF, you know that not all of the callers always have the firmest grasp on the topics they’re calling about. “Charles in St. Pete” is not one of them. But he made a silly mistake today. As many of our readers know, I also host a political call-in show on WMNF…

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Will Newton hauls in nearly $10,000 in final campaign funding push

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St. Pete City Council candidate Will Newton crushed his opponent, Lisa Wheeler-Brown, in the last campaign finance reports due before Tuesday’s election. Newton raised nearly $10,000 in just one week compared to Wheeler-Brown’s $1,740 haul. The latest campaign finance win brings Newton’s total contributions to more than $72,000 while Wheeler-Brown has raised just $57,000. And Wheeler-Brown has less than $2,000 in the bank while Newton sits with nearly $18,000. That’s a lot of money to work with in the final…

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Direct mail round-up: Flier claims Will Newton got paid for days he didn’t work as a firefighter

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First he was portrayed as a bobble head doll who says “no” to everything. Now a negative mailer targeting St. Pete City Council candidate Will Newton pictures the candidate wearing an obnoxious Hawaiian shirt, a crown made of flowers, and a hula skirt all squeezed into a life float. The heading under the photo says, “Will Newton, Beach Days With Our Tax Dollars.” The other side explains the “beach days.” “We don’t know if Will was actually hanging out at…

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Anti-Lisa Wheeler-Brown flier attacks her past criminal record

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The nastiest campaign mailer so far this election hit voters’ mailboxes this week. It’s a blatant attack on City Council candidate Lisa Wheeler-Brown. One side of the flier shows an unflattering photo of Wheeler-Brown next to the heading, “Can we trust Lisa Wheeler-Brown’s judgement with OUR money?” Below that are several boxes with red X’s in them representing writing bad checks, retail theft, misusing campaign funds and driving without insurance. The other side of the mailer explains. “Lisa Wheeler-Brown says…

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Creative Loafing endorses Lisa Wheeler-Brown and the result could be game-changing

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In a fairly unusual move, Creative Loafing has made endorsements in the St. Pete City Council races. Not surprisingly, they’re behind incumbents Charlie Gerdes and Steve Kornell. The decision to endorse Lisa Wheeler-Brown over Will Newton, however, came with a little more deliberation. CL threw together an ad hoc editorial board comprised of editor David Warner, News and Politics editor Kate Bradshaw and managing editor Scott Harrell. They listed myriad reasons why both candidates were excellent, writing that “the circus that has…

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Ed Montanari to celebrate election night at Green Bench Brewery

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St. Pete City Council member-elect Ed Montanari will finally celebrate his uncontested win on election night Tuesday. Montanari and supporters will be at the Green Bench Brewery in city’s Edge District from 6:30-8:30 p.m. “Words cannot express what an honor it is to be able to serve on our city council,” Montanari wrote in an email. “I am looking forward to being sworn in January 2, to serve all of the people in St. Petersburg, and to move boldly into our future…

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Clearing the air on this season’s contentious St. Pete City Council coverage

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It’s not every day I decide to swap my pronouns from the likes of “they” and “its” to the first person “I,” “Me,” and “My.” But today seems like a good day. I’ve been catching a lot of flak from people who support Lisa Wheeler-Brown for St. Pete City Council District 7. For those of you who may not have been following along, I started what has turned out to be a pretty nasty series of allegations. See, Wheeler-Brown spent…

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