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City of St. Petersburg’s lobbyist resigns – updated

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The effervescent Laura Boehmer has resigned from her position as the City of St. Petersburg’s full-time lobbyist, less than five weeks after Mayor Bill Foster took office. According to my sources, Ms. Boehmer has agreed to take a position with uber lobbying firm Southern Strategies. “Laura has represented St. Petersburg very well in Tallahassee over the past several years, and we wish her well as she continues her career in legislative affairs with a private firm,” said Senior Administrator Dave…

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City of St. Petersburg’s lobbyist resigns – updated

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The effervescent Laura Boehmer has resigned from her position as the City of St. Petersburg’s full-time lobbyist, less than five weeks after Mayor Bill Foster took office. According to my sources, Ms. Boehmer has agreed to take a position with uber lobbying firm Southern Strategies. “Laura has represented St. Petersburg very well in Tallahassee over the past several years, and we wish her well as she continues her career in legislative affairs with a private firm,” said Senior Administrator Dave…

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Deveron Gibbons screws Hizzoner: Rick Baker not a finalist for SPC job

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From the Jeffrey S. Solochek: St. Petersburg College’s presidential search commitee is beginning the process of naming finalists for the college’s open presidency. Of course, the real story is if former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker will be among the finalists. After a first ballot, Baker is third among eight semifinalists, behind Thomas Keegan and Bill Law. The committee has said it plans to name 3-5 finalists, but could lower the number. Stay tuned. UPDATE – This has turned into…

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Even though Rick Baker is a seminfinalist for SPC prez, his chances have been downgraded on the Back-to-School meter

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Even though former Mayor Rick Baker is among nine semifinalists to be the next president of St. Petersburg College, I am downgrading the Rick Baker Back-to-School Meter because Baker is “the lone candidate without higher education experience. He failed to win the support of the search committee’s three faculty representatives, who each backed other candidates.” The leading vote-getters among the search committee were Thomas Keegan, 51, president of Peninsula College in Washington and Bill Law, president of Tallahassee Community College.…

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E-mails confirm City Hall administrator is coordinating letter-writing campaign for Rick Baker’s application for SPC president — on city time

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Last week, Aaron Sharockman reported that St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker had begun campaigning in earnest for the presidency of St. Petersburg College: Baker, who said supporters came forward as they heard about his prospective candidacy, has even asked a political consultant to help coordinate the letters. Nick Hansen, who was campaign manager for mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons, has been collecting and organizing the letters. Today, through a public records request, Saint Petersblog has learned that Lori Matway, the City…

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Rick Baker Back-to-School Meter downgraded by hiring of Nick Hansen

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Aaron Sharockman writes: Baker, who has a little more than a month left in his second and final term, has been working until 1 a.m. some nights on his application for (St. Petersburg College’s) top job, he said this week. He’s also seeking out the help of friends and colleagues, who have begun a letter-writing campaign to support his candidacy. Baker, who said supporters came forward as they heard about his prospective candidacy, has even asked a political consultant to…

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Winners & Losers from yesterday’s election

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Forget about Bill Foster winning and Kathleen Ford losing, there were plenty of other Winners and Losers who emerged from the St. Petersburg Mayoral Election. Here’s a running list of who really won and who really, really lost. Winners The Architects, the Maestros, or whatever they call campaign managers nowadays: Johnny Bardine, Steve Lipinski and Darden Rice. Bardine, Jim Kennedy’s man on the ground, saved a campaign that had been floundering, Lipinski, Steve Kornell’s campaign manager, has put together a…

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