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Ed Montanari pulls down record-breaking fundraising numbers

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St. Pete City Council candidate Ed Montanari has raised more than $45,000, according to sources close to his campaign. The total so far comes from more than 175 contributors. Montanari has not posted First Quarter treasurer reports, but if the numbers reported to SaintPetersblog are accurate, it puts Montanari at already unprecedented fundraising levels and he still has about a month before reporting figures to the City Clerk. To put it into perspective, City Council member Steve Kornell, who is…

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Rays stadium agreement gains one ‘yes;’ still doesn’t have enough support to pass

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After nearly five hours of back and forth and sometimes in a circle debate, St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman has walked away from a City Council workshop with one more vote in favor of an agreement to let the Tampa Bay Rays look at stadium sites outside of St. Pete in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties. Council member Amy Foster switched her no on the memorandum of understanding from a “no” to a “yes.” “I agree this is not enough money,”…

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Stadium deal no-voters on council are going to make enemies no matter what

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They’re damned if they do. They’re damned if they don’t. That’s likely how the majority of City Council feels about the impending conversation regarding the Rays, Tropicana Field and the future of baseball in Tampa Bay. As council convenes in its chambers for yet another workshop to discuss the longstanding stalemate between the baseball franchise and the city, five of them are again being criticized by the Tampa Bay Times. Cut a deal already, is the usual mantra of the…

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Rick Kriseman says St. Pete City Council needs to focus on redevelopment rights to Tropicana Field

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The St. Petersburg City Council is scheduled to hold another workshop this week to discuss Mayor Rick Kriseman’s most recently updated Memorandum of Understanding with the Tampa Bay Rays, and the mayor is hopeful that something substantive comes from it. Last December Kriseman unveiled his much awaited MOU that would give the Rays three years to analyze possible sites in Hillsborough and Pinellas. The plan would also force the Rays at most to pay the city back $20 million for breaking their lease, with…

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City Council’s Steve Kornell says Southside CRA is ‘fantastic’

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St. Pete City Council unanimously approved the long-awaited Southside Community Redevelopment Area at its meeting Thursday. The plan creates a special taxing district for areas of South St. Pete including two of the city’s poorest neighborhoods – Child’s Park and Midtown. It establishes tax-increment financing for the area to pay for things less typical than in other TIF districts. Most notably, the plan includes financing for affordable housing rather than just beautification projects like streetscaping. The boundaries of the newly…

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City Council doesn’t seem bothered by downtown waterfront master plan delay

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St. Pete City Council voted to postpone its decision on what up until recently had been a fairly straightforward and widely supported long-range plan for the downtown waterfront. After hours of debate the board decided to move its vote to the June 4 meeting. The downtown waterfront master plan is a comprehensive guide to connecting about five miles of downtown waterfront from Coffee Pot Bayou south to Lassing Park. The plan would connect waterfront parks with various walking and bike…

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Secrets of the Sea Aquarium could be coming to St. Pete Port next Spring

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St. Pete City Council voted unanimously in support of a new aquarium exhibit at the St. Pete Port. The group gave a presentation during council’s meeting Thursday laying out plans for the aquarium that will be named Secrets of the Sea. It will feature 11 exhibits that are already funded and some completed. There will also be films shown in a 3D theater. Kids can get up close and personal with sea life in an interactive touch tank and visitors…

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