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After early lead, Tampa Bay Rowdies suffer first defeat on late Charleston goal

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Suffering the first home defeat of the season Saturday night, the Tampa Bay Rowdies lost 3-2 to the visiting Charleston Battery on an 89th-minute goal. Tampa Bay led in the first half and then conceded twice in the last five minutes to trail 2-1 at halftime. The Rowdies pulled even in the second half but conceded in the 89th minute to lose. “I’m disappointed in the goals that we conceded,” Rowdies Head Coach Stuart Campbell said. “We’ve been so good…

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Over 18K ballots returned so far for St. Pete’s Al Lang referendum

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Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark has posted the vote by mail numbers for the St. Petersburg Special Referendum election Tuesday, May 2. As of Monday morning, of the 66,840 mail ballots sent, just over 26 percent – 18,072 – have returned. The SOE website says there are 168,145 registered voters eligible to vote in this election: 46,658 Republicans, 77,825 Democrats and 43,662 No Party Affiliation/other. The City of St. Petersburg will not conduct early voting as provided in…

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Even Tea Party activist David McKalip supports Rowdies stadium referendum

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There has been little public opposition to the May 2nd referendum in St. Petersburg that would allow the Tampa Bay Rowdies to negotiate a 25-year lease with the city to expand Al Lang Stadium. If approved by voters, Rowdies owner Bill Edwards would have the go-ahead to expand seating capacity to 18,000, making it eligible to join Major League Soccer, a higher division of professional soccer. The expansion would cost approximately $80 million, but none of it would come from taxpayers. “The…

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Poll shows Rowdies soccer stadium referendum cruising to victory

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During a recent interview with the Tampa Bay Times editorial board, Rick Baker said there were no plans for direct mail or other campaign spending to win a May 2 referendum to negotiate a 25-year lease with the city to expand Al Lang Stadium. That’s because Baker, the former St. Petersburg mayor and president of the Edwards Group who is quarterbacking the pitch for Tampa Bay Rowdies owner Bill Edwards, is confident St. Pete residents will support the stadium expansion as part of an…

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Deadline to register for St. Pete referendum on Rowdies, Al Lang lease approaches

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St. Petersburg voters wanting a say on extending the Tampa Bay Rowdies lease on Al Lang field should be aware that time is running short to register for the citywide referendum May 2. Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark is reminding St. Petersburg residents of a deadline Monday, April 3, to register to vote in the St. Petersburg Special Election Referendum set for May 2. New voters will need to register by the deadline to take part in Referendum.…

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Darden Rice draws challenge for her City Council seat from businessman/student Jerick Johnston

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St. Petersburg City Council Chair Darden Rice has picked up a challenger in her race for re-election this year. He’s Jerick Johnston, a 21-year-old business major at the University of South Florida – St. Petersburg and CEO and president of Johnston Consulting, where he works with individuals and small businesses on mobile device training. “I’m a millennial and I have a firm belief that we need more young people in government, and I’d love to be a small part of that,” Johnston says,…

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Tampa Bay Rowdies welcome 2017 Season with 1,000 fans at Mahaffey Theater

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The Tampa Bay Rowdies kicked off their 2017 Season Thursday night. Rowdies officials and players were joined by over 1,000 fans at the Mahaffey Theater in downtown St. Petersburg to welcome in the regular season. Highlights of the night included a question and answer session with Rowdies Chairman and CEO Bill Edwards, former St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker and Rowdies COO Lee Cohen, moderated by the Tampa Bay Business Journal’s Alexis Muellner. In the Q&A, Edwards and Baker emphasized the…

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