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Seattle’s bike share failure an unfair comparison with St. Pete’s plans

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The Tampa Bay Times is drawing attention to a possible hang-up for bike share aspirations in St. Pete: Seattle’s program is saddled with debt. That’s a scary prospect, indeed. But the article is, at best, making a mountain out of a molehill and, at worst, entirely irrelevant. Let’s first look at the mountain-out-of-a-molehill scenario. Seattle, huh? Short of Hawaii or Alaska, you can’t get any farther from the Sunshine City than that. What about Tampa where the program is a…

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The end for SaintPetersBlog

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“Make Tampa” launched to have collaboration build a better city

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A Tampa entrepreneur launched a website and released a book simultaneously Monday in hopes of increasing collaboration between residents and city officials to “Make Tampa.” Antonius DeSisto, founder and CEO of crowdfunding giant Citizinvestor, hopes increasing engagement in planning and development will aid in “fashioning of a long-term plan for Tampa.” His book, “Make Tampa,” lays out a vision for three areas of government: open, thriving and seamless. “It is a call to action for more open and collaborative governing…

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Bill Nelson wants limits on drones around airports

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U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is meeting with Florida’s airport directors as part of a push to garner support for new technology that could protect airports and other sensitive areas from drones. Nelson was in Orlando on Friday meeting with airport directors from Orlando, Miami, Tampa, Jacksonville, Sarasota, Clearwater and Panama City. Nelson is hoping to insert a measure into legislation that would help airports install technologies that could thwart unwanted drones. The technologies would be able to shut down drones…

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Former resident accuses Tampa apartment complex of discrimination

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The Madison Heights apartment complex in downtown is in the middle on an interesting legal battle. A former resident, self-proclaimed part-time comedian David Eldredge, is suing the owners of the building for discrimination and illegally disclosing his HIV status. According to legal documents filed in Hillsborough County court Jan. 27, Eldredge lived in the 55-and-over complex and was its activity director. In a 2014 Tampa Tribune article about the complex opening, Eldredge was described as eager to move into Madison…

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Tampa company expands, moves to St. Petersburg

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A Tampa company is shifting and expanding its base of operations to St. Petersburg. Tampa Microwave’s CopaSat is moving to a North St. Pete location from its previous headquarters in West Tampa. A series of business tracking sites also list a CopaSat location at 4701 Central Ave. in St. Pete with  three employees. The new facility located at 11200 Martin Luther King Blvd. is 34,000 square feet and will employ 80 people. According to Tampa Microwave’s website, the company chose…

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Jac VerSteeg: Sen. Joe Abruzzo’s ‘wide open’ alternative to the Seminole Compact

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What happens if the Florida Legislature refuses to ratify the Seminole Compact that Gov. Rick Scott negotiated with the Tribe? No one really knows, of course, but state Sen. Joe Abruzzo, a Boynton Beach Democrat, offered a tantalizing hint toward the end of a recent workshop by the Senate’s Regulated Industries Committee. Addressing Jim Allen, the CEO of Seminole Gaming, Sen. Abruzzo said: “In looking at this and all the moving parts and how difficult this issue is, we hear…

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Tampa, Jax among least energy efficient cities in America

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Whether it’s the construction of green buildings, pushing more public transit, or investing in sustainable infrastructure, the Sunshine State is practically flunking when it comes to energy efficiency. That’s according to a new scorecard by a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit. The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy has issued grades to Florida’s four largest cities. Jacksonville got a 26 out of 100 for efficiency. That puts it 40th out of the 51 cities surveyed. Tampa’s at 42, with an even lower score of 25,…

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