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#22 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Amy Foster

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St. Pete City Council member Amy Foster is the only member of her board to make this year’s list of 25 most powerful Tampa Bay area politicians. Since winning office in 2013, Foster wasted no time in making a name for herself. Almost immediately, she took one of her biggest campaign promises to the dais and began pushing for some of the city’s worst nuisance abatement offenders to close their doors. The infamous Mosley Motel on 34th Street North near…

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#23 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians – James Grant

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Through an unusual legal situation, Hillsborough/Pinellas GOP state Representative James Grant could serve up to 14 years in the House if he wants, despite term-limit laws that hold House members to eight. That means in the never-ending battle for power in Tallahassee, Grant, the son of former GOP lawmaker John Grant, could become House Speaker in 2022 if he chooses to stay in that body for the duration. Pinellas County political strategist Barry Edwards said Grant is a potential future Speaker,…

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#24 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — Janet Long

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A Pinellas County commissioner, Long bumped her way up from dead last on the 2015 list of most powerful Tampa Bay politicians to second to last. A Democrat, she was elected to the commission in 2012 after serving in the Legislature from 2006 until 2010. Long is nearing the end of her first term on the county commission and looks a shoo-in for re-election. She’s also vice chairwoman of this year’s board, lending her strength on the dais now, for…

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#25 on list of Tampa Bay’s Most Powerful Politicians — John Legg

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A list regular for years (14 on last year’s list), the GOP lawmaker from Trinity chaired the influential Senate Committee on Education Pre-K-12. He’s effectively killed several education bills simply by not scheduling hearings for them. Legg’s legacy on education policy will be extensive when he calls it a career in Tallahassee. He spent five years working on creating end-of-course exams. He helped rewrite the state’s school grading system, and advocated for a greater connection between teacher evaluations and student…

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St. Pete man accidentally shoots self while riding bicycle

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St. Petersburg police say a man died after accidentally shooting himself while riding a bicycle. Officials say 25-year-old Troy Earle Smith Jr. was found Thursday afternoon suffering from a gunshot wound to the chest. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead. After speaking with a witness and reviewing security video from a nearby business, detectives determined Smith was riding his bike when a handgun in his jacket pocket discharged. Police found the gun on Smith.…

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Carly Fiorina to speak in Tampa, announce statewide event to empower women

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Author, executive and political pundit Carly Fiorina will be in the Bay Area next week to discuss empowering women leaders at a downtown Tampa luncheon. Fiorina, who served as CEO of Hewlett-Packard until 2005, is actively exploring a prospective Republican presidential White House run in 2016. The Women’s Conference of Florida event, sponsored by Laser Spine Institute, is Thursday, March 19, from 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m. at the Hotel Floridian in Tampa. In 2014, Fiorina launched the Unlocking Potential Project, a PAC with a…

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Rick Kriseman says St. Pete will purchase Carter G. Woodson African-American History Museum

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The City of St. Pete will buy the Carter G. Woodson African-American History Museum. Mayor Rick Kriseman announced he will work with City Council and staff to begin the process. The first step is figuring out how much to pay for the Midtown building. “There’s a lot to do and it will not happen overnight,” Kriseman said. Next steps also include figuring out how to pay for the building once a purchase price is determined. The city will also have…

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The end for SaintPetersBlog

Ever since I acquired the rights to the perfect domain for my efforts — FloridaPolitics.com — I knew that one

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