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Charlie Crist Campaign Headquarters to open Saturday

Published on May 14, 2010 in Statewide/The Bay and the 'Burg by Peter Schorsch

Charlie Crist will christen his new campaign HQs on Saturday: This weekend I will be in Tampa Bay to open our new campaign headquarters, and I would be honored if you could join me. The details for the grand opening are as follows: Saturday, May 15, 2010 10:00 am til 12 noon Campaign Headquarters 300 Beach Dr NE, Suite 125 (Storefront is on 3rd Ave N) St. Petersburg, FL 33701 I hope that you invite your friends to come out…

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Study: Tampa Bay sucks for young adults

Published on March 17, 2010 in The Bay and the 'Burg by Peter Schorsch

A new study ranks Tampa-St. Petersburg 64th out of 67 labor markets around the country for young adults seeking to establish themselves in a recessionary economy. Portfolio.com/bizjournals analyzed the 67 U.S. metros with populations above 750,000, searching for qualities that would appeal to workers in their 20s and early 30s. The study used a 10-part formula that gave the highest marks to places with strong growth rates, moderate cost of living, and substantial pools of young adults who are college-educated…

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Florida is nation’s ‘unhappiest’ state

Published on December 3, 2009 in Statewide by Peter Schorsch

In a recent poll, combining many lifestyle and economic factors called The Happiness Index, rated Florida as the unhappiest state (Nebraska was the happiest), at number 51 (Washington, D.C. was included) and came down from 50th last year. Given the contents of the polling, and the recent criticism of Governor’s Crist’s acceptance of (depending on who you ask) too much, or too little of the $6 billion awarded to Florida, of which, $402 million (or slightly more than 6.7 percent)…

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