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Tropicana Field study, Pier fence to be debated this week in City Council

Published on July 22, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

There’s a full slate for St. Pete City Council Thursday afternoon. The eight-member board will address two of the city’s three most prevalent issues – the Pier and Tropicana Field. Councilmember Jim Kennedy placed an item on the agenda asking for an Urban Land Institute study looking at various options for development on the Tropicana Field site both with and without a stadium. It would “establish a vision with the development potential and scope of what the projects could include.…

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In tossup St. Pete District 7 race, most undecided, Will Newton leads field

Published on July 21, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Peter Schorsch

Although Will Newton leads in the race to replace his brother, Wengay Newton, on the St. Petersburg City Council, more than one-third of likely District 7 voters remain undecided. According to a new St. Pete Polls survey commissioned by SaintPetersBlogFlorida, the contest for South St. Pete, Midtown, and the Child’s Park neighborhood has Newton on top with nearly 25 percent. Former attorney Sheila Scott Griffin takes second with 18 percent, followed by Lisa Wheeler-Brown, past president of the Council of…

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Lisa Wheeler-Brown says Trop site is prime development for ‘booming’ St. Pete

Published on July 21, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

Leading the pack of five City Council candidates in District 7, Lisa Wheeler-Brown has already nabbed endorsements from two City Council members, including Karl Nurse and Darden Rice. It may be little coincidence that both of those council members are two of the four currently supporting Mayor Rick Kriseman’s deal brokered with the Tampa Bay Rays to allow the team’s management to begin looking for stadium space outside the city. Wheeler-Brown has long said she supports that Memorandum of Understanding.…

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City Council candidate Aaron Sharpe would vote ‘yes’ on Rays deal

Published on July 20, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

If elected to City Council, District 7 candidate Aaron Sharpe would vote in favor of Mayor Rick Kriseman’s brokered deal with the Tampa Bay Rays to allow them to look outside the city for possible stadium locations. This is important information in the race to replace term-limited council member Wengay Newton because council is currently deadlocked on the deal and Newton is one of the no-votes. Sharpe’s vote would give Kriseman the fifth vote needed to seal the deal with…

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Darryl Rouson endorses Will Newton for St. Pete City Council

Published on July 20, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

Florida Representative Darryl Rouson has announced his support for Will Newton in the St. Petersburg City Council District 7 race. “Will Newton will be a fierce voice when our community is maligned, a calming voice when our community is divided and a sensible voice in dealing with others,” Rouson said in a prepared statement. “I urge everyone to elect Will Newton. Newton is running to replace his brother, Wengay Newton, in the City Council district that covers much of South…

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Yes, he’s Wengay’s brother, but City Council candidate Will Newton is his own man

Published on July 17, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

Five candidates are running to replace City Council member Wengay Newton for his District 7 seat covering parts of South St. Pete including Midtown and Child’s Park. One of them is his brother. Will Newton, or Winnie as his firefighter friends call him, is a St. Pete native and has lived in his district since the 1980s in the home he purchased then. Newton is a retired firefighter who now works as the district vice president for the Florida Professional…

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Wengay Newtons Pier liability concerns are moot

Published on July 17, 2015 in The Bay and the 'Burg/Top Headlines by Janelle Irwin

St. Pete City Council member Wengay Newton is concerned about safety surrounding the now barricaded St. Pete Pier. According to WTSP, Newton believes the fence is inadequate to keep people from the shuttered inverted pyramid. “These are the type of things that happen when you rush,” Newton told 10 News, noting that if someone got past the chain-link fences erected in advance of the structure’s demolition they could get hurt and sue the city. “There’s no hurry, no rush.” City…

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Wengay Newton - page 17

Tropicana Field study, Pier fence to be debated this week in City Council

In tossup St. Pete District 7 race, most undecided, Will Newton leads field

Lisa Wheeler-Brown says Trop site is prime development for ‘booming’ St. Pete

City Council candidate Aaron Sharpe would vote ‘yes’ on Rays deal

Darryl Rouson endorses Will Newton for St. Pete City Council

Yes, he’s Wengay’s brother, but City Council candidate Will Newton is his own man

Wengay Newtons Pier liability concerns are moot

Wengay Newton - page 17

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