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Wengay Newton will ask City Council to hold special election for new St. Pete Pier

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St. Pete City Council member Wengay Newton has long been a proponent of saving the city’s iconic inverted pyramid. He was a vocal critic of the Lens and supported former mayoral candidate Kathleen Ford’s petition effort to save the current Pier as well as the successful petition drive by Concerned Citizens that led to the ultimate undoing of the Lens. Now he’s supporting the only design out of the Pier Selection Committee’s top three picks that reuses and renovates the…

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Contrary to Times editorial, Steve Kornell shouldn’t be ousted

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The Tampa Bay Times published an editorial Wednesday calling for the heads of five City Council members who voted against Mayor Rick Kriseman’s original deal brokered with the Tampa Bay Rays to allow them to look outside of St. Pete for potential stadium sites. The editorial, to put it mildly, was brutal. The Times’ editorial board called Wengay Newton and Bill Dudley lacking in leadership. It said Amy Foster ran for her seat based on business acumen, but has yet to show…

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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

Lisa Wheeler-Brown nabs backing from Ken Welch

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Pinellas County Commissioner Ken Welch has endorsed Lisa Wheeler-Brown for St. Peteresburg City Council. “Lisa has the passion and character to serve. We have many issues that Pinellas County and the city of St. Pete will need to work together on, including the many aspects of the Redevelopment Plan being developed for the South St. Petersburg Community Redevelopment Area (CRA),” Welch said. Wheeler-Brown is running to succeed District 7 incumbent Wengay Newton. Newton is not seeking re-election because of term…

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Wengay Newton launches radio show

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If you just can’t get enough of Wengay Newton’s rambling soliloquies by watching on the city’s public access television channel, rest easy.  The City Council’s lone African-American voice now has another microphone at his disposal — a new radio call-in show, “Community News with Newt,” on Praise 1590 AM W.R.X.B. airing every Saturday from 3 to 4 pm. Can’t say it won’t be entertaining. (H/t to the Ybor City Stogie)

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5 things I think about today’s St. Petersburg Times (6/16)

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Before I write about the issue du jour, let me just tell you how absolutely proud I am to have written a post mentioning the St. Petersburg Times that ended up in Urban Dictionary.  Yes, the post involved the word “taint” and it’s moments like this that make life worth living. Also, stop the presses, outgoing Times food critic Laura Reiley actually wrote a review that does not end with the awarding of 2.5 stars. In this case, she awarded…

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5 things I think about today’s St. Petersburg Times (6/16)

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Before I write about the issue du jour, let me just tell you how absolutely proud I am to have written a post mentioning the St. Petersburg Times that ended up in Urban Dictionary.  Yes, the post involved the word “taint” and it’s moments like this that make life worth living. Also, stop the presses, outgoing Times food critic Laura Reiley actually wrote a review that does not end with the awarding of 2.5 stars. In this case, she awarded…

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5 things I think I think about today’s St. Petersburg Times

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News of Mary Brown’s decision not to seek re-election to the Pinellas County School Board is reverberating through the African American community, which viewed Brown as a hero and a pioneer, no matter how ineffective she was in elected office.  As boring as a race for the School Board may be, the Times will make a project out of those who hope to replace Brown.  That’s the way the newspaper works.  It has impact in the statewide races because it…

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