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St. Pete City Council candidate forum kind of a bust

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Five candidates for St. Pete City Council debated various political policies during a two-hour debate hosted by the group Fight for $15 during a candidate forum Tuesday night in Child’s Park. District 7 candidates Will Newton, Lisa Wheeler-Brown, Aaron Sharp, Sheila Scott-Griffin and Lewis Stephens answered a number of questions about problems most specific to their district, which includes two of the city’s poorest neighborhoods – Midtown and Child’s Park. While the candidates each did a fantastic job of voicing…

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Mail ballots sent to more than 6,000 St. Pete voters for District 7 primary

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Mail ballots were sent out to 6,182 registered St. Pete voters Tuesday for those living in District 7 for the August 25 primary election. The district encompasses parts of South St. Pete including the Midtown and Child’s Park neighborhoods. Only voters in that district are eligible to vote in this election. Only those voters who requested mail ballots will receive them in the first wave of mail outs. Additional requests can still be sent to the Supervisor of Election’s via…

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Lisa Wheeler-Brown so far grossly outraising her City Council campaign opponents

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St. Pete City Council candidate Lisa Wheeler-Brown is so far blowing away the competition for the District 7 race in terms of fundraising. The community activist has raised more than $24,000. The next closest opponent, Sheila Scott-Griffin, has only brought in $4,423. Wheeler-Brown, a longtime advocate for safer neighborhoods in her South St. Pete district, has enjoyed numerous high-dollar contributions from prominent St. Pete figures, attorneys and groups. Among the more than $10,000 in contributions reported during the second quarter…

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

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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

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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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The end for SaintPetersBlog

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Darryl Rouson endorses Will Newton for St. Pete City Council

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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

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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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