St. Petersburg residents are being asked to help prioritize needs vs. wants and avoid the loss of important city services as leaders attempt to trim $12 million from the 2012 spending package. Residents are invited to attend a public budget summit on Wednesday, May 18, at the Azalea Recreation Center, 1600 72nd St. N., to [...]
In an internal memo (obtained exclusively by this author), St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster outlines sweeping changes to the organization of city government, leaving few departments untouched by a makeover that began with Foster’s controversial decision to fire Senior Administrator Goliath Davis. Released Friday, the memo sheds light on the difficult financial situation facing the [...]
From the outset, Chuck Harman and the St. Petersburg Police Department have been opponents of the effort, which I helped lead, to move the City of St. Petersburg’s “last call” from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. If you listened to Harmon’s testimony on the day of the successful vote, the Chief, who could not produce one [...]
Via Noah Pransky on his blog, Shadow of the Stadium: The two candidates still standing in the race to be Tampa’s next mayor both pledged this week to help find the Rays a new home on the “better” side of Tampa Bay.** **if negotiations don’t prove fruitful in St. Petersburg With a close election expected [...]
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