Barry Rubin, Pete Boland offer conservative choice for St. Pete City Council | #citycouncil
With St. Petersburg City Council member Ed Montanari, the only Republican member of the technically nonpartisan board, departing when his term ends after this year, conservative voters in the district will be looking for an alternative to represent them for the next four or eight years. Now voters have two choices — restaurateur Pete Boland, […]
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Brother John Muhammad will not run for St. Pete City Council | #citycouncil
Brother John Muhammad, the representative on St. Petersburg City Council District 7 who was appointed in late 2022, will not seek election to the seat. Muhammad, in a post on Facebook and on a website he uses to provide updates to constituents, said the “decision did not come lightly.” “I want to express my gratitude […]
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Mayor Ken Welch, St. Petersburg, Florida
It’s providential for me to be mayor at a time when the city wants to redevelop some 86 acres that represent the second displacement of the Black community, which was done in the pursuit of baseball and what ultimately became Tropicana Field. That uprooted a thousand residents, businesses and churches in the Gas Plant area. […]
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