St. Petersburg council sets millage rate in first budget hearing
ST. PETERSBURG — The City Council set the millage rate and gave initial approval to Mayor Rick Kriseman's $538 million budget at Thursday night's hearing. The 6-2 vote advances Kriseman's fiscal blueprint to a final hearing Sept. 28 and the new fiscal year starts Oct. 1. Council members Jim Kennedy and Ed Montanari voted against the measure. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: As St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman unveils latest budget, some residents fear being left behind (June 19, 2017) Kriseman's election ye..>> view originalSt. Petersburg's newest hotel opens with craft beers, cocktails and ...
ST. PETERSBURG — Last spring, Ryan Tarrant applied for a job with the new Hyatt Place nearing completion in downtown St. Petersburg. Among the questions an interviewer asked: What does this hotel need to succeed? "I said, you've got to be involved with the arts,'' Tarrant recalls. "You have to have craft beers. You have to have craft cocktails because the craft cocktail scene is really big here. You have to have local coffee." That answer made an impression: Kolter Hospitality hired Tarrant as s..>> view originalSt. Pete mayor launches post-Irma buy local recovery week
After Irma topples tree, home sale may be gone with the wind
ST. PETERSBURG — To house hunters searching online, the home for sale in St. Petersburg's Shore Acres neighborhood couldn't have looked more appealing — fully renovated and shaded by the leafy canopy of a magnificent ficus benjamini tree. "Immaculate 3 bedroom, 2 bath interior on a beautifully landscaped corner lot," gushed the Multiple Listing Service description. Then Hurricane Irma came along and — boom! — the 30-foot tree crashed onto the lawn and owner Brett Schroder saw his hopes for a sal..>> view originalIRMA: St. Pete homeowner accused of cutting trees without permits
St. Petersburg code enforcement has an open investigation into a homeowner who cut down trees on his waterfront property this week without the proper permits, according to the Mayor’s Chief of Staff Kevin King. Residents filed complaints with code enforcement Neighbors said property recently sold Ordinance protecting city's trees imposes stiff penalties “We don’t want anyone taking advantage of Hurricane Irma to cut down trees without a permit,” King said. “There’s no grace period. It’s defini..>> view originalSt. Petersburg's Black Poverty Rate Falls Again, Reaches All-Time ...
St. Petersburg’s Black Poverty Rate Falls Again, Reaches All-Time Low Posted on September 21, 2017 by TWC in Featured with 0 Comments By Gypsy C. Gallardo, CEO, The 2020 Plan │ September 21, 2017 Last week, on September 14th, the U.S. Census released its newest data on poverty in St. Pete. Again this year, the federal agency registered a rapid decline in African Americans in poverty, pacing well ahead of non-blacks in the city, and blacks elsewhere in Florida. Last September, the Ta..>> view originalPolice identify woman they say beat and stole from a 69-year-old in ...
ST. PETERSBURG — Tips from the public have led police to identify the woman they say followed and beat up a 69-year-old woman at her home as 34-year-old Leslie Broadfoot. Police say that surveillance video inside a Marathon gas station on 10th Avenue N shows Broadfoot shortly before the beat-down. It was Sept. 9 and people were rushing around Tampa Bay to get last-minute supplies and fill their tanks before Hurricane Irma. Police said Broadfoot asked the 69-year-old to buy her fuel in exchange f..>> view originalHow should St. Pete make up for dumping all that sewage? How ...
ST. PETERSBURG — Every crisis has a silver lining. In the case of the city’s sewage crisis, which spawned state and federal investigations and led to a state consent decree ordering St. Petersburg to fix its sewer system, the upside is city leaders must satisfy the $810,000 civil penalty levied by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: St. Pete sewage crisis ends with no charges, $326 million bill Why is that good news? Because the city doesn’t have to pay the sta..>> view originalSt. Pete City Council candidates slam Duke Energy at candidate forum
Campaigns for three City Council seats in St. Petersburg perked up again Wednesday night at the Sunshine Center, with Duke Energy as the main target.>> view originalSunday's letters: Make backup power a priority at nursing homes
Legislature failed to protect Florida seniors | Sept. 19, Daniel Ruth column Make backup power a priority This column should be required reading for all our legislators. The 10 residents who died at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills last week in the wake of Hurricane Irma after the facility's air conditioning system failed could have been spared if our legislators had made the well-being of senior citizens a priority. In 2006, a bill that would have required all Florida nursing homes ..>> view original
Friday, September 22, 2017
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