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Rob June 18, 2013 at 03:11 pm
How many know the Lens has NO Air Conditioning for the summer months nor heat in the winter?
Concerned Floridian June 18, 2013 at 06:44 pm
The best news I heard and read today! Way to go Ms. Margeson, way to go!
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If the continuous…Read More residency criteria poses a problem could a write-in campaign in her name work?
nic weathersbee June 18, 2013 at 04:25 pm
Hi William, love the changes! I tried to update my profile, and it won't load...not complaining,…Read More just letting you know there's a bug.
Alexandra Kaan June 18, 2013 at 08:35 am
which Starbucks do you refer to please, the one o 4th at 9th Ave. I cannot find the one you…Read More reference in your article and would love to stop in to check it out. Thank you
Linda Hersey (Editor) June 18, 2013 at 09:38 am
Yes. This is the Starbucks at 4th Street and 9th Avenue North. Let us know what you think about the…Read More changes!
Hal Freedman June 18, 2013 at 12:15 pm
They did the same dumb thing they did on 1st Avenue N...put in high-tops and VERY uncomfortable…Read More chairs. I think they are playing the "Chock-Full-of-Nuts" (old NY chain) game: make the seats uncomfortable to improve turnover. Worked for me...I now go to Kahwa as often as I go to SB.
Taxpayer2010 June 17, 2013 at 10:11 pm
This author is a Ford supporter trying to make it appear as if he's writing some unbiased…Read More commentary.
Johann June 17, 2013 at 11:25 pm
Is this your opinion or a statement of fact? If fact, please provide your sources/links.
phyllis dodge June 18, 2013 at 11:15 am
I am voting for Kriseman all the way.This whole country is all about power to the officials and not…Read More the people. I do not think Ford really has it in her to do what is best for the people she will be an I told you so .
Red June 17, 2013 at 06:20 pm
Good points Peter, I for one would like to be able to drive to my favorite fishing spot. the long…Read More distance is simply too far to walk as i am handicapped. It may be some time before the people decide what is to be done. Why not reopen the bait shop and cut our losses?
Concerned Floridian June 17, 2013 at 06:21 pm
A request to the author of this blog, you wrote:
<<After spending the last three weeks meeting…Read More with several elected officials in support of "The Lens", as well as crunching the numbers provided from internal and public polling,...>
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For disclosure purpose, please identify the names of these several officials.
phyllis dodge June 18, 2013 at 10:57 am
Time to call the lens a KO. VOTE VOTE VOTE. Save our pier get all out of office and put in new. It…Read More is still up to the people. We have little time .I agree with concerned where are these so called several officials. ? Why is everything so private under Foster administration. The eye rollers need to take a hike off a short pier if you ask me. Sullivan and company should hang up thier gloves move on elsewhere they are not wanted here, They need to worry about losing thier dear Mr foster as mayor because I for one, do not need to meet with elected officials I just need to talk to my neighbors to know the lens has no place in st pete ever. As far as Curran and Danner their heads are far up the lens they are clueless..... New officials new ideas from the voters, The idea to even put any more tax money into this discussion is UNACCEPTABLE! The taxpayers are so overeducated on the lens and we know what we want. shoot We have to pay for it. Danner is already gone Curran is out so thier opinion does not matter anymore good riddance! Voters it is all up to us to defend our great Pier as the soldiers defend our great country.
Concerned Floridian June 15, 2013 at 11:57 am
Has Kriseman really said this or is the 'who' in the quote a typo?
<...The work that you do will…Read More define who we are moving forward," Kriseman added.>
Jerry Kendall June 13, 2013 at 08:06 pm
Kathleen Ford - really? She can only complain and tear down. She has never had a constructive idea…Read More or attitude. Her presence in city hall would bring new definition to the word dysfunctional. Please, anyone but her.
KurtInStPete June 14, 2013 at 04:04 am
I took the % of whites that used marijuana in 2010 and multiplied it against the amount of white…Read More residents in St Pete according to the 2010 census. Did the same for blacks.
"Sources:
SAMHSA: Usage Rates per Race
2010 Census: Population Demographics"
SPPD
Quick Table: National Survey on Drug Use and Health, 2010
Results: Recency of Marijuana Use BY Race and Ethnicity (Percents)
WHITE BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN
NEVER USED MARIJUANA 54.1 59.3
WITHIN THE PAST 30 DAYS 7.1 8.8
MORE THAN 30 DAYS AGO BUT
WITHIN THE PAST 12 MONTHS 4.5 5.2
Total % Previous Year: 11.6 15
2010 US Census Saint Petersburg FL
Population, 2010 244,769
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 68.7%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 23.9%
McCauley June 13, 2013 at 12:16 am
Owned a home on Snell Isle for years and EVERY year at graduation this happens. Residents…Read More /SPPD....hello-how hard can it be...if you know it's going to happen WATCH for it. Just one person's thought. Still sad...if you have ever lived there, you would understand why.
Michael D. June 17, 2013 at 07:37 pm
Mark,
I apologize for the misrepresentation. But at the same time you didn't address anything else.…Read More All you address was a miss type. With a change of subject "learn to read". That's nice. It's a high school debate tactic, and doesn't change what was said. Which you didn't address, like where is your undeniable fact without any actual facts behind it.
Tim June 17, 2013 at 09:21 pm
Have crime rates been falling since the 1960s? I believe that's what I'm reading from many pro-gun…Read More people, and they're saying this is a result of an armed society. At the same time I read the same pro-gun people talking about out-of-control crime, especially in Manatee County.
I live in an armed household; don't think I'm agains the right to own a firearm. Just wondering if someone can address this contradiction.
Michael D. June 18, 2013 at 12:44 pm
Tim,
The studies that are taking those statistics into account are not statistically or…Read More scientifically viable. Crime per capitia has been falling, especially gun crime in the last 30 years is true. It has been verified by the major organizations in the nation, Bureau of Justice, FBI, etc... The fact that out of control crime is a buzz word that is used a lot on both sides of the issue. The statistics of the issues doesn't support either side. They use it whenever it is fit to their current argument, and as you can see a number of people change their argument accordingly when the it helps them.
The number of mass shootings have been statistically the same over the last 30 years. Yes, 2012 has a higher than average year, but not a true statistical jump. People like to point to certain cities with gun legislation, and talk about their crime. The crime especially violent crime rate is still lower than it was 20 years ago in those cities. It also has stayed statistically the same since gun legislation went into place.
So the only fact that is true is crime rate has dropped since the 1960s. There is no real reason behind that, because too many factors are apart of it.
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