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Government
Anthony Sullivan: 'Lens' Supporters Need to Speak Up
Anthony Sullivan, the national TV pitchman for products such as OxiClean, wants you to speak up about the "Lens". The Tampa Bay area resident recently hit up one of his favorite thi...
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Government
New Facebook Page Pitches the 'Lens'
You may have sen Anthony Sullivan hawking OxiClean but now the famous pitchman is trying to sell something else — The "Lens". That's right, the former Billy Mays business partner is...
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Government
Council Wants to Revise Sign Ordinance
City Council voted unanimously Thursday to move forward with an ordinance that restricts renovations of non-conforming signs, human signs and helps preserve historic signs. That vote, how...
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Government
City Looking to Adjust Sign Codes
Codes and regulations for historic signs, conforming signs, non-conforming signs, electronic signs and even humans holding signs in St. Petersburg could soon be changing. On Thursda...
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Sports
Playing Hardball on the Business Field
There is a great and thoughtful piece about the Rays and a new stadium in Sunday's Tampa Bay Times by John Romano: If we Accept reality, there might be a win-win in Tampa Bay Rays stadium...
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Politics
What's Really Going on at City Hall?
It's all over the newspaper, the blogs and is a general topic of conversation in St. Pete: What is going on at City Hall? A lot of the writers, me included, have hung the blame on B...
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Government
City Council vs. Mayor a Communication Failure?
At last Thursday's City Council meeting it was apparent that, "What we've got here is... failure to communicate." between City Council and Mayor Bill Foster. The issue is whether it is in...
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Government
New Pier Petition Drive Launches
Earlier this year, city council voted 6-2 to not put anything on the November ballot regarding in the future of the St. Petersburg Pier despite VoteOnThePier.comcollecting more than 16,00...