By Jim Bleyer St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, defying local polls and longtime political observers, yesterday stamped himself as the one to beat in his re-election bid against former Mayor Rick Baker. Only 69 votes separated the two but the mood of the opposing camps at rallies Tuesday night …
By Jim Bleyer With its seismic shift in coverage and editorial policy, the Tampa Bay Times has left no doubt that the Republican cabal who infused $12-15 million into the paper two months ago are calling the shots in the newsroom. Evidence mounted rapidly in the past few …
By Jim Bleyer The Tampa Bay Times effort to woo more subscribers from the radical right has destroyed what little remains of its credibility and could embolden extremists and their racist followers to transform a tranquil, diverse, progressive St. Petersburg into a literal and ideological battleground. The …
By Jim Bleyer Non-committal and nearly silent, mayoral candidate Rick Baker continued his passive campaign Sunday with another moral fail. He was seen standing on the fringe of a candlelight vigil at St. Petersburg’s Demens Landing that stressed community unity and condemned the white nationalist violence in Charlottesville, VA. …
