By Jim Bleyer The continuing saga of the Tampa Bay Times’ lack of ethics inveigled its way into a St. Petersburg City Council race when the paper jettisoned its equal time rule to protect its unprincipled relationship with a local political operative. That operative, Barry Edwards, is a member …
By Jim Bleyer An ordinarily innocuous St. Petersburg City Council race has roiled local politics and become a key bellwether as to who will be the next mayor of Florida’s fifth largest city. The race to succeed term-limited Rick Kriseman as St. Petersburg mayor is two years away but political …
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 …
