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PSTA exec wants to “dabble in light rail” despite 62% hard NO from Pinellas county voters in 2014
False & unlawful endorsement claims by St. Pete Beach mayor arrive in all voters’ mailboxes
PSTA moved bus stop closer to board chair Pat Gerard’s house after multiple careless driving tickets ended her driver’s license
What was Hills. County’s responsibility in unlawful multibillion sales tax?
The open and shut case of Commissioner Pat Kemp’s Florida Bar violations
Mayor vs. Mayor – are the two Oldsmar transparency lawsuits about transparency, payback or something else?
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Mayor vs. Mayor – are the two Oldsmar transparency lawsuits about transparency, payback or something else?

TBG_adminNovember 13, 2023November 14, 2023

“See the words ‘out of town’,” Oldsmar Mayor Dan Saracki added when texting an image of a presentation slide to Oldsmar resident David McDonald in October 2022. Saracki was attending training mandated by Florida Statutes…

St. Pete mayor Ken Welch wants taxpayers to pay billions for pro baseball stadium without seeing financial projections
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St. Pete mayor Ken Welch wants taxpayers to pay billions for pro baseball stadium without seeing financial projections

TBG_adminNovember 10, 2023December 6, 2023

“No serious studies show that municipal spending on pro sport stadiums pays off,” Roger Blair told our sister publication DR in 2016. Blair was then, and remains today, the chair of the Department of Economics…

Tampa Bay Guardian obtains the “confidential,” error-filled and questionable Rays’ financial projections for stadium
Tampa Bay Area

Tampa Bay Guardian obtains the “confidential,” error-filled and questionable Rays’ financial projections for stadium

TBG_adminOctober 27, 2023October 28, 2023

“The document is not a public record,” the Tampa Bay Times claimed in its article about the cash flow projections that a firm working for the Rays provided to the City of St. Pete in…

Indian Shores policy allows illegal parking in bike lanes on Gulf Blvd, doubles fines for parking tickets in town lot
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Indian Shores policy allows illegal parking in bike lanes on Gulf Blvd, doubles fines for parking tickets in town lot

TBG_adminSeptember 24, 2023September 24, 2023

An investigation by Tampa Bay Guardian found that the Indian Shores Police Department (ISPD) as a matter of de facto town policy allows certain motor vehicles to park in the bike and pedestrian lanes on…

St. Pete Mayor Welch opens Rays stadium deal to questions and lawsuits about religious matters
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St. Pete Mayor Welch opens Rays stadium deal to questions and lawsuits about religious matters

TBG_adminSeptember 21, 2023September 21, 2023

“Behind me is the very place where I as a young man worshipped at Prayer Tower Church of God and Christ,” St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch said yesterday (at 15:34) in his speech announcing the…

PSTA driver assaulted, taken to hospital – no PSTA press release to local media
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PSTA driver assaulted, taken to hospital – no PSTA press release to local media

TBG_adminSeptember 20, 2023September 21, 2023

A bus driver driving a route for PSTA was allegedly assaulted yesterday on September 19th, 2023. The assault occurred some time before 9:00 A.M. and was apparently serious because the driver sought medical attention at…

Sunrunner’s “one millionth rider” that wasn’t –  more untruths and stonewalling at PSTA
Tampa Bay Area

Sunrunner’s “one millionth rider” that wasn’t – more untruths and stonewalling at PSTA

TBG_adminSeptember 15, 2023September 16, 2023

On Tuesday September 12th at around 10:35 AM , PSTA CEO Brad Miller and PSTA Board Chair Gina Driscoll greeted a rider as she stepped off a westbound Sunrunner bus. The location was the stop…

Shiny happy buses – PSTA finds that its Sunrunner bus driver was not wearing seatbelt at time of crash
Tampa Bay Area

Shiny happy buses – PSTA finds that its Sunrunner bus driver was not wearing seatbelt at time of crash

TBG_adminMay 5, 2023May 5, 2023

A preliminary PSTA investigative report obtained by the Guardian states that the driver of a Sunrunner bus involved in an accident on May 3rd at 8:05 AM was speeding and not wearing his seat belt…

From hope to dope in 11 weeks: Jane Castor’s about-face on HART CEO Le Grand, while Joshua Wostal’s position proves justified
Tampa Bay Area

From hope to dope in 11 weeks: Jane Castor’s about-face on HART CEO Le Grand, while Joshua Wostal’s position proves justified

TBG_adminMay 2, 2023May 5, 2023

“I do have confidence in [HART CEO] Adelee Le Grand,” Tampa Mayor Jane Castor told WUSF on February 14 this year. “And I hope that this investigation shows that she didn’t have involvement in the…

PSTA’s paratransit software plagued with problems, may never work properly, vendor CEO celebrates outcome as “more equity”
Tampa Bay Area

PSTA’s paratransit software plagued with problems, may never work properly, vendor CEO celebrates outcome as “more equity”

TBG_adminFebruary 28, 2023May 5, 2023

A report written last September by David Rishel, a consultant to PSTA, lists a litany of problems associated with PSTA’s new software for its paratransit operation. A metric that the Guardian has developed indicates problems…

PSTA’s paratransit procurement rules violated, six employees failed to notice. Program in shambles and getting worse.
Tampa Bay Area

PSTA’s paratransit procurement rules violated, six employees failed to notice. Program in shambles and getting worse.

TBG_adminFebruary 25, 2023February 25, 2023

“Bonnie, do you find the GOIN’ proposal technically acceptable?” PSTA’s Director of Procurement Al Burns asked Bonnie Epstein, PSTA’s Director of Mobility Services. “I mean…” Epstein answered and paused. The issue at hand was PSTA’s…

Oldsmar mayor “asked to stop” using city seal after our article exposing blurring of lines between official city business and personal
Tampa Bay Area

Oldsmar mayor “asked to stop” using city seal after our article exposing blurring of lines between official city business and personal

TBG_adminFebruary 23, 2023November 14, 2023

“Well you won,” Oldsmar Mayor Dan Saracki wrote us in a text message. “I no longer can use the city seal for my community corner [mass emails] and I have been asked to stop. Our…

Oldsmar mayor claims non-existent titles, mixes campaign and city communications, claims ignorance on PSTA scandal
Tampa Bay Area

Oldsmar mayor claims non-existent titles, mixes campaign and city communications, claims ignorance on PSTA scandal

TBG_adminFebruary 19, 2023November 14, 2023

In mass emails to the public, Oldsmar Mayor Dan Saracki has twice claimed important sounding titles at PSTA that don’t exist. Saracki would not unequivocally answer whether his “Community Corner” mass email is a personal…

Trust issues – beach town is hiring intern to verify PSTA’s ridership claims. Times gives new bus line a tongue bath
St. Pete BeachTampa Bay Area

Trust issues – beach town is hiring intern to verify PSTA’s ridership claims. Times gives new bus line a tongue bath

TBG_adminFebruary 16, 2023May 5, 2023

The City of St. Pete Beach is hiring! While that isn’t noteworthy in and of itself, what is noteworthy is the job description: “collect and help analyze transit usage data as a passenger on public…

False & unlawful endorsement claims by St. Pete Beach mayor arrive in all voters’ mailboxes
St. Pete BeachTampa Bay Area

False & unlawful endorsement claims by St. Pete Beach mayor arrive in all voters’ mailboxes

TBG_adminFebruary 13, 2023February 13, 2023

In his re-election bid, St. Pete Beach Mayor Alan Johnson appears to have violated Florida campaign law at least twice. First by claiming to have a political endorsement he didn’t have, secondly by also touting…

“It’s Mayor Payne, not Tyler” – Treasure Island Mayor insists on title in text message to citizen in neighboring town
Tampa Bay AreaTreasure Island

“It’s Mayor Payne, not Tyler” – Treasure Island Mayor insists on title in text message to citizen in neighboring town

TBG_adminFebruary 10, 2023February 12, 2023

In developing information for another article we are working on, we discovered that Treasure Island Mayor Tyler Payne told a citizen “It’s Mayor Payne, not Tyler” in a text message. However, Payne doesn’t address others…

Local mayor in re-election bid falsely claims to have been endorsed by a county commissioner
St. Pete Beach

Local mayor in re-election bid falsely claims to have been endorsed by a county commissioner

TBG_adminFebruary 9, 2023February 12, 2023

Two days ago, St. Pete Beach Mayor Alan Johnson posted a graphic on his campaign Facebook page in which he falsely claimed to have received the endorsement of newly elected Pinellas County Commissioner Brian Scott.…

PSTA exec wants to “dabble in light rail” despite 62% hard NO from Pinellas county voters in 2014
Tampa Bay Area

PSTA exec wants to “dabble in light rail” despite 62% hard NO from Pinellas county voters in 2014

TBG_adminFebruary 6, 2023February 7, 2023

PSTA executive Abishek Dayal said in this Tampa Bay Business Journal (TBBJ) interview that he is “hoping the BRT project spawns some other interesting projects in the region. That could be extensions of BRT or…

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