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Comparing the vacancy appointments processes in Oldsmar and St. Pete Beach reveals key differences
St. Pete BeachTampa Bay Area

Comparing the vacancy appointments processes in Oldsmar and St. Pete Beach reveals key differences

TBG_adminJanuary 9, 2024January 16, 2024

When an Oldsmar city council member resigned last month, that city’s charter provided clear rules on how to fill the vacancy. Oldsmar’s city attorney proceeded to write this 3-page memo explaining the city charter’s requirements…

Mayor vs. Mayor – are the two Oldsmar transparency lawsuits about transparency, payback or something else?
Tampa Bay Area

Mayor vs. Mayor – are the two Oldsmar transparency lawsuits about transparency, payback or something else?

TBG_adminNovember 13, 2023January 6, 2024

“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…

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…

Zero net cuts means “we’re cutting”, says Oldsmar Mayor Doug Bevis – admits he “gets kind of confused sometimes”
Tampa Bay Area

Zero net cuts means “we’re cutting”, says Oldsmar Mayor Doug Bevis – admits he “gets kind of confused sometimes”

TBG_adminMay 25, 2016February 19, 2023

At today’s PSTA board meeting, Oldsmar mayor and PSTA Board member Doug Bevis said that reallocating miles from some bus routes to other routes means “we are cutting”, even when the total number of miles remain the same. However, Bevis began his…

From “planned” to “canned” — PSTA drops Pride month bus wrap plan after political pressure, and legality questioned
Tampa Bay Area

From “planned” to “canned” — PSTA drops Pride month bus wrap plan after political pressure, and legality questioned

TBG_adminMay 27, 2024May 27, 2024

“The long and short of it is that the only thing we cannot do is spend DOT funds on producing wraps,” asserted a PSTA marketing staffer in the PSTA Legislative Committee meeting on May 8th.…

St. Pete Beach city attorney didn’t distinguish between “calling” and “holding” a city election, misstated charter
St. Pete BeachTampa Bay Area

St. Pete Beach city attorney didn’t distinguish between “calling” and “holding” a city election, misstated charter

TBG_adminJanuary 29, 2024February 23, 2024

“Due to the requirements of Florida Statute 101.62 involving vote-by-mail ballots, the Pinellas Supervisor of Elections would not be able to accommodate holding any election within 15 days,” Deputy Supervisor of Elections Dustin Chase told…

“No vote, radio!” Beach city’s actions often make less sense than comedy whose goal is to not make ANY sense
St. Pete BeachTampa Bay Area

“No vote, radio!” Beach city’s actions often make less sense than comedy whose goal is to not make ANY sense

TBG_adminJanuary 19, 2024January 24, 2024

Inquiries to the City of St. Pete Beach and responses to public records requests made revealed at least one nonsensical policy, and meeting minutes show that no commission votes were taken on crucial matters. In…

Newly appointed commissioner didn’t join the dais for important votes – sign of mental flabbiness all around?
St. Pete BeachTampa Bay Area

Newly appointed commissioner didn’t join the dais for important votes – sign of mental flabbiness all around?

TBG_adminJanuary 10, 2024September 25, 2024

“We know Betty is here,” newly appointed and unelected St. Pete Beach City Commissioner Nick Filtz said during the discussion of whether to appoint someone to the vacant district 3 seat. His comment was made…

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…

PSTA makes its buses free, but ridership still drops 43% in less than 3 weeks
Tampa Bay Area

PSTA makes its buses free, but ridership still drops 43% in less than 3 weeks

TBG_adminApril 21, 2020February 11, 2023

On March 19th, PSTA decided to waive bus fares on its network due to the Wuhan virus pandemic. Despite its service now being 100% free, records show that PSTA’s ridership still dropped by 43.2% from…

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