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Inside joke? Addition of new bus stop for PSTA’s board chair Pat Gerard initiated on her 70th birthday
Tampa Bay Area

Inside joke? Addition of new bus stop for PSTA’s board chair Pat Gerard initiated on her 70th birthday

TBG_adminFebruary 3, 2023February 4, 2023

We reported yesterday that PSTA (the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Agency) in 2019 moved a bus stop to be closer to Pinellas County Commissioner Pat Gerard’s home, this after she lost her driver’s license following multiple…

PSTA moved bus stop closer to board chair Pat Gerard’s house after multiple careless driving tickets ended her driver’s license
Tampa Bay Area

PSTA moved bus stop closer to board chair Pat Gerard’s house after multiple careless driving tickets ended her driver’s license

TBG_adminFebruary 2, 2023February 27, 2023

After a string of traffic citations and car crashes during a two year period, immediate past PSTA chair and former Pinellas County Commissioner Pat Gerard found herself without a driver’s license in 2019. A public…

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

TBG_adminFebruary 19, 2023February 23, 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…

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…

Vinik-linked Tampa communications firm Catalyst directly involved in PSTA chief misleading PSTA board
Tampa Bay Area

Vinik-linked Tampa communications firm Catalyst directly involved in PSTA chief misleading PSTA board

TBG_adminFebruary 4, 2023February 5, 2023

A draft version of an email PSTA CEO Brad Miller was preparing to send to the PSTA board contained a damning admission which didn’t appear in the email that was ultimately sent to the board.…

“Out of an abundance of caution” – predictable Pinellas Politicrats
Tampa Bay Area

“Out of an abundance of caution” – predictable Pinellas Politicrats

TBG_adminApril 13, 2020February 10, 2023

“Out of an abundance of caution” were the exact words used today in a Pinellas County Commission meeting, just as we had predicted on Friday. We called it! It was on Friday that the Tampa…

Pinellas County’s state of local emergency ends due to politicians’ mistake
Tampa Bay Area

Pinellas County’s state of local emergency ends due to politicians’ mistake

TBG_adminApril 10, 2020February 11, 2023

Pinellas County’s Thursday press release stated that “Commission Chair Pat Gerard extended Pinellas County’s state of local emergency [SLE] another 7 days.” Chair Gerard cited as authority for her action county commission resolution 20-22. That…

Sheriff Gualtieri violates Pinellas County’s own order with his posting of pandemic notices at businesses
Tampa Bay Area

Sheriff Gualtieri violates Pinellas County’s own order with his posting of pandemic notices at businesses

TBG_adminMarch 27, 2020February 11, 2023

It was a photo opportunity that no self-respecting law enforcement K-9 publicity hound could pass up.  Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, surrounded by local media, showing leadership and strength by posting this notice at a hair salon…

Confusion about Pinellas “safer at home” order, Sheriff Gualtieri makes authoritarian threats not based in law
Tampa Bay Area

Confusion about Pinellas “safer at home” order, Sheriff Gualtieri makes authoritarian threats not based in law

TBG_adminMarch 26, 2020February 11, 2023

After our highly visited “covidiot touchfest” article yesterday on Pinellas County’s top officials not following the rules they seek to impose on others, we really wanted to write an article providing more clarity today. However,…

Commish – “there are lots of situations” for drivers to defuse on PSTA buses
Tampa Bay Area

Commish – “there are lots of situations” for drivers to defuse on PSTA buses

TBG_adminJanuary 30, 2020February 11, 2023

At yesterday’s monthly PSTA board meeting, Pinellas County commissioner Pat Gerard somewhat surprisingly commented that “riding the [PSTA ] buses all the time, you see what kinds of things they [the bus drivers] deal with…

Second anonymous letter with CareerSource allegations surfaces
Tampa Bay Area

Second anonymous letter with CareerSource allegations surfaces

TBG_adminFebruary 20, 2018February 12, 2023

Last week, an anonymous letter to an elected official alleged a love affair between CareerSource Pinellas CEO Ed Peacher and one of his top administrator’s Haley Leoun. Now a second letter, written to Pinellas county…

Transportation agency’s work is “bullshit”, says Pinellas commissioner Janet Long
Tampa Bay Area

Transportation agency’s work is “bullshit”, says Pinellas commissioner Janet Long

TBG_adminFebruary 13, 2017February 25, 2023

Pinellas County commissioner Janet Long has put her foot in her mouth yet again. In an interview last week with Mitch Perry of SaintPetersBlog, Janet Long said this about TBARTA, the Tampa Bay Area Regional…

Editorial – “Goodism” on the Pinellas County Commission makes it blind to the real needs of citizens
Tampa Bay Area

Editorial – “Goodism” on the Pinellas County Commission makes it blind to the real needs of citizens

TBG_adminJune 10, 2016February 26, 2023

This is the first ever Tampa Bay Guardian editorial, and we hope it’s our last. But we believe we must comment on the recent botched Pinellas County ordinance banning “fracking” that actually allows the very thing it sought to…

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