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Extensive interview with Pinellas Supervisor of Elections Julie Marcus

TBG_adminOctober 24, 2020

Julie Marcus is the Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections (SOE). In an effort to educate voters about what the job of an SOE entails and election integrity in general, we asked Marcus for a long-form…

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Paying $1 million to the NFL: how would your county commissioner vote?

TBG_adminOctober 23, 2020

After the election, the Pinellas County Commission will be voting on whether to pay $1 million to the NFL for a “Super Bowl marketing deal.” Given the divisive organization the NFL has become, we asked…

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3rd campaign financing violation – what afflicts the Janet Long Campaign?

TBG_adminOctober 15, 2020

Two weeks ago, Pinellas County Commissioner Janet Long’s re-election campaign sent out mailers to voters without the “paid political advertisement” notice required by Florida’s campaign financing law. In other words, the campaign broke the law.…

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The open and shut case of Commissioner Pat Kemp’s Florida Bar violations

TBG_adminOctober 4, 2020

Hillsborough County Commissioner Pat Kemp, who is on the ballot, is facing almost certain disciplinary action from the Florida Bar. This after a bar complaint was filed against her last month. The issue at hand…

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Janet Long breaks Florida’s campaign financing law for 2nd time this year

TBG_adminOctober 2, 2020

Voters received a mailer from Pinellas County Commissioner Janet Long yesterday. It was a typical mailer, but one thing stuck out like a sore thumb to one of our readers because of the absence of…

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More credibility problems arise for Netflix after controversial “Cuties”

TBG_adminSeptember 15, 2020

Netflix’ release of the controversial French movie “Cuties” has sparked accusation that the movie promotes or tolerates pedophilia. The furor is mainly on the political right, but opinions do not break entirely along ideological lines. For…

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Trump announces $21.8 million in funding for Central Avenue BRT project

TBG_adminMay 28, 2020

President Donald Trump today announced on Twitter funding for PSTA’s controversial Central Avenue BRT project (CABRT). The project is opposed by two of the three cities it runs through. There was no news release immediately…

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Docs appear to show why federal gov’t isn’t funding Central Ave BRT project

TBG_adminMay 26, 2020

Formal project assessments made by the FTA (Federal Transit Administration) and obtained by the Guardian appear to show  why PSTA’s Central Avenue BRT (CABRT) project is still isn’t eligible to be funded by the FTA.…

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PSTA falsely reports bus ridership for year 15% higher than actual

TBG_adminMay 22, 2020

PSTA staff have provided its board with inflated year to date bus ridership data two months in a row. Seven months in to its current fiscal year, PSTA’s official report for April shows a 52%…

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Counterfeit City of Tampa mass e-mail – mayor clams up and takes no action

TBG_adminMay 20, 2020

Last month, we reported on this mass e-mail from Tampa Mayor Jane Castor. It was dated April 16th and gave every indication that it was sent by the city: it used a city return e-mail…

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TV anchor Cintron didn’t apply for $223,000 public sector job – got it anyway

TBG_adminMay 18, 2020

Public records request by The Guardian revealed that zero (0) employment applications were received by Tampa International Airport for an unadvertised $223,000 per year position as Vice President of Marketing. Former TV anchor Veronica Cintron…

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St. Pete: still no recovery donations from mayor and most city council members

TBG_adminMay 7, 2020

A month after St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman used emergency powers to create the “Fightning Chance Fund” (FCF), only two council members out of seven have donated more than $50 to the effort. Mayor Kriseman…

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Local government agency implements plan to “shape what the public thinks”

TBG_adminMay 5, 2020

Hillsborough County Independent Oversight Committee (IOC) staff have developed a media plan that includes “key messages” for committee members and staff to advance to the public. The media plan says that those key messages “shape…

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Sheriff Chad Chronister seeks out criminal pastor he arrested – lunch with no social distancing

TBG_adminMay 3, 2020

Last Wednesday, Hillsborough Sheriff Chad Chronister sought out and visited Pastor Rodney Howard-Browne for lunch at his house. Chronister’s initiative took place a month after he had Howard-Browne arrested for allegedly violating a county order…

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Gualtieri’s coronavirus arrest of “jerk” biz owner results in no prosecution

TBG_adminMay 2, 2020

“He wanted to become unreasonable, frankly, he was being a jerk about it, so he went to jail,” Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri told (video) county commissioners in a meeting on Tuesday about Pinellas Park…

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County commish violates campaign finance law six times during pandemic, effort to self-promote?

TBG_adminApril 23, 2020

A review of the mass e-mails sent out by the political campaign of Pinellas County commissioner Janet Long found that she committed six Florida campaign finance law violations during the county pandemic declared state of…

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

TBG_adminApril 21, 2020

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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Kriseman donates zero to city’s own relief fund, Montanari donates $1,000

TBG_adminApril 20, 2020

Twelve days in to St. Pete’s Fighting Chance Fund (FCF) program, Mayor Rick Kriseman had not made a donation to the fund. Kriseman called the fund recipients “the backbone of this city” when he announced…

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