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St. Pete Beach city commissioner failed to resign in his “letter of resignation” – artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT agrees
St. Pete BeachTampa Bay Area

St. Pete Beach city commissioner failed to resign in his “letter of resignation” – artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT agrees

TBG_adminJanuary 12, 2024January 19, 2024

“I don’t have a choice but to resign from my position as City Commissioner, District 3 effective on December 30, 2023,” wrote St. Pete Beach (SPB) City Commissioner Ward Friszolowski in this letter of the…

St. Pete Beach delays vote on $500 million beachfront redevelopment project — calm before the next storm
St. Pete BeachTampa Bay Area

St. Pete Beach delays vote on $500 million beachfront redevelopment project — calm before the next storm

TBG_adminJanuary 11, 2024January 16, 2024

For once, those promoting and opposing the so-called Sirata CUP (Conditional Use Permit) redevelopment project agreed on something. The law firm representing Columbia Sussex (the Sirata Resort) asked for a continuance of their CUP #23053.…

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…

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…

Florida Supreme Court found “municipal chaos and uncertainty” in St. Pete Beach. Is it déjà vu all over again?
St. Pete BeachTampa Bay Area

Florida Supreme Court found “municipal chaos and uncertainty” in St. Pete Beach. Is it déjà vu all over again?

TBG_adminJanuary 8, 2024January 16, 2024

The City of St. Pete Beach has been sued over how it has recently filled vacant commission seats. The facts of the situation show that many substantive issues have been created, perhaps even deliberately so…

Ridership on PSTA’s Sunrunner dropped 43% once fares were introduced – ridership now at less than one third of forecast
Tampa Bay Area

Ridership on PSTA’s Sunrunner dropped 43% once fares were introduced – ridership now at less than one third of forecast

TBG_adminJanuary 6, 2024January 6, 2024

The ridership has dropped 43% since fares were introduced on the Sunrunner on October 1st, this PSTA internal document created by its CEO Brad Miller shows. PSTA is the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority. The Sunrunner…

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…

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

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

TBG_adminNovember 10, 2023June 2, 2024

“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
Tampa Bay Area

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

TBG_adminSeptember 24, 2023January 6, 2024

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…

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

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

TBG_adminSeptember 20, 2023January 6, 2024

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, 2023September 23, 2024

“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…

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