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One insider’s view of first St. Petersburg mayoral debate
St. Petersburg’s first mayoral debate of the cycle was supposed to be Ken Welch‘s easiest room of the Summer. It wasn’t. For more than two hours Tuesday night, before about 125 people at the President Barack Obama Main Library, the incumbent stood alone against four challengers …
St. Petersburg’s first mayoral debate of the cycle was supposed to be Ken Welch ‘s easiest room of the Summer. It wasn’t.
For more than two hours Tuesday night, before about 125 people at the President Barack Obama Main Library, the incumbent stood alone against four challengers — former Gov. Charlie Crist , City Council member Brandi Gabbard , former NAACP branch President Maria Scruggs , and former Shore Acres neighborhood association President Kevin Batdorf — at a forum hosted by the local NAACP. Former Fire Chief Jim Large was invited but didn’t show. …
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