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St. Petersburg Rays? Rick Baker pitching City Council on name change
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 6 months agoFormer Mayor Rick Baker has met individually with City Council members to float the idea of requiring that the Tampa Bay Rays change their name to the St. Petersburg Rays as part of the stadium ...
Uhurus ramped up their tactics in 2017. Was it related to July FBI raid?
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDeveron Gibbons was heading to his car after a mayoral debate at Greater Mount Zion AME Church in 2017 when five or six people he didn’t know began walking toward him in the parking lot. The ...
Black leaders call out St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch on podcast
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoST. PETERSBURG — Ray Tampa remembers the advice he and others gave two years ago to Ken Welch, then...
St. Petersburg City Council softens Rays name change pitch
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 6 months agoST. PETERSBURG — A proposal to include changing the Tampa Bay Rays’ name to the St. Petersburg Rays...
St. Pete Pride at 20 | Editorial
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe St. Pete Pride parade turns 20 this weekend, and the anniversary is a timely moment to reflect on Tampa Bay’s commendable if lurching path toward diversity and acceptance. The first parade ...
St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch and the Rays – A courtship of consensus
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 months agoST. PETERSBURG — Mayor Ken Welch started the opening day of baseball last week in traditional fashion: by hoisting a Tampa Bay Rays flag in front of City Hall. Later came hugs and photos with ...
FBI investigating Russian interference possibly linked to St. Petersburg Uhuru Movement
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFederal law enforcement officials appear to be investigating members of the Uhuru Movement in St....
Rays will not change name, team president says
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCLEARWATER — The Tampa Bay Rays will not change their name, team president Brian Auld said Thursday. Auld’s comment came during a Pinellas County...
Good grief, are we now having a petty argument over the St. Pete Rays?
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 6 months agoST. PETERSBURG — The argument about where to build a new baseball stadium was long, often feisty, but clearly necessary. The negotiations about cost, revenues, infrastructure, real estate, amenities ...
One thing St. Petersburg Democrats, GOP agree on: No to Rays stadium deal
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIs there anything Republicans and Democrats can agree on these days? Turns out, in St. Petersburg,...