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Residents set to take control on building
By Times Staff Writer
Published November 8, 2006
St. Pete Beach was on the way to becoming the first city in Florida to give its voters direct control over what could be built there. In early returns, voters in the Pinellas barrier island supported amendments to the City Charter that would keep tall buildings from going up without voter approval. If the measures pass and prevail over legal challenges, the city's proposed master redevelopment plan, which cost thousands of dollars and was four years in the making, will automatically be repealed. From now on, any time a developer approaches the city with a plan for something bigger or taller than the city's old plan would allow, it must go up for voter approval. Also in Pinellas, voters easily re-elected County Commissioners John Morroni and Calvin Harris. School Board incumbent Mary Brown easily won re-election, and voters selected Peggy O'Shea for the other seat. In state House District 52, Democrat Bill Heller was leading Republican Angelo Cappelli in early returns. The race was among the county's hardest fought.
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by mike
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11/09/06 12:15 PM
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If the cry babies want to live in a tourist trap let them move to Myrtle Beach and play on the water slides. St Pete Beach is a residental town, not a t-shirt & slurpy stand community
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by sandy
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11/08/06 06:09 PM
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well, after all the condos are built you won't have to worry about height restrictions, you'll just have to worry about where to work.
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by Lulu
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11/08/06 09:58 AM
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The tribe has spoken! Now let's vote the carpetbaggers off the island.
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by Susan
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11/08/06 09:41 AM
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Finally residents can determine the height and size of buildings in their community rather than rich developers, with only a profit motive, and no concern for the city or its residents. Our elected representatives have failed us.
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by John
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11/08/06 06:37 AM
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It would appear that we have moved from an elected representative government to mob rule. Let see if St Pete Beach residents have made a very serious mistake.
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by Tim
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11/08/06 05:09 AM
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Magic, Its a shame this does not happen elsewhere throughout the world.
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