Tampa Tribune Pulls Lisa Wheeler-Brown endorsement for St. Pete City Council
St. Petersburg, Fl
The Tampa Tribune has pulled its endorsement of Lisa Wheeler
Brown for District 7 City Council member. Tribune
endorsements: Gerdes, Kornell, Newton for St. Petersburg City Council
From the Tribune:
"District 7
Term limits prevented
incumbent Wengay Newton from running for re-election, leaving the race to the
two candidates who polled the most votes in the August primary.
Lisa Wheeler-Brown is
an activist and former president of the Council of Neighborhood Associations
who says she supports the Rays stadium deal and will work to improve safety and
employment opportunities in the district, which includes some of the city’s
poorest neighborhoods. She faced petty theft charges as a young adult but says
she learned from her mistakes.
Will Newton, the
brother of outgoing council member Wengay Newton, is a district vice president
of the Florida Professional Firefighters organization and has a solid resume of
public service that also includes serving as a neighborhood association
president. He is against the Rays stadium deal because he doesn’t think it
adequately compensates the city. He says he will work to bring jobs and foster
home ownership in the district.
The candidates share
similar priorities, and we favored Wheeler-Brown in the primary because of her
support for the Rays. But recently revealed discrepancies in her campaign
finance reports raise questions about her judgment.
Newton assures us he
will work collaboratively with the council and is open to considering a
different Rays offer if one is brought forward.
For District 7, the
Tribune recommends Winthrop “Will” Newton."
The Wheeler-Brown Campaign began to unravel following a series of
Posts by Janelle Irwin in saintpetersblog:
From the Newton Campaign web site: Will Newton for St. Pete City Council:
"How often does a career call for
determination, hard work, trust, compassion and the courage to save lives? If
you’re a St. Petersburg Fire Fighter, the job demands no less! Will Newton is
the real deal, trusted by his colleagues to lead as their association president
a dozen years, named Florida’s Fire Fighter of the Year by the Governor and
Cabinet, founding a union of professional fire fighters, and serving as an
instructor across the U.S. and Canada. But Newton’s commitment doesn’t stop at
the end of a long shift.
He’s served as President of his Neighborhood
Association, played a leading role with the Community Change for Youth
Development (CCYD) program in Childs Park, and volunteered with the Juvenile
Welfare Board and the Rays Baseball Foundation too. Respected as a tough
negotiator, professionally accomplished, and committed to the people of his
home town of St. Petersburg, Will Newton will be a City Council member
dedicated to you, your future, and your family’s future!"
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