Baker never picked “his” solution over the solution the citizens wanted.
St. Petersburg, Fl
Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb PhD
Author: In Search of Robin, So You Want to Blog.
Previously Posted August 27, 2017
To get a feel for how Rick Kriseman sustains his
positions read these two Posts from a 2013 interview I did with the then
potential candidate Rick Kriseman.
Looking at what has transpired in the last three-plus years
of the Kriseman administration it can truly be called unprecedented. Beginning
within hours of his swearing, Rick Kriseman began a deliberate process of
politicizing the office of Mayor of St. Petersburg.
Hiring his two longtime political cronies, Kevin King
and Ben Kirby, who remain on the city payroll through this election cycle, to
populate his office of the mayor was just the beginning.
Kriseman’s attempts at making the political stage by
tweeting a ban against now President Trump while possibly cute was really
stupid. It had no place in City Governance and only made St. Pete look small
not the City it is.
Kriseman’s careful manipulation of the Pier Selection
process to get “his Pier” approved not the voter’s choice clearly indicates his
complete disregard with how the citizens of St. Pete feel.
This should be a warning that all those south side
leaning platitudes are just another Kriseman scam. All he wants is your vote,
if you don’t believe that ask yourself this question: what has he done for you
in the last three-plus years?
Finally, there were the lies. The sewer system the
sewage leaks, the nature of the problem and never taking responsibility. And a hastily
constructed plan with no currently long range dedicated funding.
And now an endorsement from Barack Obama that is very
hard to believe because there is no doubt the former president has little or no
knowledge of what Kriseman has done or the lies he has told or the promises he
has failed to keep.
More misdirected partisan politics from Rick Kriseman.
Rick Baker has done what he said he would do. He put
practical solutions in place for south St. Petersburg. He had a significant
impact on quality of public education in all of St. Petersburg. He worked to
fix the infrastructure problems existing during his two terms.
Baker never picked “his” solution over the solution the
citizens wanted.
Baker choices for his staff were never made on cronyism
but on competency.
Rick Baker built the strongest neighborhood association
structure the City of St. Petersburg has ever had.
Most of all when Rick Baker gave his word, you could
believe it.
Four more years of Rick Kriseman and his politically
inspired approach to local government will leave the City of St. Petersburg in
the biggest mess we have seen since the beginning of the strong mayor form of
governance.
Your vote for Rick Baker can put St. Petersburg back on
the path to a higher quality of life, better schools, sustainable
infrastructure, respect to all citizens and recognition of the world-class city
St. Petersburg is.
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Disclosures:
Contributor to Rick Baker for Mayor
Campaign
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