Showing posts with label Rick Baker. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rick Baker. Show all posts

Saturday, November 4, 2017

Rick Baker's Inside Help

Poynter Foundation board member and 
political operative Barry Edwards 
Poynter needs to explain to the journalistic community that it allegedly serves exactly what criteria are used to select its board members.  Are there any background checks?  Why do Poynter/Times/Baker demand details of the 16-year-old charges against King but ignore the criminal missteps of Edwards?  Doesn’t the Poynter/Times/Baker association with Edwards show a complete lack of judgment and standards? here

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Baker, Bean Running from Trump In St. Pete

St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Rick Baker and City Council aspirant Justin Bean are both frantically attempting to erase their pasts in order to woo voters in a city where environmentalism, tolerance, respect for the law, and diversity predominate.
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Baker and Bean  are not only Republicans but supporters of Donald Trump despite their protestations and/or silence when questioned about former donations, actions, and political loyalties.
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A clear majority of St. Petersburg voters are anti-Trump and Democrats outnumber Republicans, 46.3 percent to 27.8 percent. Those expressing “no party affiliation” account for 25.9 percent. In raw numbers, there are more than 31.000 Democrats than Republicans.

Saturday, September 16, 2017

Florida GOP Rick Scott And Adam Putnam Pour Tens Of Thousands Of Dollars To Rick Baker

Political committees linked to Rick Scott, Adam Putnam and future House Speaker Jose Oliva poured tens of thousands of dollars last month into a PAC supporting St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Rick Baker. here
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Friday, September 15, 2017

Desperate Rick Baker Exploits Irma

With his chances of becoming St. Petersburg’s next mayor dissipating as rapidly as the ravaging winds of Hurricane Irma, Rick Baker exploited one of the worst natural disasters in the nation’s history to resuscitate his failing campaign. here
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Tampa Bay Times, Baker’s mouthpiece, printed the candidate’s press release verbatim without fact checking.  So did a local play-for-pay blog and the right wing Sunshine State News.

Sunday, September 3, 2017

Trump's Anvil Around Rick Baker's Neck

Democratic and Republican political consultants maintained that what likely hurt Baker the most was the Kriseman team’s success in tying Baker to Trump. here

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Florida Dem Nikki Barnes At GOP Rick Baker's Election Party In St. Pete

Democratic National Committee Member Nikki Barnes at the Florida Democratic Party hangs with Florida GOP Rick Baker.
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 "Why in God's name is an elected Democratic National Committee member from Florida celebrating election night with the Republican candidate for St. Pete Mayor?? Nikki Barnes needs to resign immediately, go far away from the FDP and take her buddy, Leslie Wimes, with her. This is beyond outrageous!" Bryan Farris
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 "Progressives have to take back this broken Party." 
Scott Shoup

Thursday, May 11, 2017

Florida GOP Rick Baker Wants To Take St. Pete Back To The Bad Old Days

During Rick Baker’s term as mayor, he refused to offer any support for the LGBT community, banned the pride flag from city hall, and refused to attend pride events around the city. Since Rick Baker’s time, St. Petersburg has moved forward, and city hall is open and supportive of the city’s diverse gay community. St. Petersburg now has an equality score of 100, because of equality in the law and the support for the gay community by the mayor and city council. Time and time again, equality has proven to be not only the right thing to do, but also good for tourism and business. St. Petersburg is no exception, and Rick Baker would move our city backward on this hard earned progress.
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“St. Petersburg has moved forward the past 3 years. We can never go back to a time when discrimination was ok in the mayors’ office. We will be discussing the stakes in this election, and the type of candidate our community cannot stand with in August. We can’t go back to a mayor who is uncomfortable with the LGBT community, or any other part of our diverse city.” Susan McGrath