In a window at Atwater's Cafeteria, a soul food restaurant on the city's predominantly black south side, there are campaign signs for both of the candidates competing in this week's mayoral race. ...more

November 1, 2009

Rival candidates Bill Foster and Kathleen Ford are both white former city council members who work as lawyers. The similarities end there. ...more

October 30, 2009

and use of the waterfront - were compared to St. Petersburg's. ...more

October 28, 2009

Turns out a single vote can make a difference. That's the lesson learned from a weekend recount in Palm Beach's hotly contested mayoral race. Incumbent Jack McDonald had 1,590 votes to 1,589 for Gerry Goldsmith. Barring a lawsuit challenging the results, McDonald keeps the office. ...more

February 23, 2009

With the filing deadline for candidates come and gone, the fields have been determined for the 2009 municipal elections in New Port Richey and Port Richey. ...more

February 21, 2009

Twelve will soon be the number of the day at the Summerfield Crossings Golf Club. ...more

December 10, 2008

A charity race for mayor is pitting two pioneer factions of the community against each other in a good-natured contest in which no one really loses. ...more

February 6, 2008

CLEARWATER - Voters in five of Pinellas County's 24 cities will be deciding municipal leadership races and an array of ballot questions Tuesday while county Republicans and Democrats cast ballots in the presidential preference primary. ...more

January 23, 2008

Local attorney Scott McPherson threw his hat into the ring today as a candidate for mayor of New Port Richey in the April 8 city elections. If elected mayor, McPherson said he would strive to get the stalled Main Street Landing project moving again. ...more

January 22, 2008

AVON PARK — With both major precincts counted, an unofficial count had Mayor Sharon Schuler almost 100 votes ahead of the next-highest candidate for mayor, while Avon Park Middle School teacher Al Hinson held a sizable lead in the council election Tuesday night. Schuler, with 329 votes, will likely remain mayor for another three years as she holds an insurmountable lead over former Gordon Marshall in the mayoral race. Marshall, with 223 votes, is a distant second, while Ed Dickerson had 159 votes and Gonzalo Lezama 47. Schuler said she wasn't expecting it. Truly. "Everyone has an opportunity to win," she said as she came to the supervisor of election's office to see the vote counting. "I'm very happy." Hinson, meanwhile, has 250 votes, holding a solid lead over Paul Miller's 202 backers, Michael Shirey's 177 and James Rahenkamp's 140. Hinson, reached by phone Tuesday evening, was cautiously optimistic that he would hold on to the lead. "I thought it would be close," he said. "I feel good... I guess the people went out and voted. Hopefully it's official but I am happy." ...more

November 6, 2007