The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) has moved forward with a three-month pilot program to test autonomous vehicles (AVs) in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. The PSTA selected the same vendor as the Hillsborough County Transit Authority, Beep Inc., to run its pilot
Life Inside A Van Gogh Painting
VanGogh Paintings Come To Life In Immersive Exhibit. We are going to be spending the day at the Dali Museum, the jewel of St. Petersburg, and walking around inside an immersive exhibit that brings the viewer inside the paintings of
St. Pete Becomes One Of The Top Ten Places To Visit.
St Pete Named Top Ten City By Conde Nast. When I began law school in 1969, St. Petersburg was filled with green benches, and was known as a retiree haven. In the Twenties, it became a winter refuge for northerners
Slobbing For A Time In St. Petersburg
I first read Travels With Charley in college. Since then, I have tried to live my life with a healthy dose of Steinbeck like voraciousness. As an overachiever in high school, it never occurred to me that laziness and lack
ICE Recruiting Citizens Academy to Enhance Immigration Enforcement
ICE is recruiting individual citizens to enlist in a Citizens Academy empowered to conduct immigration arrests. The program is intended to serve as a pilot for nationwide implementation. A similar programs exist in Los Angeles, Seattle (for HSI), and St.
Bricks, rocks found in SUV during late-night St. Pete protest, police say
ST. PETERSBURG A group of demonstrators accused of driving around with potential projectiles was arrested late Monday night by St. Petersburg police. Little more than an hour later, officers broke up a late-night rally outside its own headquarters early Tuesday.Police
Parrots And Politicians…Not A Good Look
Our St. Petersburg Mayor, Rick Kriseman,gave an update today on the Coronavirus update briefing, which was given as St. Petersburg’s landmark venue, Sunken Gardens, reopened. You may remember that Diane and I got married there in early February. Apparently, the
An Update on St. Petersburg’s Wage Theft Notice and Posting Requirements and Recent Amendments to Pinellas County’s Wage Theft Ordinance
In 2015, the City of St. Petersburg, Florida, approved an ordinance prohibiting wage theft in the city. The Wage Theft Ordinance (WTO) “aims to eliminate the underpayment or nonpayment of wages” by giving private employees within the city’s limits an
Too Cool For School – St. Pete…Say What?
Visit St. Pete. When I came to St. Petersburg, Florida, for law school in the late Sixties, it was a sleepy little town that rolled up the streets at 10 P.M every night. Fast forward 50 years, and we
Twar-Georges Wedding And Super Bowl Party (02/02/2020) – Sunken Gardens, St. Petersburg
Sunken Gardens Wedding Venue It will hopefully be a memorable evening, and combining a Super Bowl party with a wedding reception will be fun. We will be under a tent like this one, around 100 of us, and there will