ST. PETERSBURG -- Mayor-elect Bill Foster will join a group of newly elected mayors at Harvard University’s Institute of Politics for a three-day leadership training seminar starting Wednesday.
Topics include the economic crisis, transitioning from the campaign to City Hall, and education.
Cristina Silva, Times staff writer
ST. PETERSBURG -- Mayor-elect Bill Foster wasn't too excited about the 1,100-square-foot wing on the mezzanine level of the Municipal Services Center City Hall had roped off for his transition office.
He wanted to be in City Hall.
Not surprisingly, city officials responded to the next boss' wishes.
Foster now has an office on the first [...]
Bill McCollum is the anti-Crist. As in Charlie Crist.
The question is: Will people in Florida be ready for such a jarring transition of styles in the Governor's Office?
Or is McCollum the perfect act to follow the tanned and rested one? These two Republicans couldn't be more different. Where Crist exudes [...]
Tampa Tribune: The stress of the campaign is over, and now Bill Foster is ready to begin planning for his transition to city hall as mayor.
ABC Action News: Newly elected St. Petersburg mayor Bill Foster may shake things up when he takes office in January. He is hoping [...]
FINAL UPDATE: Foster wins in unofficial results (there's a few more mail ballots to review, election officials say).
Bill Foster 52.76% 24,228
Kathleen Ford 47.24% 21,691
UPDATE 4: Foster is on top with 112 of 115 precincts. Transition team is warming up.
Bill Foster 52.63% 23,925
Kathleen Ford 47.37% 21,532
UPDATE 3: Foster is [...]
