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CLEARWATER — Pinellas County’s intergovernmental liaison presented an overview to the County Commission April 21 on actions taken during the 2022 state legislative session.

LARGO — Pinellas County commissioners listened to updates during an April 22 work session about what has been going on in unincorporated areas since employees had been assigned to oversee their needs. In April 2019, County Administrator Barry Burton announced that former county planner Chris Moore had been promoted to an assistant county administrator with the responsibility of serving as a government liaison for Lealman residents. It was the first such position created in response to encouragement from the commission, in particular Commissioner Charlie Justice, to do more to work with t...

CLEARWATER — The consensus was full steam ahead to the draft 2021 state legislative program as presented during a Dec. 10 Pinellas County Commission work session. Brian Lowack, special assistant to the county administrator, presented the guiding principles, which he said “sends a positive message to legislators” as priorities of the county that align with priorities at the state level. He will bring the final program back for approval in January. Among the local priorities is support for legislation to increase the time governments can declare an emergency from seven days to...