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In Safety Harbor, ‘townies versus the developers’ dominates city commission races Safety Harbor and nine other small Pinellas municipalities will hold elections March 9.     Candidate signs are seen along a street Friday, March 5, 2021 in Safety Harbor. It is one of 10 small Pinellas municipalities that will hold elections March 9, with four mayor’s offices and 19 council or commission seats on the ballots. [ CHRIS URSO | Times ] By William March Updated Mar. 6 The perennial political argument in Safety Harbor — development vs. preserving what everyone calls “...

NORTH REDINGTON BEACH — Mayors from seven beach towns gathered for an informal strategy meeting to discuss bills currently under consideration in both the Florida House and Senate, which, if passed, would give the state authority over municipalities when it comes to vacation rentals. House Bill 219 and Senate Bill 522 were the mayors’ main topic of conversation over lunch at Burrito Social on Feb. 17. The mayors present were Joanne “Cookie” Kennedy of Indian Rocks Beach, Alan Johnson of St. Pete Beach, John Hendricks of Madeira Beach, Bill Queen of North Redington Beach, P...