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Lens critics deliver more than 20,000 petitions to St. Pete City Hall to force a referendum listen

Tags: The Pier, The Lens, Concerned Citizens of St. Petersburg, Bill Foster, St. Pete City Council, Wengay Newton, Karl Nurse

A group opposing plans for a new St. Petersburg Pier delivered more than 20,000 petitions to City Hall Wednesday to force a referendum in August. During a press conference calling on city council to stop spending money on the project until after the election, Fred Whaley responded to claims by critics that it’s not hard to get that many people to sign a petition.

“What it’s hard to do is get 20,000 of them to do it and I guess it was a daunting task that we didn’t realize how long it woul...

Citizen Group Opposes Plan to Build The Lens in St. Petersburg

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Tags: The Lens, Fred Whaley, Concerned Citizens of St. Petersburg, The Pier, Mark Sharpe, Bass Pro Shop

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Coming up today we'll hear from Hillsborough County Commissioner Mark Sharpe about a proposal to spend $8.25 million dollars to make road improvements to bring a Bass Pro Shops retail complex to eastern Hillsborough County.

But first we'll talk with Fred Whaley who is chair of a group called Concerned Citizens of St. Petersburg. The group has launched a petition drive to Stop the Lens.

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