In July, I posted my comments below. Now, after two hurricanes, it is clear we cannot afford the Rays/Hines deal and the county...

Pinellas County imposes a six (6) percent Tourist Development Tax, also referred to as the 'Bed Tax', which short-term renters are...

*It appears St. Petersburg City Council Member Ed Montanari (R) will be the one determining the outcome of the Rays/Hines deal and...

By Tom Mullins and Ron Diner As every pub-crawler knows, when the bartender shouts “last call”, the right thing to do is straighten up...

As a No Home Run team member, I assure you there are very smart people writing our blog posts, op-eds and letters in the Tampa Bay Times...

By Tom Mullins The Valuation Debate is Over:  Rays/Hines Want Taxpayer-Owned Land for Hundreds of Millions Below its True Value. Imagine...

The letters below concerning the proposed Rays/Hines deal are a few among many that we've received. If you care about the vote, we...

For St. Petersburg voters, the Rays are not among their top priorities. Instead pressing domestic issues such as maintaining the city's...

If St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch forces the City Council Members to vote on the proposed Rays/Hines deal on July 18, or any time before...

BY TOM MULLINS AND PETER KENT *Originally published in Tampa Times The recent guest column from local developer Jay Miller about the...

Poll results confirm strong St. Petersburg voter opposition to Rays/Hines deal. ST. PETERSBURG, FL. June 7, 2024.- Ron Diner of No Home...

We love baseball, but we love St. Petersburg more. What’s proposed? The Tampa Bay Rays, the Hines development company and the city of St....

*This post was originally published in the Tampa Times May 23 By John C. Mozena, president of the Center for Economic Accountability and...

John Mozena, president of the Center for Economic Accountability (CEA), writes in the Tampa Bay Times: Stadium subsidies are bad deals...

[Note to readers: If you agree with the comments below and want to help make sure the residents of St. Petersburg and all of Pinellas...

*Author: Tom Mullins, St. Petersburg resident *Copy of letter to St. Petersburg City Council Members Ed Montanari and Gina Driscoll Dear...

Written by Alan Delisle, former St. Petersburg City Administrator WHY DID THE RAYS/HINES DEAL GO SO WRONG? 1. The deal was flawed when...

$24,000 per family - $6,000 person - $1.6 billion in total. That's the cost of the Rays stadium deal to all of us in St. Petersburg. We...

St. Petersburg and Pinellas County are considering a deal with the Tampa Bay Rays and Hines, a real estate development company, regarding...

*The Rays announced their 'Here to Stay' campaign in October 2023, and we think now is good time to reflect, take a look back and bring...