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THE RACE FOR ST. PETE TERS
BERG NEXT MAYOR IS TURNING INTO
THE BATTLE OF THE RICK'S.
RICK KRISEMAN WILL FACE OFF
AGAINST THE MAN RICK BAKER.
WHAT WILL MAYOR RICK KRISEMAN
DO TO CLOSE THE GAP?
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO VOTERS
WHO SUPPORTED RICK BAKER TWICE.
WHY DO THEY WANT TO VOTE FOR
YOU?
LOOKING AT WHAT HAPPENED IN
THE LAST FOUR YEARS.
EVERYTHING WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
ACCOMPLISH IN THE LAST FOUR
YEARS AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
STUCK AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
MOVE THE NEEDLE ON, INVESTING
IN THE SOUTH SEED CRA AND WE'RE
DOING IT DIFFERENTLY AND HOW
WE'RE INVESTING THOSE DOLLARS,
INVESTING INSTEAD OF JUST IN
BUILDINGS AND INFRASTRUCTURE,
IN PEOPLE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT A NUMBER OF
ISSUES THAT BAKER HAS CALLED
YOU OUT ON.
NOT PAYING ENOUGH ATTENTION TO
CRIME IN THE MIDTOWN AREA, THE
CITY'S SEWAGE DUMPING PROBLEM,
SPENDING TOO MUCH ON MARKETING.
HOW DO YOU RESPOND?
I LOOK AT THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT AND I'M PROUD OF THE
MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE US AND
THE RELATIONSHIP THEY HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO BUILD OVER THE LAST
FOUR YEARS WITH THE COMMUNITY.
BUS OF THAT RELATIONSHIP,
BECAUSE OF THE CHIEF LIKE CHIEF
HOLLOWAY WHO BROUGHT IN PARK
WALK AND TALK, WE'RE SOLVING
MORE CRIMES WE USED TO.
WE'RE NOT HAVING THE TURNOVER
WE USED TO.
TWO OFFICERS WERE REMOVED EVERY
MONTH.
NOW OFFICERS ARE COMING INTO
THE CITY.
CRIME IS BEING REDUCED BY 6%
OVERALL.
26% IN VIE LENT CRIME.
THE CITY SEWAGE PROBLEM.
YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT BAKER
ATTACKING YOU ON THAT?
IT IS ON MY MIND TOO BECAUSE
IT IS A SYSTEM FOR YEARS
CERTAINLY FOR THE LAST TEN
YEARS, WHILE BAKER WAS MAYOR,
BEFORE BAKER, AFTER BAKER, THE
CITY SPENT MONEY ON OUR SYSTEM,
BUT NOT ENOUGH.
IF WE SPENT ENOUGH WE WOULDN'T
HAVE HAD THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE
HAD IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS.
WE'RE COMMITTED TO FIXING THE
SYSTEM, INVESTING $305 MILLION
OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND
THEN CONTINUING TO INVEST AFTER
THAT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DECLARE
A VICTORY AT THAT POINT.
WE HAVE TO KEEP INVESTING.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE RAISE.
PART OF YOUR FOREVER BASEBALL
CAMPAIGN.
YOU HAVE A BOLD NEW PLAN TO
BUILD A NEW AND REDEVELOP THE
AREA AT TROPICANA FIELD.
SOME SAY THAT IS NOT REALISTIC
AND THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW
YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT.
I THINK WE IN PINELLAS
COUNTY HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES
HERE AND IN THE CITY TO FUND A
SPADE IN WAYS THAT A CROSS THE
BAY ARE MORE CHALLENGING,
HAVING THE TD C FUNDING
AVAILABLE, THE EXTRA%.
THAT IS BETWEEN 150 AND $200
MILLION STANDING ALONE, THAT
POT OF MONEY.
THEN THE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ON
THAT SITE.
I HAVE TOLD MY TAXPAYERS WE'RE
NOT GOING TO RAISE MIM LAJ
RATES ONE PENNY TO PAY.
WE HAVE WAYS OF FUNDING IT
WITHOUT DOING THAT.
THE PIER.
THE CURRENT ESTIMATE AROUND $60
MILLION AND THAT IS WITH $14
MILLION WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS
OVER THE ORIGINAL PLAN, SO IS
IT WORTH IT FOR TAXPAYERS?
THAT IS THE QUESTION?
THE PIER FIRST IS IN BUDGET.
THERE ARE TWO PARTS OF THE PIER
DISTRICT, THE PIER ITSELF AND
THE WATERFRONTS MASTER PLAN.
BOTH ARE IN BUDGET.
THE $14 MILLION YOU'RE
REFERRING TO, WE'RE LOOKING AT
MAYBE TEN OF IT TO DO ENHANCE
THES WE THINK MIGHT BE
SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD
WANT TO DO DOWN THE ROAD.
IT IS CHEAPER TO DO THEM NOW
AND MORE EFFICIENT TO DO THEM
NOW, BUT EVEN IF WE DON'T DO
THAT, WE'LL HAVE A FANTASTIC
PIER THAT THE CITY WILL BE
PROUD OF.
ST. PETE PRIDE IS AROUND
THE CORNER.
YOU CRITICIZED BAKER.
YOU CLASHED WITH PRIDE
ORGANIZERS WHEN THEY WANTED TO
MOVE IT AND YOU THREATENED HOLD
MONEY FROM THE EVENT AND NOT
EVERYONE OBVIOUSLY INCLUDING
PEOPLE FROM THE LGBTQ
COMMUNITIES IS HAPPY WITH THAT.
WE REACHED A GREAT
COMPROMISE AND WORKING WITH ST.
PETE PRIDE TO COME UP WITH A
SOLUTION TO THE IDEA OF MOVING
IT FROM WHERE THE PARADE WAS
BORN TO A PORTION OF THE
WEEKEND BEING IN DOWNTOWN ST.
PETERSBURG IS SOMETHING PRIDE
WANTED TO TRY.
IT IMPACTS THE BUSINESSES THAT
ARE IN THE GRAND CENTRAL
BUSINESS THAT BENEFITED FROM
PRIDE, SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY IT
AND SEE HOW IT WORKS.
IT IS AN INCREDIBLE EVENT AND
HAS AN IMPACT AND IT IS
SOMETHING EVERY MAYOR SHOULD BE
SUPPORTIVE OF.
I ALWAYS HAVE BEEN.
I WILL WALK IN THE PARADE AGAIN
AND CELEBRATE PRIDE AND HAVE
THE FLAG OVER CITY HALL.
EVERY MAYOR YOU SAID SHOULD
BE SUPPOR TIVE OF.
WE KNOW BAKER WAS NOT
NECESSARILY ON BOARD.
IF YOU'RE THE MAYOR, YOU'RE
THE MAYOR FOR EVERYONE.
WE HAVE A VISION STATEMENT OF
BEING A CITY OF OPPORTUNITY
WHERE THE SUNSHINES ON ALL,
THAT MEANS EVERYONE NO MATTER
WHO THEY LOVE.
YOU GET BEHIND THE ENTIRE
COMMUNITY.
THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY IS A BIG
PART OF THE CITY AND I'M A BIG
SUPPORTER OF WHAT THEY ARE
DOING AND OF PRIDE.
RICK KRISEMAN, THANKS FOR
BEING HERE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
THAT WAS MY RECENT ONE ON
ONE WITH THE MAYOR.
WE INVITED RICK BAKER FOR HIS
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