St. Petersburg firefighers back Flowers

Pinellas County District 3 Democratic County Commission candidate Rene Flowers, who's facing Republican School Board member Nancy Bostock, has announced her endorsement by the the St. Petersburg Association of Firefighters IFF Local 747.

"We may not have always agreed and we may not have always gotten what we asked for," Local 747 president Winthrop M. Newton says in a Flowers campaign release, "but she has been, and, we believe, will continue to be fair when looking at all issues surrounding the county and its fire services!"

Another note for those who may not be familiar with St. Petersburg politics: Winthrop is the brother of St. Petersburg City Council member Wengay Newton, who succeeded Flowers after she left the council.

Will Van Sant, Times staff writer

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Comments

[Everett]

I can't imagine fighting a fire on a Florida summer day. I don't know what demand the Firefighters had that someone considered "astronomical" but it must have been trillions because that's about what it would take to get me to do that.

By just saying no Bostock lost a chance to be innovative and find funding some other way. We someone to look at things with a new mindset.

[Tell the Truth]

Interesting-- someone posts a bunch of misinformation designed to slam a candidate and then other people go on back and forth about it. This would be a whole lot more productive if it were based on the facts. Seems to me this thread is now three or four steps removed from the origianl misinformation-- kinda like the kids' game of telephone-- except we never even started with the accurate information.

As far as I can tell, Bostock must have done some good things in government to have developed such deep resentment from "the other side."

Oh-- and leave her family out of it. I will never vote for the side who talks trash about a person's family.

Bostock keeps winning countywide elections because the people of Pinellas County respect and appreciate her leadership.....this election will be no different!

7:24, You may recall a little publicity stunt by Bostock and her holy roller friend across the bay where Bostock took her personal life public.

http://www.sptimes.com/2007/10/23/Northpinellas/To_aid_her_son__board.shtml

For a couple of ladies with such strong faith, you would think Storms and Bostock could pray hard enough to get their church to help pay expenses.

Both of them back public policy that funnels tax dollars to churches because "faith programs work" according to their doctrine. Yet, when push comes to shove, the two most prominent members in the church can't get their pastor to pass around a plate to keep a family intact.

Sad.

But, true.

Bostock put details about this child out in public. Details the press would not (and should not have without the birth mother's consent) normally print because of his age. Bostock accused the minor of crimes and questioned the mental capacity of the minor.

Both accusations provide grounds for defamation under normal circumstances.

Bostock accused the minor of choking her with a seat belt, but if you go here http://www.pinellasclerk.org/aspInclude2/ASPInclude.asp?pageName=traffic.htm and check her driving record, maybe you could come to a different conclusion. Maybe the minor was tugging at he seatbelt trying to stop her from driving like crazy person.

6:46 You are truly clueless and not afraid to show it.