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ST. PETERSBURG-- City Council candidate Steve Kornell says he raised $26K, which is more than some mayoral candidates are reporting.
UPDATE: Kornell also picked up an endorsement from the Suncoast Sierra Club.
Cristina Silva, Times staff writer
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UN-BELIEVABLE!
Posted by: Seismic Development | July 10, 2009 at 02:52 PM
For the quarter or total?
Posted by: saintpetersblog | July 10, 2009 at 03:06 PM
Kudos to Steve. And to Steve L. too!
Posted by: The Counter | July 10, 2009 at 03:50 PM
What does it matter to you? So you can possibly try and get cozy with Kornell and offer your superb consulting service? Or just steal his money? Do some real work dude.
Posted by: Peter needs to feel important | July 10, 2009 at 03:57 PM
Yeah, so I can cozy up to his cute a** and then steal all of his money. That was it.
Posted by: saintpetersblog | July 10, 2009 at 04:03 PM
Lipinski deserves props for this - he has been relentless
Posted by: great job | July 10, 2009 at 04:11 PM
Foster raised 44K, best of 2nd quarter.
Foster vs. Ford in run-off. Put it down.
Posted by: saintpetersblog | July 10, 2009 at 04:48 PM
Great job to Steve Kornell, Steve Lapanski, Mike Fox, and the whole Kornell team!!!
Posted by: peetblog | July 10, 2009 at 05:12 PM
The fact that a non incumbent, non appointed council candidate has raised this amount of $ (prior to the primary) should wake up the rest of you sleepy heads. General is going to cost a lot more.
Posted by: True Blue | July 10, 2009 at 08:32 PM
Good for you, Steve. That'll show what hard work and a good message can produce. This will make it an interesting race.
Posted by: Tuesday Morning | July 10, 2009 at 10:36 PM
Has Kornell even drawn a competitor? I heard Angela R. was running but no one has seen, or heard from her! I guess she is too busy blogging with Peter, to run a campaign.
Posted by: burgblogger | July 10, 2009 at 11:03 PM
Steve Kornell is an excellent candidate, one who cares about people and doing what's right, not politically expedient. Way to go, Steve.
Posted by: Samm | July 10, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Hey sports fans, how many endorsements are registered to vote? How many members of an organization vote in accordance with the organization's endorsement?
Endorsements are about smoke blowing, that is, the extent to which one candidate is able to blow more blue colored smoke up the boards a... than the other. It is all such a sham.
It really comes down to organization Cristina.
Posted by: attentive 1 | July 10, 2009 at 11:07 PM
Hey, "attentive 1" -- it takes an organization to raise more funds and secure more endorsements than any other council candidate -- including incumbents.
As for your moronic statement about members voting in accordance with endorsements -- a whole lot more than you apparently think. Not only that, a whole pack of non-members pay attention to those endoresments, too.
Get a fricken clue... oh, and pay attention!
Posted by: More attentive 1 | July 11, 2009 at 01:05 AM
I'm with Samm. The Steves and the Fox have outdone themselves. And the Sierra endorsement is icing on the cake, attentive 1. It is not an endorsement from a sports club, it is from an organization whose members are extremely involved with the survival of the planet, and who therefore are more inclined to vote their core beliefs.
Posted by: Chris | July 11, 2009 at 05:15 AM
This guy has my vote.
Posted by: shuturyap | July 11, 2009 at 08:03 AM
The Sierra Club endorsement is as usless as whale sh_t.
Posted by: True Blue | July 11, 2009 at 07:09 PM
Hey, he's got the Sierra Club endorsement. If it is worth nothing, so be it. But if it is worth something, he's got it and his opponents don't. It's really that simple.
Given a choice, I think any campaign would rather have it, don't you? If Rouson had it, she'd probably be grateful, and rightfully so.
So, Attentive 1, where you're campaign advice is concerned, I think it is safe to say that you can go pound sand.
Posted by: Tuesday Morning | July 11, 2009 at 09:46 PM
Oh, and you, too, True Blue.
Posted by: Tuesday Morning | July 11, 2009 at 09:46 PM
undecideds can easily be swayed by endorsements.
Posted by: Chris | July 12, 2009 at 04:54 AM
That's a blue donkey.
Posted by: shuturyap | July 12, 2009 at 08:20 AM