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Largo police are looking for a man accused of sexually battering and robbing a woman inside a massage business on E Bay Drive on Dec. 8. [Largo Police Department]
Man sought in Largo sexual battery, robbery
The incident took place on Sunday and police are searching for a suspect.
Dec. 10• Crime
He opposes gays, denies Holocaust and is running for Pinellas commission
Chico Cromartie, 48, a property manager, is running for Pinellas County Commission District 7. [Courtesy of Chico Cromartie]
Chico Cromartie, 48, lost his bid for St. Pete City Council in August. In his county race, he said he is pushing “conservative values and principles."
Dec. 3• Pinellas
Clearwater couple living in SUV finds ways to shower, stay cool, keep dogs
Evicted from their mobile home, Marsha and Marc Broner have been living with dogs Koko and Muffin for 16 months in their Chevrolet Trailblazer. They wash in gas station rest rooms, joined a gym for the showers and watch movies on a mobile phone. [MARTHA ASENCIO RHINE | Times]
Marc and Marsha Broner, evicted from their Clearwater home, are part of Tampa Bay’s chronically homeless population.
Dec. 3• Pinellas

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  1. Tech Data had other suitors besides Warren Buffett
    Dec. 13• Business
    Tech Data CEO Rich Hume (left) shares a moment with his predecessor, Bob Dutkowsky, during a send-off celebration for Dutkowsky on June 7, 2018 at the company's headquarters in Largo. At the time, Tech Data had already received the first in what would become a series of purchase offers from New York-based private equity giant Apollo Global Management. Along the way, Dutkowsky would play a key role in negotiations with Apollo. JIM DAMASKE | Times (2018)
    Apollo Global Management has been trying to buy Tech Data for a year and a half. Along the way, four other companies were interested, too. Two made offers.
  2. Pinellas officials ask Tampa Bay Economic Development Council to reconsider name change
    Dec. 12• Business
    Pinellas County Commission chairwoman Karen Seel said a Tampa economic development group's recent decision to put "Tampa Bay" into its name "does great harm to the progress we have made on regional collaboration."
    But in Tampa, the chief executive officer of the nonprofit, government-supported economic development group is giving no sign of backing off the new name.
  3. Yankees throw holiday concerts for children across Tampa Bay
    Dec. 12• Tampa
    Yankee pitcher CC Sabathia, who played 19 seasons before injuries ended his career this fall, greets children attending the Yankees holiday concert at the Straz Center in Tampa on Thursday. Sabathia was joined by his wife Amber, right. [New York Yankees]
    Long-time host and retired news anchor John Wilson passed the torch this year to a new emcee, his son Mark Wilson.
  4. What a series of community meetings tells us about Imagine Clearwater
    Dec. 12• Clearwater
    A rendering of what Clearwater's downtown waterfront will look like once Imagine Clearwater's plans come to fruition. The mock-up is oriented so the top is the western waterfront and the bottom is the the eastern waterfront. In the southwest, a lake is planned underneath the Memorial Causeway. A shaded bluff walk will run along the waterfront's eastern edge, and in the middle of the complex, Clearwater plans a 4,000-seat covered concert venue. To the north, what is now Coachman Park will be re-imagined as a new garden. [Stantec via the City of Clearwater]
    Here’s one thing: People are worried about parking.
  5. Anti-hate group gives top award to Clearwater police major
    Dec. 11• Clearwater
    Clearwater police Maj. David Dalton stands with Yael Hershfield, deputy director of the Anti-Defamation League's Florida region, after receiving the league's law enforcement award Tuesday in Palm Beach. The organization recognized Dalton for “his commitment to ensuring that law enforcement personnel adhere to the highest standards of policing while treating all citizens fairly and with respect," according to a news release. [Courtesy of David Dalton] [Courtesy of David Dalton]
    Clearwater Maj. David Dalton received the Anti-Defamation League’s law enforcement award for “his commitment to ensuring that law enforcement personnel adhere to the highest standards of policing...
  6. In Clearwater, a crowded field of council candidates zeroes in on the issues
    Dec. 11• Clearwater
    All 13 candidates running for three Clearwater City Council seats participated in a forum at St. Petersburg College Clearwater library on Dec. 7. [TRACEY MCMANUS | Tampa Bay Times]
    With nine candidates running for two council seats and four vying for mayor, the season’s first forum served as an introduction.
  7. The latest hurdle for the closed Oldsmar BMX track? A potential legal battle.
    Dec. 10• Pinellas
    DIRK SHADD | Times The closed sign hangs on the entrance of the tract at Oldsmar BMX, 3120 Tampa Road, in Oldsmar on Friday, May 3, 2019. The world famous BMX track in Oldsmar shut down suddenly earlier this year. The city cited safety concerns after a routine building inspection, and a subsequent report confirmed that serious structural issues in the track's walls exist. [DIRK SHADD | Tampa Bay Times]
    The track remains closed indefinitely.
  8. Tampa rumbles to top of Zillow’s loudest metros ranking
    Dec. 10• Business
    Cars pack Interstate 275 south just past downtown Tampa. Downtown Tampa is the loudest neighborhood in the Tampa metropolitan area, which is the loudest metro in the nation, according to a Zillow analysis based on noise-mapping data collected in urban and rural areas nationwide by the National Park Service. (Times (2010) [Times (2010)]
    The online real estate company used sound-mapping information collected by the National Park Service (yes, really) to compile its noisiest metros ranking.
  9. No more rival bids for Tech Data, so $6 billion sale is on
    Dec. 10• Business
    Prospective rivals to Apollo Global Management had until 11:59 p.m. Monday to submit a competing bid for Tech Data during what is known as a "go-shop" period. [DIRK SHADD | Tampa Bay Times]
    Prospective bidders had until 11:59 p.m. Monday to submit competing offers for Tech Data during what is known as a “go-shop” period.
  10. Man sought in Largo sexual battery, robbery
    Dec. 10• Crime
    Largo police are looking for a man accused of sexually battering and robbing a woman inside a massage business on E Bay Drive on Dec. 8. [Largo Police Department]
    The incident took place on Sunday and police are searching for a suspect.
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