The St. Petersburg City Council voted on Thursday to consider an ordinance that will add a public referendum question regarding the fate of the St.Pete pier onto the November Ballot, thanks to the petitioning efforts of a local citizens action group. The vote passed 5-3.
Save the Pier citizen group, led by Safety Harbor resident Tom Lambdon, reached its goal of 15,468 signatures just hours before the council was scheduled to vote to draft the ordinance, reported the Tampa Bay Times. A public hearing for further consideration on the ordinance is scheduled for August 2nd.
This article appears in Jul 19-25, 2012.