Two weeks from tomorrow, interested voters living in St. Petersburg's District 1 along the city's western edge will be the only residents in the city to vote before November on a local race.
The choice is among the three men to succeed Herb Polson, who announced earlier this year that he would not run for re-election.
There are actually four City Council seats up for election this year, but because there are three candidates involved in this race, there is a run-off on August 30, that will eliminate the three down to two.
Tomorrow night the three candidates – Charlie Gerdes, Josh Shulman and Bob Kersteen – will engage in a debate at City Hall at 7 p.m.
Meanwhile, the St. Pete Times today has come out with their recommendation (I learned last year that the Times recommends, they don't endorse) in the race.
This article appears in Aug 11-17, 2011.