By Jamal Thalji and Rebecca Catalanello, Times Staff Writers: Crime in Tampa dropped 18 percent in the first half of 2009. It has been falling sharply for five years. The police chief has been lauded for it. So has the mayor who hired him. But across the bay in St. Petersburg, break-ins and thefts are rising this year. Total crime is up 9 percent.
News Service of Florida - Aug 13th, 2009 A case that penalized St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Scott Wagman for using Google ads in his campaign could lead to a new law making the practice acceptable in political races across the Sunshine State.
A state House Republican from Orlando today said he will file legislation next year to clarify state election laws when it comes to advertising on the Internet through search engines like Google.
By Cristina Silva, Times Staff Writer - Mayoral candidate Scott Wagman said Monday that he will challenge an elections complaint alleging he omitted the state's required disclaimer in online advertisements, a move that could affect other candidates who want to stump on the Internet.
By WILLIAM MARCH | The Tampa Tribune St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Scott Wagman will fight charges that his Internet link ads violated state law — charges he says are an infringement on First Amendment rights — rather than accept a settlement agreement with a small fine imposed by the state Elections Commission.
Adam C. Smith, Times Political Editor
In Print: Sunday, August 9, 2009: St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Scott Wagman’s Google and Facebook ads could affect candidates across Florida.
St. Petersburg Times, August 5, 2009: "Reported crime rose 9 percent, according to St. Petersburg Police Department statistics, compared with the first six months of 2008."
TALLAHASSEE - If Scott Wagman's online campaign ads were wrong, there may be no way for him to make them right.
By Kate Kaye, ClickZ, Aug 3, 2009 "Because of recent developments in the Scott Wagman campaign, we are going to look again at election law and until made clear...we're going to discontinue our ads on Google," Mitchell told ClickZ News this afternoon.
Wall Street Journal: The Florida candidate, Scott Wagman, is in a 10-way race for mayor. A local businessman who hasn't held a political office in St. Petersburg, Mr. Wagman turned to the Web and social-networking sites to help boost his name recognition in the city by using cost-effective targeted ads, says Mitch Kates, his campaign manager.
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