Kimberly-BAPC walk at Crest Lake Park

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Kate Kelly of the Kimberly Home and Marsha Rimer of the Bay Area Pregnancy Center greeted my city council colleague Bob Cundiff and me when we arrived at Crest Lake Park for the walk. — with Kate Kelly, Marsha Rimer and George Cretekos at Crest Lake Park. May 13, 2017

Citizen Volunteer completes second term

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Muncipal Code Enforcement Board member Duane Schultz also completed his second term. — with Mayor George Cretekos, Doreen Caudell, Bill Jonson Duane Schultz and Hoyt Hamilton at Sheraton Sand Key Resort.

National Tourism Week

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National Tourism Week, which was established in 1983, is being celebrated this week. This year’s theme recognizes the industry’s employees–over 100,000 tourism related jobs in Pinellas County alone. The economic impact in Pinellas County is more than $10-billion, and properties in Clearwater generate the largest amount of the county’s bed tax collections. Mayor George Cretekos and our colleagues on the Clearwater City Council  appreciate the outstanding work of the city’s and county’s tourism partners and their employees. — with Mayor George Cretekos, Bill Jonson and Hoyt Hamilton at Clearwater City Hall

Annual Beach Stroll on North Beach

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The Palm Pavilion was the start and finish of the annual Beach Stroll on north Clearwater beach. — with Mayor George Cretekos, Councilmember Hoyt Hamilton, Brooke Boccacino, Kathy Rabon Cfrm Cfre, and Ken Hamilton, at the Palm Pavilion Beachside Grill & Bar

Clearwater Sister Cities

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Happy to be with Mayor George Cretekos at a meeting of the Clearwater Sister Cities, Inc. The organization, with Candy Hays as president, and Anthony Davis, Vice-President of CSCI, gave a special Certificate of Service to Grant Raulerson, a long-time supporter of Clearwater’s Sister Cities. Nagano, Japan is Clearwater’s Sister City. April 25, 2017

Quincy, Clearwater’s Hero Dog

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Mayor George Cretekos and my Clearwater City Council colleagues and I hope you will vote for Quincy, the only accelerant detection dog in Pinellas County. Quincy was a 4-month-old Labrador mix when he was adopted from Pet Pal Animal Rescue by Assistant Fire Marshal Ron Neuberger. He is now 9 years old and has helped investigate hundreds of fires and has assisted in the conviction of more than 100 people. Quincy also all fire departments within the county and surrounding counties,

You can vote once a day for Quincy by going to http://herodogawards.org/dog/quincy/
to help him win the national American Humane Hero Dog Award.

At Clearwater City Hall, April 6, 2017