-By Gypsy C. Gallardo for One Community & CBA Policy Advocates
With only hours to go before St. Petersburg’s City Council takes its final vote on the creation of a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) Policy for St. Petersburg, advocates anticipate a strong showing at the Public Hearing happening at City Hall this evening, at 5 pm.
Over 500 activists and leaders have so far signed on to support the CBA Policy Petition.
Groups leading the CBA campaign include the New Deal, Raise the Bar, Sierra Club, the St. Petersburg NAACP and The 2020/One Community Plan, backed by dozens of partner organizations.
“This is the right time, and St. Pete is the right place to take a stand that will reverberate for generations,” says Esther Eugene, NAACP President and one of the CBA campaign leaders who will speak at tonight’s Public Hearing.
There is still time to sign the CBA Policy Petition (your name will be added to the list below). To learn more, here is a quick summary of what the policy will do and who will benefit from its passage.
Elected Supporters & Official Sponsors (On Record)
- State Senator Darryl Rouson
- State Representative Michele Rayner-Goolsby
- Pinellas County Commissioner Rene Flowers
- St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman
- Deputy Mayor Dr. Kanika Tomalin
- City Councilmember Deborah Figgs-Sanders (lead champion)
- City Councilmember Lisa Wheeler-Bowman (original sponsor)
- City Councilmember Amy Foster
- City Councilmember Darden Rice
Activist, Leader, Citizen Supporters
(In alpha order by first name or honorific)
- Aaron Dietrich – St. Petersburg
- Abdul Karim Ali – St. Petersburg
- Ada McFarley – St. Petersburg
- Adam Flanery – St. Petersburg
- Adrienne Reddick – St. Petersburg
- Aidan Starr – St. Petersburg
- Aisha Knight – St. Petersburg
- Al Chestelson – St. Petersburg
- Alan Perry – St. Petersburg
- Alan Turnquist III – St. Petersburg
- Alansen Turnquist-Mondesir – St. Petersburg Orlando
- Albert Lee – St. Petersburg
- Alberta McKinney – St. Petersburg
- Alec Wilcosky – St. Petersburg
- Alexandra Pauls – St. Petersburg
- Alise Martinez – Pinellas County
- Alison Barlow – St. Petersburg
- Allene Gammage-Ahmed – St. Petersburg
- Alliyah Edwards – St. Petersburg
- Amanda Keyes – St. Petersburg
- Amber Martin – Pinellas County
- Amber Robinson – St. Petersburg
- Ameer Hankins – St. Petersburg
- Ameta Bowers – St. Petersburg
- Anastasia Wynn – St. Petersburg
- Andrea Peaten – St. Petersburg
- Andrew Williams – St. Petersburg
- Angel Jimenez – Tampa
- Angela Harris – St. Petersburg
- Angela Rouson – St. Petersburg
- Angela Schindler – St. Petersburg
- Angie Harris – St. Petersburg
- Anita Booher – St. Petersburg
- Anita Lewis – St. Petersburg
- Annette Bell
- Annie Hodges-Robinson – St. Petersburg
- Annie Tyrell – St. Petersburg
- Anthony Williams – St. Petersburg
- Antonette Rhine – St. Petersburg
- Antonio Brown – St. Petersburg
- April Birdsong – St. Petersburg
- April Harley – St. Petersburg
- Ariel Fernandez – St. Petersburg
- Ashley Green – St. Petersburg
- Atty Jacqueline Hubbard – St. Petersburg
- Atty Karmika Rubin – St. Petersburg
- Atty Tamara Felton-Howard – St. Petersburg
- Audre Holden – St. Petersburg
- Audrey McGhee – St. Petersburg
- Audrey McGhee – St. Petersburg
- Barry Collins
- Beatrice Louissaint – St. Petersburg
- Belinda Riffenburg – Tampa
- Bessie Camble – St. Petersburg
- Beth Murphy – St. Petersburg
- Bianca Tyson – St. Petersburg
- Bilan Joseph – Pinellas County
- Bill Dahl – St. Petersburg
- Blake Kimball – Pinellas County
- Bonnie Agan – St. Petersburg
- Bonnie Conley – St. Petersburg
- Brandie Williams-Macon – St. Petersburg
- Brandon Dudley – St. Petersburg
- Brandon Pegues – St. Petersburg
- BreAunna Flood – Pinellas County
- Brenda Chambliss – St. Petersburg
- Brenna Toussaint – St. Petersburg
- Brenton Everett – St. Petersburg
- Brian Navarro – St. Petersburg
- Briana Hankins – St. Petersburg
- Brianna Bell – St. Petersburg
- Brianna Miller – Pinellas County
- Brianna Rose – St. Petersburg
- Bridgette Heller – St. Petersburg
- Bruce Moore Jr – St. Petersburg
- Bryan Turnquist – St. Petersburg
- Bryce Springfield – St. Petersburg
- Cal Howard – Pinellas County
- Calvin Brown – St. Petersburg
- Canaan McCaslin – St. Petersburg
- Candace Arnold – St. Petersburg
- Carla Bristol – St. Petersburg
- Carlisa Mills – Pinellas County
- Carlton McAdory – St. Petersburg
- Carol Kline – St. Petersburg
- Carol McNamee – Pinellas County
- Carole Alexander – St. Petersburg
- Caroline Hepburn – Pinellas County
- Caroline Miller – St. Petersburg
- Carolyn Cloud – St. Petersburg
- Carolyn King – Hillsborough County
- Carolyn Lane – St. Petersburg
- Catherine Hamman – St. Petersburg
- Catherine Harrelson – St. Petersburg
- Celeste Noren – St. Petersburg
- Charles Rodriguez – St. Petersburg
- Charles Smith – St. Petersburg
- Charlie Fanning – St. Petersburg
- Charlie Guy – St. Petersburg
- Charlotte Anderson – Pinellas County
- Chenavia Smith – State
- Cheyenne Bure – St. Petersburg
- Chris Steinocher – St. Petersburg
- Christina Regalado
- Claire Stiles – St. Petersburg
- Clarence Scott III – St. Petersburg
- Claudia McIvor – Pinellas County
- Clifford Hobbs III – St. Petersburg
- Constance Waters – St. Petersburg
- Cora Bartolo – St. Petersburg
- Cory Adler – St. Petersburg
- Courtney Miller – Pinellas County
- Craig Jones – St. Petersburg
- Cynthia Cooke – Pinellas County
- Cynthia Tomlin – St. Petersburg
- Dan Huber – St. Petersburg
- Dana Webb – St. Petersburg
- Dane Kuplicki – St. Petersburg
- Daniel Collette – St. Petersburg
- Daniel Kurczi – St. Petersburg
- Daniel E. Sanders – St. Petersburg
- Daniel L. Sanders – St. Petersburg
- Dario Morell South Florida
- Darlene Cuccinello – St. Petersburg
- State Senator Darryl Rouson – St. Petersburg
- Dashon Mims – St. Petersburg
- David Figgs Jr. – St. Petersburg
- David Himmelfarb – St. Petersburg
- David Lubin – Pinellas County
- Deb DelSole – St. Petersburg
- Debby Horan
- Debra Hoven – St. Petersburg
- Delquanda Turner Smith – St. Petersburg
- Dena Lebowitz – St. Petersburg
- Denise Deja – St. Petersburg
- Denise Ford – St. Petersburg
- Derek Cooper – St. Petersburg
- Devan Terrell – Pinellas County
- Diana X – Pinellas County
- Diane Ingram – Pinellas County
- Diane Lohr – Pinellas County
- Diane Rennie – St. Petersburg
- Dominique Dudley – St. Petersburg
- Donald Ellis – Pinellas County
- Donna McRae – St. Petersburg
- Dora Williams – St. Petersburg
- Doretha Watson – St. Petersburg
- Dr. Bruce Nissen – St. Petersburg
- Dr. Christy Foust – St. Petersburg
- Dr. James McHale – Pinellas County
- Dr. Jay Sokolovsky – St. Petersburg
- Dr. Katurah Jenkins-Hall – St. Petersburg
- Dr. Linsey Grove – St. Petersburg
- Dr. Linda Lucas – St. Petersburg
- Dr. Ruth Whitney – St. Petersburg
- Dr. Sandra Braham – Pinellas County
- Dr. Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich – Maryland
- Dwaine Burton – St. Petersburg
- Dylan Baggett – St. Petersburg
- Eileen Coogan – Pinellas County
- Elenora Sabin – St. Petersburg
- Elizabeth Meyer – Pinellas County
- Elizabeth Siplin – St. Petersburg
- Elizabeth Winter – St. Petersburg
- Ellen Syvertsen – St. Petersburg
- Elsie Gilmore – St. Petersburg
- Eric Wallens – St. Petersburg
- Erica Hall – St. Petersburg
- Erik Carlton Smith – St. Petersburg
- Erin McFarley – St. Petersburg
- Ernest Mahaffey – St. Petersburg
- Ester Venouziou – St. Petersburg
- Esther Eugene- St. Petersburg
- Ethel Peeples – Robinson – St. Petersburg
- Faith Armstrong – St. Petersburg
- Faye Watson – St. Petersburg
- Faye Tippy – St. Petersburg
- Fernando Maynor – St. Petersburg
- Filomena Murphy – Pinellas County
- Foster Lovett – St. Petersburg
- Frances Cato – St. Petersburg
- Frances McCarthy – St. Petersburg
- Frank Bird – St. Petersburg
- Gabrielle Reeder – Pinellas County
- George Lawrence – St. Petersburg
- Gina Gallo – St. Petersburg
- Glenn Urbanas – Pinellas County
- Gloria Campbell – St. Petersburg
- Grady Terrell – St. Petersburg
- Gregory Miller – St. Petersburg
- Gregory Rosasco
- Gretchen Twietmeyer – St. Petersburg
- Gwendolyn Fields – St. Petersburg
- Gwendolyn Reese – St. Petersburg
- Gypsy C. Gallardo – St. Petersburg
- Heather R. DeLancett – St. Petersburg
- Hector Miranda Plaza – Pinellas County
- Heather Nix – St. Petersburg
- Helene Calbi – St. Petersburg
- Hillary Van Dyke – St. Petersburg
- Hope Smith – St. Petersburg
- Imam Askia Muhammad Aquil – St. Petersburg
- Inessa Miller – St. Petersburg
- Irene Johnson-Pridgen – St. Petersburg
- Izabelle James – St. Petersburg
- Jabaar Edmond – St. Petersburg
- Jada Williamson – St. Petersburg
- Ja’Kevia McCall – St. Petersburg
- Jalessa Blackshear – St. Petersburg
- James Myles – St. Petersburg
- James Scott
- James Shock – Deland
- Jamsion Carnegie – St. Petersburg
- Jan Hawkins – St. Petersburg
- Jan Neuberger – St. Petersburg
- Janet Wilson – Pinellas County
- Jasmin Latta – Pinellas County
- Jasmina Forcan – Pinellas County
- Jason Mathis – St. Petersburg
- Jauhar El-Amin – St. Petersburg
- Jeanette Battista – St. Petersburg
- Jennifer Griffith – Pinellas County
- Jennifer Shea – St. Petersburg
- Jessica Lewis – St. Petersburg
- Jim Junecko – Hillsborough County
- Jim Loveland – St. Petersburg
- Jo Davis – St. Petersburg
- Jo Jones – Pinellas County
- Joan Thurmond – Pinellas County
- Jocelyn Howard – St. Petersburg
- Joe Baldwin – St. Petersburg
- Johnnia Mitchell – St. Petersburg
- Jon Dehmel – State
- Jon Stevens – St. Petersburg
- Jon Wilson – St. Petersburg
- Jonathan Turnquist – St. Petersburg
- Joseph Dames – St. Petersburg
- Joshua Bean – Pinellas County
- Juan DaCosta – St. Petersburg
- Juanita Wilson – St. Petersburg
- Julian Dudley – St. Petersburg
- Julius Anderson – St. Petersburg
- Kamara Cooper – St. Petersburg
- Kanithra Mercer – St. Petersburg
- Karen Berman – St. Petersburg
- Karen Davis Pritchett – St. Petersburg
- Karen Garcia – St. Petersburg
- Karen Lieberman
- Karen Monroe – St. Petersburg
- Karen Nissen – St. Petersburg
- Karen Sherman – St. Petersburg
- Karin Braunsberger – St. Petersburg
- Kate Bauer-Jones – St. Petersburg
- Kate Pravera – St. Petersburg
- Katherine Ciembronowicz – St. Petersburg
- Katherine Hiley – Pinellas County
- Kathryn Dorn – Arizona Life-Long Tampa Resident
- Kathy Mills-Herring – St. Petersburg
- Keisha Long-Watson – St. Petersburg
- Kelly Kirschner – St. Petersburg
- Kenneth T. Welch (Former – Pinellas County Commissioner) – St. Petersburg
- Kent Akselsen – Hillsborough County
- Kerfoot Lewis – St. Petersburg
- Kevin Jackson – St. Petersburg
- Kevin Rose – St. Petersburg
- Kevin Silvey – Pinellas County
- Kim Hickman – St. Petersburg
- Kimberley Webb – St. Petersburg
- Kinsey Rodriguez – St. Petersburg
- Kory Outlaw – St. Petersburg
- Kurt Donley San Diego California
- Kyandra Darling – St. Petersburg
- Kyle Milwee – St. Petersburg
- Kymbriell Finch – St. Petersburg
- Ladelle Hammond – St. Petersburg
- LaShante Keys – St. Petersburg
- LaShawn Wilson – St. Petersburg
- Latifa Jackson – St. Petersburg
- LaWanda Miller – St. Petersburg
- Leah Dudley – St. Petersburg
- Leandre Cowart – Pinellas County
- Leslie Bouwman – St. Petersburg
- Leslie Ciccone – St. Petersburg
- Leslie Johnson – St. Petersburg
- Lessie Stotts – St. Petersburg
- Linda Ali – St. Petersburg
- Linda Dawson – St. Petersburg
- Linda Manivog – St. Petersburg
- Linda Perrigoue – Pinellas County
- Lisa Hinton – Pinellas County
- Lisa Kirkland – St. Petersburg
- Lisa Thompson – Pinellas County
- Lisa Yacso – St. Petersburg
- Lisset Greene
- Lolita Dash Pitts – St. Petersburg
- Loretta Calvin – St. Petersburg
- Lori DeSandro – Pinellas County
- Lorielle Hollaway – St. Petersburg
- Lottie Cuthbertson – St. Petersburg
- Louis Murphy Jr. – St. Petersburg
- Louise Peterson – St. Petersburg
- Lucinda Johnston – St. Petersburg
- Lydia Blatter – St. Petersburg
- Lyn Johnson – St. Petersburg
- Lynette Davis – St. Petersburg
- Lynn Harrell-Johnson – St. Petersburg
- M.E. Ram – Pinellas County
- Majella De Jesus – Pinellas County
- Marcellus Scantling – Pinellas County
- Marcus Davis – St. Petersburg
- Marcus A. Brooks – St. Petersburg
- Maress Scott – St. Petersburg
- Margo Cresswell – Pinellas County
- Maria Saraceno – St. Petersburg
- Marilyn Turman – Pinellas County
- Mark Mostrom – St. Petersburg
- Mark Rios – St. Petersburg
- Marla Wade – St. Petersburg
- Marsha Brown – St. Petersburg
- Marshae Brown – St. Petersburg
- Martin Fouts – St. Petersburg
- Martina Sykes – St. Petersburg
- Mary Gerken – St. Petersburg
- Maryellen Gordon – St. Petersburg
- Matthew O’Liney – Pinellas County
- Maureen Eppley – St. Petersburg
- Maya Tyson – St. Petersburg
- Megan Flocken – Pinellas County
- Mel Fowler – St. Petersburg
- Melanie de Souza – Pinellas County
- Melissa Buhler – St. Petersburg
- Melissa Buhler – St. Petersburg
- Melissa Fultz – St. Petersburg
- Meriem Ziad – St. Petersburg
- Mhariel Summers – St. Petersburg
- Michael Bates – St. Petersburg
- Michael Boykins – St. Petersburg
- Michael Gorup – St. Petersburg
- Michael Jalazo – St. Petersburg
- Michael Kingsford – St. Petersburg
- Michael Moore – St. Petersburg
- Michael Sedita – St. Petersburg
- Michael Moore – Pinellas County
- Michelle Anderson – St. Petersburg
- Mike Fox – St. Petersburg
- Mildred Headdy Florida
- Miranda Floyd – St. Petersburg
- Mirela Setkic – St. Petersburg
- Monica McIntosh – St. Petersburg
- Oretha Pope – St. Petersburg
- Myrtle Coley – St. Petersburg
- Nancy Tessmar – St. Petersburg
- Natasha Yakovleva – Pinellas County
- Nesha Anderson – St. Petersburg
- Nicholas Arent – St. Petersburg
- Nick Kouris – St. Petersburg
- Nick Wright – St. Petersburg
- Nicole Greenway Hillsborough
- Nicole Ross – St. Petersburg
- Norris Brothers – St. Petersburg
- Olessia Jones
- Olivia London – St. Petersburg
- Oweta Terry – St. Petersburg
- Pakita Leone – Pinellas County
- Pamela Andriotakis – Pinellas County
- Pamela Paul – Pinellas County
- Patricia Cowdery – St. Petersburg
- Patricia Cowdery – St. Petersburg
- Patrick Collins – St. Petersburg
- Pattye Sawyer – St. Petersburg
- Paula Rosasco – Pasco County
- Penny Birch-Williams – Pinellas County
- Philip Garnett – Dade City
- Pierce Brunson – St. Petersburg
- Praxedis Eke – St. Petersburg
- Rachael Trombley – St. Petersburg
- Rachel Miller – St. Petersburg
- Rachel Page – Pinellas County
- Raymond Tampa – Pinellas County
- Rebecca Johns – St. Petersburg
- Rebecca Jones – St. Petersburg
- Rebecca Wilson – St. Petersburg
- ReNae Nowicki
- Renee Edwards – St. Petersburg
- Retia McAdory – St. Petersburg
- Rev. Andy Oliver – St. Petersburg
- Rev. Carlea Jordan – Pinellas County
- Rev. Edward Nesbitt, Jr.
- Rev. J.C. Pritchett – St. Petersburg
- Rev. Jo Ann S. Nesbitt – St. Petersburg
- Rev. Lee Hall-Perkins – St. Petersburg
- Rev. Louis Murphy – St. Petersburg
- Rev. Manuel Sykes – St. Petersburg
- Rev. Meiko Seymour – St. Petersburg
- Rev. Watson Haynes – Pinellas County
- Richard McDaniel – Pinellas County
- Richard Pierce – St. Petersburg
- Richmond Floyd – St. Petersburg
- Rick Coleman – St. Petersburg
- Ricky Bell – Tampa
- Robert Barnett – Pinellas County
- Robert Chapman – Hillsborough County
- Robert Gallardo – St. Petersburg
- Robert Loveitt – Tampa
- Robin Davidov – St. Petersburg
- Robin Warren – St. Petersburg
- Ron Morgan – Pinellas County
- Ronnell Montgomery – St. Petersburg
- Ronnie Anderson – Tampa
- Rose Mack – St. Petersburg
- Rose Smith-Hayes – St. Petersburg
- Roshne Ramjattan – Pinellas County
- Roxey Nelson – St. Petersburg
- Roy Binger – St. Petersburg
- Roy D’Andrea – St. Petersburg
- Roy James – St. Petersburg
- Ruth Barrens – St. Petersburg
- Sallie N. Kosefeski – St. Petersburg
- Samantha Richardson-Hardy – St. Petersburg
- Sandy Mabery – St. Petersburg
- Sarah Ficquette – St. Petersburg
- Sarah Gold – St. Petersburg
- Sarah Nappier – Pinellas County
- Sarina Phrathep – St. Petersburg
- Sean Armil – Pinellas County
- Shai’Robia Davis – Pinellas County
- Shakia Dixon – St. Petersburg
- Sharon Bond – St. Petersburg
- Sharon Janis – Pinellas County
- Sharon Joy Kleitsch – St. Petersburg
- Shaunè Ferguson – Pinellas County
- Shawn McDonnell – St. Petersburg
- Shawntavia Turner – St. Petersburg
- Shelley Driskell
- Sherry Howard – St. Petersburg
- Shirley Thornton – St. Petersburg
- Shyla Sams – St. Petersburg
- Sofia Forte – St. Petersburg
- Sonja Franeta – St. Petersburg
- Souridara Manivong – St. Petersburg
- Stacey Lodge-Hawkins – St. Petersburg
- Stephanie Owens – St. Petersburg
- Stephanie Tyrrell – St. Petersburg
- Stephanie L Harris – St. Petersburg
- Steve Gordon – St. Petersburg
- Susan Conley – Pinellas County
- Susan DeWitt – Pinellas County
- Susana Darwin – St. Petersburg
- Susie Paterson – St. Petersburg
- Susy Bogdan – Pinellas County
- Sylvia Cherry – Gulfport
- Tahisia Scantling – St. Petersburg
- Tameka Rodney – St. Petersburg
- Tamika Hughes-Leeks – St. Petersburg
- Tamika Mitchem – St. Petersburg
- Tammi Driver – St. Petersburg
- Tania Welch – St. Petersburg
- Tara Hottenstein – St. Petersburg
- Tashawn Malone – St. Petersburg
- Tawnee Walling – St. Petersburg
- Taylor Aguilera – Pinellas County
- Teresa Tim – Pinellas County
- Terri Lipsey-Scott – St. Petersburg
- Terrie Weeks – St. Petersburg
- Thelma Bruce – St. Petersburg
- Theresa Jones – St. Petersburg
- Theresa McEachern – St. Petersburg
- Thomas Heckman – St. Petersburg
- Tia Walker – St. Petersburg
- Tiffany Moore – St. Petersburg
- Tim Dutton – St. Petersburg
- Tim Howard – St. Petersburg
- Tim Howard – St. Petersburg
- Timothy Dutton – St. Petersburg
- Tom Phillips – St. Petersburg
- Toni Marangello – St. Petersburg
- Travis Phelps
- Travis Spaller – St. Petersburg
- Trenia Cox – St. Petersburg
- Trevor Mallory – St. Petersburg
- Tuwanda Turner – St. Petersburg
- Valerie Bethune – St. Petersburg
- Valerie Ellis – St. Petersburg
- Valorie Machin – St. Petersburg
- Van Nguyen – Pinellas County
- Veatrice Farrell – St. Petersburg
- Vernice Morgan – St. Petersburg
- Vincent Cocks – St. Petersburg
- Vonda Ford – St. Petersburg
- Vonda Ford – St. Petersburg
- Wendi Myers
- Wendy Hayward – Pinellas County
- Wendy Wesley – St. Petersburg
- Will Michaels – St. Petersburg
- William Coale – St. Petersburg
- William Shedden – St. Petersburg
- William Kilgore – St. Petersburg
- Witold (Wit) Ostrenko – St. Petersburg
- Zakiyyah Malone – St. Petersburg
- Zanetta Starks – St. Petersburg
- Zoe Griego – St. Petersburg
