Outgoing mayor leaves a parting gift

Mayor Rick Kriesman picks plan for Tropicana Field redevelopement.

  • By Louis Llovio
  • | 12:20 p.m. December 9, 2021
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FILE: Outgoing St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman picks Miami developer for Tropicana Field redevelopment.
FILE: Outgoing St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman picks Miami developer for Tropicana Field redevelopment.
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The parting gift! What a wonderful tradition, right?

Presidents on the way out the door hand out pardons. Boards give departing CEOs golden parachutes. Quarterbacks and movie stars give their supporting casts Rolexes on the last day. Heck, even the lowliest of office worker gets a cake and, maybe, a lunch.

 

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