New study says municipalizing utilities will be $4.1 billion

A Duke Energy-commissioned analysis estimates St. Petersburg could spend between $2.75 billion and $4.1 billion to create a municipal electric utility, and local business leaders say it reinforces their concerns about the city's pursuit of utility municipalization without financial justification.

Duke retained Concentric Energy Advisors to conduct the preliminary analysis, which estimates it could take ...

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Insults fly at Tarpon Springs commission meeting

A Tarpon Springs commission meeting Aug. 25 erupted into personal insults, accusations of political maneuvering and an unsuccessful attempt to strip the city's vice mayor of his leadership post, laying bare the hostility among members of the five-member board.

The confrontation did not grow out of an ordinance, development proposal or other item commissioners were scheduled to decide. It broke loose during commissioner comments, a portion of the meeting that allows board members to raise matters not otherwise on the agenda.

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