Worker pay trends down while CEO pay trends up at Tampa-St. Pete companies

While CEOs at publicly traded companies headquartered in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area got six, seven or even eight-figure pay packages in 2020, the average median worker pay for those companies was just under $40,000.

The average pay for the median worker dropped about $2,000 in 2020 from 2019, or about 5 percent, while CEO pay at the same companies rose about 18 percent, according to information from regulatory statements filed by the local companies.

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Rowdies set sights on another championship run

They might not have received a boat parade, but as they prepare to open their 2021 season at home on May 1, the Tampa Bay Rowdies are just as much a part of the 2020 “Champa Bay” phenomenon as the Stanley Cup-winning Lightning and Super Bowl-winning Buccaneers. The USL Championship soccer club, under the guidance of player-turned-coach Neil Collins, posted a regular season record of 10 wins, three losses and three draws, and then stormed through playoffs to secure a spot in the championship match vs. Phoenix Rising FC.

Political Party with Adam Smith: ‘The mayor doesn’t run the show,’ says council chair Ed Montanari

St. Petersburg City Council Chairman Ed Montanari this week joined the latest episode of Political Party with Adam Smith, weighing in on the increasingly rocky relationship between the council and Mayor Rick Kriseman.

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