Mayor Baker: No sheriff plan for me
May 18, 2007 at 12:05 pm by Wayne GarciaI ran into Mayor Rick Baker at the Reality Check Tampa Bay planning session this morning and asked him about the CONA vote on police services. CONA voted 13-3 on Wednesday night to ask City Council to request a bid from Sheriff Jim Coats to take over police services in St. Petersburg; some neighborhood activists believe it could save tens of millions of dollars.
Baker’s response to the vote and the idea of folding the SPPD was succinct: “It’s a non-starter.â€
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