Staffing up in St. Pete’s City Council races
May 24, 2007 at 11:03 am by Wayne GarciaThis is the biggest staff I’ve seen for a City Council race, but former legislative aide Gershom Faulkner seems ready for battle after announcing five appointments this morning.
Coming aboard are two campaign managers (Jett Jackson and Mitch Kates), a communications director (Peter Schweitzer) and two consultants, the mother-daughter team Ana Cruz and Janet Rifkin, both prominent Tampa Democratic consultants.
Faulkner, who was chief of staff for St. Pete Democratic state Rep. Frank Peterman and a campaigner for Congresswoman Kathy Castor, is running for Rene Flowers’ District 7 seat. Flowers is term-limited.
