Ken Welch not running for St. Petersburg mayor
February 3, 2009 at 7:25 am by Wayne GarciaPinellas County commissioner let supporters know via e-mail late last night that he has decided against a campaign to succeed Mayor Rick Baker in St. Pete. He let his Facebook friends know, as well, changing his status late yesterday to “Ken Welch is remaining on the County Commission, and looking forward to the challenges ahead…8 hours ago.”
The field now seems set, and the major players are real-estate broker and philanthropist Scott Wagman, City Councilman Jamie Bennett, Amscot Veep and St. Pete College trustees Chairman Deveron Gibbons and former City Council members Bill Foster and Kathleen Ford.
h/t to Jim Johnson at The State of Sunshine.
