Kriseman, council member clash over maskless photos at Rays game
Tension keeps building between St. Petersburgâs mayor and City Council. The latest contretemps: Who did or did not violate Tropicana Fieldâs mask rules.
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St. Petersburg City Council member Robert Blackmon, left, and Mayor Rick Kriseman, right, got into it over being photographed maskless at the Tampa Bay Rays April 9 home opener. Trop rules require patrons to weak masks at all times, save for eating or drinking in their seats. [ Facebook | Twitter ]
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ST. PETERSBURG â A City Council discussion over whether itâs time to strip Mayor Rick Kriseman of his authority to enact emergency coronavirus measures turned into a dispute between the mayor and a Council member over who was more in the wrong after both were photographed without a mask at the Tampa Bay Rays home opener.
For-Profit Faith
Among sleazy occupations, is anything worse than big-money evangelists with their private jets, garish diamonds, piled-up hairdos and $5,000 suits?
A new book, to be released April 27, is
PreachersNSneakers: Authenticity in an Age of For-Profit Faith and (Wannabe) Celebrities. It exposes TV pastors “who get rich off of preaching about Jesus.”
It’s written by Ben Kirby of Texas, a born-again Christian who watched gospel television and noticed that many leaders flaunted outlandishly expensive clothes and shoes designed for the super-wealthy. He posted his findings on Instagram and drew 200,000 viewers. Now he has turned it into a book.
A Washington Post report said: “In 2019, Kirby posted a picture of Pastor John Gray wearing the coveted Nike Air Yeezy 2 Red Octobers, selling at the time on the resale market for more than $5,600.”
Thornburg hires managing director to help manage muni bond funds
John Bonnell was named managing director and portfolio manager at Thornburg Investment Management.
The position is new, spokesman Michael Corrao said in an email. Mr. Bonnell will be co-manager of seven municipal bond mutual funds, including the $5.9 billion Limited Term Municipal Fund, as well as institutional strategies and separately managed accounts alongside portfolio managers
David Ashley and
Man starts social media account to expose pastors who live lavish lifestyles ghanavisions.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ghanavisions.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Scot McKnight
It’s Holy Saturday. Between Cross and the empty tomb. We wait.
CHICAGO (WLS) A Chinatown restaurant owner starts off his week with giving back to the elderly in his community. Every Monday we feed two senior buildings in Chinatown. We re not strange faces, we re regular faces. So when they see us, they get so happy, said Jackson Chiu, owner of 312 Fish Market in Chinatown.
Chiu has been feeding about 10 elderly folks in the Chinatown neighborhood for over three months. He said he makes sure the elderly community eats well. This week he cooked up unagi don tamago and California rolls.