Outside St. Petersburg’s overdue, still-under-renovation President Barack Obama Main Library, activists gathered last Saturday to decry Mayor Ken Welch’s proposed $17 million dollar increase to police budget, which the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) calls “unprecedented in St. Pete” and the “largest increase in city history.”
Activists have come out against a 16 million dollar increase in the City of St. Petersburg budget for police and public safety while other community needs have not been prioritized. Over a dozen affordable housing advocates rallied in St. Petersburg on Saturday.