Update: In Pinellas County Rays related voting news, the three county commission candidates (Janet Long, Ken Welch, and Charlie Justice) who are supportive of stadium talks, won their respective seats. Woohoo!
Alright folks, I’m certainly not going to wax political in this post. It’s safe to assume that we all have differing opinions, and as they say about people and opinions… You get the idea. I will say that there are a few Pinellas centric names on the ballot that are important when speaking about the Rays and the stadium saga. For example, I’m personally endorsing Ken Welch for Pinellas County Commission. He was one of the people that initiated conversation with Sternberg when Mayor Foster seemed unwilling to do so. From a Pinellas County baseball fans perspective, he’s someone that wants to keep the Rays here. He’s got my vote!
But that’s only one candidate among a few that were willing to engage the Rays. Thankfully, Noah Pransky of WTSP Channel 10 (and Shadow of the Stadium blog) wrote a great piece on the subject matter. You can find that here. Print his piece out and take it with you to the polls, you’ve still got seven hours!