Armed with a knowledge of the city code, this resident is taking direct action against illegal short-term rentals and the investors who are fueling the housing affordability crisis in St. Pete.

🫡 We salute you, Marley! 🚬🦭 pelican observer™

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Marley Price's boyfriend likes to play video games

She prefers to find potentially illegal short term rentals in St. Petersburg & report them to code enforcement

Since Feb, she's filed 108 complaints. 88 were in violation. Her tweet about it went viral

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Officers Sarah Gaddis & Michael Thacker of the St. Pete Police must be fired & arrested for their roles in paralyzing Heriberto Sanchez-Mayan.

Ken Welch needs to work on solving the housing crisis instead of covering up SPPD’s crimes!
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This is how St. Pete Police treats our homeless neighbors. Ken Welch & St. Pete PoliceChief — fire Officers Sarah Gaddis & Michael Thacker NOW!
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See that teeny, tiny sliver of 1%? That’s the % of middle income renters that are severely rent burdened. Keep this in mind when policymakers and lobbyists spend outsized time talking about rental housing needs for middle income people. #TheGap24

“‘Anytime the city is partnering with private entities, you know, it's totally inefficient.’

Kilgore [organizer with the SPTU] continues to push for the city to build and own affordable housing options.”
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We lost hundreds of Black households in the 1980s to build the Trop.

We’re currently losing working-class households of all backgrounds due to unbridled gentrification.

The Rays & their big business buddies can get lost on down to hell for all we care!

Just under 20k people showed up to the Trop last year for a Tampa Bay Rays playoff game.... the smallest crowd at an MLB playoff since the 1919 World Series. Does a billion+ taxpayer investment in a new stadium at the same location make sense?
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“Friday’s luncheon at Tropicana Field helped dispel oft-repeated refrains that the public-private partnership…has shunned public transparency.”

Ah yes, Rays & city officials speaking at a private, $40 ticket event definitely eases these concerns…

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We’re not fans of big parking lots either.

We’re also not fans of giving away massive public subsidies to rich sports franchises & developers while tens of thousands of residents struggle to afford rent & other basic needs here in St. Pete!

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“Southern Poverty Law Center investigating Gas Plant, stadium plan

The legal organization said it’s looking into how St. Petersburg acquired and managed the land primed for a major redevelopment.”
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