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  Foster, Bill
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NameBill Foster
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St. Petersburg, Florida , United States
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Born March 31, 1963 (61 years)
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Aug 23, 2009 04:06pm
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InfoEDUCATION:

* Cumberland School of Law of Samford University, Juris Doctorate Awarded, 1988
* Samford University, Bachelor of Science in Public Administration, 1985
* Northeast Senior High School, Class of 1981

PROFESSIONAL:

* Foster and Foster, Attorneys in St. Petersburg. In active practice since 1988: specializing in probate, estates and trusts, real estate, commercial law, real estate and commercial litigation, corporations.

POLITICAL EXPERIENCE:

* First ran for St. Petersburg City Council in 1993
* Appointed to City Council in August 1998 to fill unexpired term
* First elected to City Council in 1999
* Re-elected to City Council in 2003
* Chairman of City Council in 2004 and 2006

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT:

* Budget, Tax & Finance Committee, past Chairman
* Investment Oversight Committee, past Chairman
* Pinellas County Tourist Development Council, 7 years
* Pinellas Planning Council, 6 years, past Chairman
* Pinellas County Annexation Task Force
* St. Petersburg Vision 2020
* Pinellas Assembly
* Sunken Gardens Task Force
* Neighborhood Services Equities Committee
* Public Art Commission
* Art Advisory Commission
* International Relations Commission
* Nuisance Abatement Board, past Chairman
* Code Compliance Committee, past member
* Community Focus Group on Downtown Development, past member
* Florida International Museum, past board member
* Pinellas County Vision 2010 Task Force, past member
* Southern Christian Leadership Conference
* Reality Check Tampa Bay
* Suncoasters of St. Petersburg
* St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce, past member
* Great American Teach-In
* Friends of Weedon Island
* NAACP, member
* Brookwood Florida, board member
* St. Petersburg History Museum, board member
* Junior League of St. Petersburg Community Advisory Board
* Shore Acres Civic Association, board member
* Starkey Road Baptist Church, member

PERSONAL:
* Fourth generation St. Petersburg resident
* Married to Wendy Holt Foster, together they have two teenage children


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  11/05/2013 St. Petersburg Mayor Lost 44.10% (-11.81%)
  08/27/2013 St. Petersburg Mayor - Primary Won 40.63% (+1.73%)
  11/03/2009 St. Petersburg Mayor Won 52.74% (+5.49%)
  09/01/2009 St. Petersburg Mayor - Primary Won 27.03% (+1.34%)
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