Candidate Profile 2024: Pete Boland For St. Pete City Council

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Restaurateur Pete Boland is running for the St. Petersburg City Council District 3 seat.

He faces five opponents in the race: Nick Carey, Juan Lopez Estevez, Michael Harting, Joshua Nwajei and Barry Rubin.

Patch sent a series of questions to all candidates.

Find Boland’s responses below:

Name:

Pete Boland

Age:

40

Occupation:

Restaurateur/businessman

Why are you running for office?

I’m running out of a sense of responsibility to my colleagues, neighbors, fellow natives, fellow residents and small business community. I want to improve our business climate and be a champion for small business. I want to fight for storm water & infrastructure improvements to flood prone neighborhoods like Shore Acres. I want to inspire greater civic pride and community involvement and to put St Pete First. I want to bring common sense good governance to city hall and get things done.

What do you think are the top 3 issues the city is currently facing?

The Top 3 issues that the city is facing are the following: affordability, flooding, and managing our growth.

From housing to opening new businesses and everything in between, our residents face many rising costs. We have to do all that we can to make St Pete more affordable. As a 5 time flood victim in Shore Acres, we need to also run the full gamut of solutions to improved our infrastructure and increase our flood hardiness.

We also need to have a keen eye on the extensive growth for our city and to properly manage said growth. We have to have make sure we’re growing in a way that will maintain the city’s integrity and values.

Learn more about Boland at his campaign website and his Facebook page.