Barry Rubin, Pete Boland offer conservative choice for St. Pete City Council

With St. Petersburg City Council member Ed Montanari, the only Republican member of the technically nonpartisan board, departing when his term ends after this year, conservative voters in the district will be looking for an alternative to represent them for the next four or eight years.

Now voters have two choices – restaurateur Pete Boland and Treasure Island and Madeira Beach (TIMB) Chamber of Commerce CEO Barry Rubin.

Boland is a registered Republican. Rubin is a registered Democrat, but is running on a conservative platform.

Progressive housing and economic equality activist Nicholas Carey and Democrat Juan Lopez Estevez are also running.

– Janelle Irwin, Florida Politics