Pete Boland gets backup, and staffs up, for St. Pete City Council bid

Pete Boland, a candidate for St. Petersburg City Council in District 3, has been amping up his campaign in the last several weeks.

That includes more than 70 endorsements from local small businesses and new staff to fuel his pro-growth and innovation campaign.

Boland has brought on Helmich Consulting, the firm founded by Republican Party of Florida Interim Executive Director Bill Helmich and seasoned Democratic operative Reggie Cardozo as lead consultant, a show of bipartisan priority for the campaign.

Boland has also already exceeded his second-quarter fundraising goal of $25,000, just one month into the quarter, according to his campaign.

– Janelle Irwin, Florida Politics