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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. 鈥?The St. Petersburg branch of the NAACP has called for Fire Chief Jim Large to be fired immediately.Branch President Esther Matthews tells me since she spoke to ABC Action News about the results of a city employee survey stanley cup last week, they ve gotten calls from people sharing new stories about the culture within the fire department. And this led them to call for Chief Large to be fired on Wednesday. Wh stanley cup en a mayor is operating in on one stance of integrity, equality, and equity and another and his staff person is operating in a completely different platform that creates conflict and conflict cannot breed leadership or excellence in administration, said Matthews.As we have previously reported, within that survey, dozens of comments raised concerns about the fire department.Since that report came out, several city councilmembers have called for Large to step down.St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch placed him on paid administrative leave over the weekend. On Monday, the mayor released a video statement that said the city would formally review the claims made in that employee survey. Two important points here: Chief Large, like any empl stanley mugs oyee, has the right to respond to these allegations, and he has denied all wrongdoing and any impropriety. Secondly, under my administration, we will address such issues in a direct and transparent way in accordance with our core principle of intentional equity, said Welch.We have been trying to reach Chief Large for comment, but we h Fbin Florida man yells there s no Santa at holiday event
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. 鈥?Weve seen the online and drive-in church services, but one loc stanley termoska al church wanted something a little more personable for each of its members.St. Albans Episcopal Church in St. Pet stanley cup ersburg has been putting bags together that include their weekly sermons, then handing them out to members so they can hold their own church services at home. They call it church-to-go! Just drive through, hold down the window side and hand them the bag, and the plus side of that is we have a nanosecond to say hey, youre still alive, its great to see ya, said Gigi Conner, priest in charge at St. Albans Episcopal Church.St. Albans is a church with a congregation of anywhere from 40 to 80 people. I think most of our congregation is not an online person, and I myself have only tried it once, said Conner.They wanted to make sure their members had an opportunity to worship while theyre away. We started out with a Holy Week in a bag, and people picked those up, and they had something to do every day of Holy Week, said Conner.They also throw a little humor in the mix as well. Two weeks ago they got toilet paper, cause we care for your physical and spiritual needs, and last week it was a mask, said Conner.The bags come complete with a lesson, blessed bread and wine, and today for Mothers Day, a mini tea party. They get a Mothers Day placema stanley cup t, and our worship bulletin, said Conner.Honoring the women of their congregation, and also making sure all members know theyre thinking of them