St. Pete residents voice hopes for Mayor-Elect, Charlie Crist
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St. Pete will soon have a new mayor after Charlie Crist beat incumbent Mayor Ken Welch Tuesday night."I'm humbled, I'm grateful, I love St. Pete and I love St. Petersburgs people more than anything," said Crist at his watch party Tuesday night.Crist will soon become the mayor of St. Petersburg, after beating incumbent Mayor Ken Welch with 62% of the vote."We will do whats right for the city," said Crist.And with a new mayor comes many questions about what the future holds for the city.Crist has focused on affordability and reducing government spending during his campaign.Residents in St. Pete voiced what they want to see from the new mayor. "We have to rely heavily on what our resiliency efforts look like, so living shore lines, green roofs, living wells, all that fun stuff," said Kirsten Hutchings.Kirsten Hutchings, who runs a nonprofit thrift store called The Blue Urban Project, wants to see a focus on the environment.We have a lot of development going on in the city where we normall