Did anyone else see Rick Kriseman’s statement about not running for re-election? About how the right wing control in Tallahassee and the partisanship made it so difficult to get anything done besides basic rearguard actions?

And then how he waxed rhapsodic about his time on the city council and all you can get done in the venue?

Anyone else notice how the mayoral election is in 2013, so that running for re-election to the state house in 2012 would be problematic for anyone who also wanted to run for St. Pete mayor?

Yeah, me too.