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🌱 Patch AM: How could new e-bike rules change riding in Gulfport and Pinellas?

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Hello Gulfport! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • How could new e-bike rules change riding in Gulfport and Pinellas?
  • Why did the confessed killer of a Gulfport teen request death?

Also on today's calendar: Kids and Kubs set season start Thursday, October 29 and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What is full of holes but still holds water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: An afternoon thunderstorm, with a high of 90 and low of 82 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 89, low: 81.
  • Sunday: A shower and thunderstorm, with a high of 88 and low of 81 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Pinellas has few rules for e-bikes. Could that soon change? (tampabay.com) — Pinellas County leaders are weighing how to rein in fast e-bikes and e-motos, and Gulfport is already drafting its own rules for crowded events. Commissioners and city officials are exploring speed limits, age rules, and where certain electric rides can go, with more decisions expected after they gather safety data.
   

• Pinellas County murder plea: Man asks judge for death sentence in teen's death (fox13news.com) — A Pinellas County man has pleaded guilty to kidnapping and killing a 16-year-old Gulfport girl and is asking a judge, not a jury, to decide whether he receives the death penalty. The case now moves into a pre-sentencing investigation, while his co-defendant awaits further hearings later this year.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A sponge (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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