Kevin Batdorf, real estate broker and former president of the Shore Acres Civic Association, has seen his neighborhood—which is the lowest-lying in St. Pete—struck with storm surge and flooding by the 2024 hurricanes.
And while Mayor Welch claims the city took long to recover due to unprecedented damage, Batdorf said that statement is “baloney.”
“That’s where we needed true leadership, and we didn’t have it,” Batdorf told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay…