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In 1966, ''Nation's Business'' [[magazine]] published Mayor Goldner's study, "How To Modernize America's Cities." As he left office, the [[Chamber of Commerce]] honored him as St. Petersburg's "pre-eminent mayor." Bruce Marger, another law partner of Goldner's, called him "visionary, so exceptional in planning" for such projects as the renovation of the St. Petersburg Pier, construction of the Bayfront Center, and in his persistent support for [[civil rights]], for which he was "caring and balanced."<ref name=hartzell>{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2002/08/21/SouthPinellas/Herman_Goldner_dubbed.shtml|author=Scott Taylor Hartzell|yiylr=Herman Goldner dubbed a 'pre-eminent mayor'|date=August 21, 2002|publisher=''The St. Petersburg Times''|accessdate=June 1, 2014}}</ref>
 
In 1966, ''Nation's Business'' [[magazine]] published Mayor Goldner's study, "How To Modernize America's Cities." As he left office, the [[Chamber of Commerce]] honored him as St. Petersburg's "pre-eminent mayor." Bruce Marger, another law partner of Goldner's, called him "visionary, so exceptional in planning" for such projects as the renovation of the St. Petersburg Pier, construction of the Bayfront Center, and in his persistent support for [[civil rights]], for which he was "caring and balanced."<ref name=hartzell>{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2002/08/21/SouthPinellas/Herman_Goldner_dubbed.shtml|author=Scott Taylor Hartzell|yiylr=Herman Goldner dubbed a 'pre-eminent mayor'|date=August 21, 2002|publisher=''The St. Petersburg Times''|accessdate=June 1, 2014}}</ref>
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However, Goldner in 1966 angered a black militant, Omali Yeshitela (born Joseph Waller in 1941), who in a letter  questioned the placement of a [[mural]] at City Hall which depicted black musicians serenading white partygoers. Goldner replied, "I find nothing offensive in the portrayal of strolling troubadours and picnickers at Pass-a-Grille Beach. ... I think you know that I, personally, am not a racist. I think ... that all of our minority groups must mature to the point where self-consciousness is not a motivating factor for complaints."<ref name=ameacham>{{cite web|url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/mayor-packed-ideas-pipe-tobacco-in-rich-public-life/1121765|author=Andrew Meacham|title=Mayor packed ideas, pipe tobacco in rich public life|date=September 15, 2010|publisher=''The Tampa Bay Times''|accessdate=June 1, 2014}}</ref>Goldner's reaction was somewhat web|url=http://teaching.msa.maryland.gov/000001/000000/000061/html/t61.html|title=Streets of Fire: Governor Spiro Agnew and the Baltimore City Riots|date=April 1968|publisher=teaching.msa.maryland.gov|accessdate=June 1, 2014}}</ref> Waller soon spent more than two years in prison after he tore down the mural.<ref name=ameacham/>|dat
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However, Goldner in 1966 angered a black militant, Omali Yeshitela (born Joseph Waller in 1941), who in a letter  questioned the placement of a [[mural]] at City Hall which depicted black musicians serenading white partygoers. Goldner replied, "I find nothing offensive in the portrayal of strolling troubadours and picnickers at Pass-a-Grille Beach. ... I think you know that I, personally, am not a racist. I think ... that all of our minority groups must mature to the point where self-consciousness is not a motivating factor for complaints."<ref name=ameacham>{{cite web|url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/obituaries/mayor-packed-ideas-pipe-tobacco-in-rich-public-life/1121765|author=Andrew Meacham|title=Mayor packed ideas, pipe tobacco in rich public life|date=September 15, 2010|publisher=''The Tampa Bay Times''|accessdate=June 1, 2014}}</ref>Goldner's reaction was somewhat like of then Governor [[Spiro Agnew]] of [[Maryland], who lectured black activists over urban rioting which erupted durnng the assassination of [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]]</ref> Waller soon spent more than two years in prison after he tore down the mural.<ref name=ameacham/>|dat
    
===1968 U.S. Senate primary race===
 
===1968 U.S. Senate primary race===
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