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Big Top Flea Market
Building G
Tampa

20th Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan

Like every year for the past twenty years, the courageous Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan will start their annual trip to Cuba. The genocidal Yankee imperialist embargo against Cuba prevents Americans from sending any article to the Caribbean island.........here

It’s Easier To Aim The Bug Spray

Haters are like roaches,
running for cover when the light of knowledge and truth shines upon them.

here

Schnitt's, List Of Anti-Global Warming Stuff

The largest list of anti-global warming material in existence.
here

Showing Pride in St. Pete

Roadside News

Temple Terrace

St. Pete Mayoral Hopeful Paul Congemi

"It is not pride, it's shame," said Congemi, who pledged to follow in Mayor Rick Baker's footsteps

if elected and not attend the event or sign the City Council's proclamation making June St. Pete Pride month............here

"Homosexuality is an abomination, according to the Bible, In my opinion, it's a perverted event, by perverted people.......Paul Congemi

Tampa-Cuba Connection At An Ybor City Forum

You may not have even known it was happening, but “Rapprochement With Cuba: Good For Tampa Bay, Good For Florida, Good For America,” a conference sponsored by the Alliance for Responsible Cuba Policy Foundation and held Saturday at the Italian Club in Ybor City, was, by its very existence, a milestone in repairing the tattered relationship between Tampa and Cuba........here

Negotiations Si!

Fox 13 Anchor Russell Rhodes

After A Deputy Beat The Shit Out Of Him
here

Wengay Newton Endorses Scott Wagman

City Council member Wengay Newton said political newcomer Scott Wagman is the best mayoral candidate to oversee City Hall...........here

God Bless America

In Tarpon Springs

What Stogie Had For Dinner

Flank Steak

With Red Beans And Rice

$8.95.........At Rincon Catracho Restaurant, 5901 N. Florida Avenue, Tampa

Eat Local

Friends Of Stogie

At Ballast Point Park, Tampa

Local Entrepreneur: Caps & Company

Big Top Flea Market
Bldg. E Booth 117
Caps & Compny

Howard Dean Smacks Down Norah O'Donnell

Michael Hussey's Letter To The Tampa Tribune

With A Few Choice Words For Creative Loafing

Creative Loafing is publishedf so people would have something to line kitty litter boxes.........Michael Hussey

Freedtown, Florida

This marker, which was dedicated on Feb. 21, 2004, is situated on Fort King Road between Dade City and Zephyrhills.........more

Break Time

Hillsborough Ave And Anderson Road, Tampa

Candidates For Governor Rack Up Miles On State Planes

Alex Sink And Bill McCollum
here

Lisa Smith of Lake Worth, Florida

Sexually Harassing The Mermaids

Tommy Ervin, the manager of a Florida water park (Weeki Wachee) has been fired after some of the mermaid performers complained they were sexually harassed........here

Fabulous Phil Draws A Crowd

Call it Phyllis Math: a gathering of Phyllis Busansky’s “five closest friends” numbered nearly 1,000 at her funeral at Temple Schaarai Zedek in Tampa on this dark, rainy Friday morning.........here

Janet Santiago Of Tampa

Like many in the Bay area, Janet Santiago is finding it hard getting through these tough economic times. Throw in the fact she that is raising four of her grandchildren, and money is very tight..........here

Tampa City Councilman Charlie Miranda Wants Us To Drink Shit

Charlie Miranda has come up with a plan to turn hundreds of millions of gallons of wastewater into drinking water. All in the name of self-sufficiency. Yes, we are in the middle of a drought. But we aren’t desperate........more

Michael Jackson - In Memoriam

Democrat For Supervisor Of Elections

The supervisor's job came open Tuesday when Phyllis Busansky, a Democrat, was found dead of natural causes in a St. Augustine hotel room. Busansky was a popular and charismatic politician who had been in office just five months. Political tradition says Crist, a Republican, will choose Busanky's successor from the ranks of the GOP...........here

Phyllis Busansky

RIP

1936 - 2009

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Meat Loaf

With Red Beans And Rice And Yuca

$5.95.........At Rosa's, On MLK Just West Of Lois

How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?

Eat Local

Friends Of Stogie

At Ballast Point Park, Tampa

Brian Blair: Republican Family Values

Tampa Teens Beat Up Aging Wrestler

Shortly before 4 a.m., Blair pushed his 17-year-old son, Brett, in the chest at the family's home. When the boy tried to walk away, Blair grabbed him, punched him in the face and put him in a choke hold, making it tough for him to breathe. Then Blair turned his attention to his 12-year-old son, Bradley.He grabbed the boy by the throat and punched him in the head, leaving a mark.........here

The Ralph Hughes Moral Courage Award

Conservative powerbroker Ralph Hughes, who spent millions of dollars promoting his anti-tax, small government causes and his favored political candidates, died owing the federal government tens of millions of dollars in taxes, according to the IRS.......here

He aggressively supported county commissioners Jim Norman and Ken Hagan, as well as former commissioners Brian Blair and Ronda Storms.

Brian Blair's Father's Day Behind Bars

We Miss You Samm Simpson

Where Are You?

Balm Riverview Rd And Boyette Rd

Under Surveillance

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Fried Shrimp
With Fried Rice
$6.25.......At Top China, 13306 Telecom Dr., Tampa

How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?

Eat Local

Gator Hunter Julie Harter Of Florida

The eight-foot alligator opens its jaws wide and hisses in the dark at Julie Harter, who takes a few steps closer and dangles a lasso just like the kind that rodeo cowboys use..........more

Goodbye Tampa

here

Commissioner Kevin Beckner Gets A Lecture

Other board members sat silently as Commissioner Rose Ferlita got up to ask a clerk to replay Beckner's opening comments over headphones...........here
What Has Rose Ferlita Ever Done For Us?

2012

Hartline Suppliers

Your Bay Area Repo Men

Mayor Pam Succumbed To Anti-Muslim Extremists

Tampa's mayor has decided not to honor a controversial Muslim civil rights group this year. Mayor Pam Iorio said Thursday she made the decision after hearing from people who complained that the Council on American-Islamic Relations has ties to terrorist groups.......more

Joe Biden Offers Mayor Baker A Job

"He said, 'Well, if you're ever looking for a job, I could use you up here. That is, if you don't mind hanging with Democrats for a while,'" said Baker, a Republican.............here

Brooksville City Workers Must Wear Underwear

Thinking about a vacation?
Be sure to consider Brooksville, Florida
In addition to everything else Brooksville has to offer -- three city parks, a nine-hole golf course, and "an excellent library" -- Brooksville can now assure visitors that each and every one of its city employees will be wearing underwear while on duty........here

Locavore Obamas

The Dairy Godmother
Of Alexandria, Virginia.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Boliche

With Moro And Yuca

$8.95.........At Latin Cafe 2000 829 E Bloomingdale Ave, Brandon

Eat Local

Send Your Wildlife Pics To Karen McAllister

E-mail pictures with your name and photo details in the body of the message. Then view your photos in tampabay.com's Wildlife Photo Gallery and vote for your favorites........here

AAC Awards In Tampa

Endangered Species

In Land O' Lakes

Condom Stop In Tampa

here

Tampa Bay Hotel

here

StandwithDrDean Thank You Video

Obama Girl Doing Her Part

In Pinellas Park

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Hamburger
With Tater Tots
$6.95.......At Biff Burger 3939 49th Street N. Saint Petersburg
Eat Local

Welcome to Kendrick's Website

A Stogie Wet Dream

mmmmm!

Friends Of Stogie

At The Firehouse In Temple Terrace

Dee Layne's Letter To The County Commission

Commissioners,
Almost 80% of the VOTERS MANDATED you levy the one-cent tax to buy land through ELAPP. You have no decision-making on this issue…you have a mandate from the voters.
We recognize, and you should too, that this land preservation program is the best growth management tool you have in this county. The decision is out of your hands – JUST DO IT!
Trust me, if you don’t listen to what your VOTERS have asked,
when election time comes we will remember.

Very angry and frustrated,
Denise Layne

Commissioner Linda Chaney Of St. Pete Beach

Residents of this contentious beach community in attendance at Sunday’s Tampa Bay Rays game against the Washington Nationals were surprised to see a former commissioner standing with a group of beach mayors on the field.........more

Hillsborough County Going Green

In Tampa

Tampa Comes In 98th

The recession is hurting U.S. cities at "radically varying levels," which will lead to an uneven economic recovery, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution.......here
Via....Tim In Tampa

Hillsborough County Adminstrator Pat Bean

I had my own concerns with two of her minions getting these raises. Lucia Garsys is listed in the Times article as a “former planner,” yet she makes even more money than the head of The Planning Commission. How can Bean justify this, and more importantly how can Commissioners let her get away with this? Especially with elections nearing?........Kevin Beckner

Confiscated Yorkies Up For Adoption

Two dozen Yorkshire Terriers will go up for adoption Thursday at Hillsborough Animal Services. The dogs were confiscated from a suspected puppy mill being run by a mother and son out of two locations in Seffner and Tampa..........here

Deputy Lorrie Fluker

88.5 WMNF 2ND ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION

In keeping with the growing worldwide celebration of Juneteenth, WMNF is, in its second year, embarking on pre-empting its regular broadcast to provide a full day of African American programming on Friday, June 19, 2009 commencing at 4:00 AM until 6:00 AM on Saturday, June 20, 2009..........here

Homeless In Town N' Country

Tampa

Hillsborough Ave And Countryway Blvd

Under Surveillance

The Cone Ranch Deal In Hillsborough County

I wasn’t the only one that thought something smelled funny about this Cone Ranch deal, a recent proposal by

Commissioner Ken “Half Truth” Hagan

(to subdivide and sell public land to private investors) and in the process serve up millions to Republican donors for brokering the deal..........here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Club

$6.95..........At Pop And Sons, 4812 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa

Eat Local

Closet Obama Marine

In Oldsmar

Democrats, In Pursuit Of Big Dollars

Have Neglected The People We're There To Serve.

These words were written in 2004. I see the same things happening now that have happened the last few years in our party. It angers me and it saddens me. Those who spoke truth are seldom heard, and those who push a rather pandering sort of middle ground get all the attention...........madfloridian

Buddy Johnson And Ben Lee's Ad Campaign

The federal probe of former Hillsborough Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson led agents two months ago to the chic, South Tampa offices of
Schifino Lee Advertising & Branding.......here
The contract signed by Johnson and one of the firm's presidents, Ben Lee, limited the firm to no more than $40,000 of work. Yet the company billed taxpayers $643,016

Cindy Sheehan In St. Pete

Nova 535 Art Lounge
535 9th St. N.
St Petersburg

click

Charlie Crist

Comrade of the Month

The Club for Growth, the bane of Republican moderates, takes another shot at Florida GOP Gov. Charlie Crist, this time nominating him for its May "Comrade of the Month" Award........here

via.....FPC

Wingnut In Spring Hill

here

What Stogie Had For Dinner

Chopped Steak

With Baked Potato, Green Beans And A Salad

$8.95..........At 3 Coins, In Seminole Heights

Eat Local

Redneck Birdfeeder

Land O' Lakes

Homeless

In New Port Richey

Friends Of Stogie

At Baba Louies In Tampa

Tampa Bay Community Gardener

Lisa J. Montelione

Seminole Heights

here

Sheldon Road And Gunn Highway

Under Surveillance

Is Republican Rose Ferlita Anti-Rail?

Is Rose Ferlita, current Hillsborough County Commissioner, and maybe a Tampa Mayoral candidate of the future, an anti-railer trying to sneak under the wire and gain Tampa's top spot, potentially undoing everything the current Mayor Pam has worked so hard for?...........here

FishHawk Ranch First Green Community in Tampa Bay

Congratulations to the residents of FishHawk Ranch, on becoming the first green certified community in Hillsborough County and the largest in the Tampa Bay area...........here

Both Sides Of Abortion Co-Exist In Tampa

When a nonprofit pregnancy center decided to expand in North Tampa, it found the perfect location: next door to an abortion clinic........more

Councilwoman Mary Mulhern supports the Employee Free Choice Act

Ybor City By The Tracks

ZHONGHETING

Jeb Bush And Lehman Brothers

A price tag is now emerging for what last year's collapse of investment giant Lehman Brothers could cost the state of Florida: more than $1 billion. The losses could make Florida and its citizens among the biggest casualties in the biggest bankruptcy ever.........more

The Retreat Prevails In Battle With University of Tampa

The liquor will continue to flow at a bar near the University of Tampa despite an effort by school officials to stop the cocktails. A 6-0 vote Thursday by the Tampa City Council upheld a city board's decision to allow the Retreat to keep dispensing hard liquor..........here

Recalling Tampa's Valencia Garden Restaurant

Eighty-two years ago, a Spanish immigrant who once worked cutting sugar cane and taught himself English with a phonograph opened the doors to a restaurant in Tampa.........here

The Urban Cafe In New Tampa

The State Theatre: Tampa Bay's Hippest Concert Venue

here

Clearwater's Lakeview Baptist Church

Is President Barack Obama the anti-Christ?
That's the question the Rev. Ken Link will answer Sunday during his sermon at Clearwater's Lakeview Baptist Church..........more

Cool Job For Local Pet Lovers

Hillsborough County Animal Services needs volunteers at its shelter, 440 N Falkenburg Road, Tampa. Duties include walking, bathing and grooming pets; escorting adopters to kennels; taking pictures; assisting veterinarians.........more

Less Gas Money For Hillsborough County Commissioners

In an effort to show they are feeling the pain of county employees facing layoffs and pay cuts, commissioners voted 5-0, with two members absent, to cut their own car allowances by more than half...........here
Will someone please clone Kevin Becker?........Tom from St. Petersburg

What Stogie Had For Dinner

Corned Beef And Cabbage

With A Salad

$8.95...........At 3 Coins, Seminole Heights

Green In Ybor City

Our Lady Of Perpetual Help Church

Stogie's Favorite Beer Has A Blog

here
Drink Local

Where To Buy Pork In Tampa Bay

To mention all the usual benefits of buying local, like keeping money in the hands of the farmers, reducing petroleum waste from production and transportation, and buying meat that’s actually fresh.........here

Finca Vicmari

Why Stogie Is A Liberal!

Sunset Over Tampa Bay

Our Vanilla Life

Toll-Free Number to Find Charlie Crist

1-800-403-2195

Via.....FPC

Republican Deveron Gibbons To Skip St. Pete Pride Forum

St. Pete Pride organizer David Schauer said Gibbons was trying to avoid taking a firm stance on various issues important to the gay community to avoid controversy.
"He is trying to walk a fine line between being a Republican and not wanting to upset his base,
and his base is not really comfortable with gay constituencies,".............here

Charlie Crist Bends Over For Special Interests

And Floridians Get Screwed

No ceremonial photo-op for this signing, probably because nobody wants to see the Governor bending over for special interests but in my opinion that is exactly what he did by signing SB 360. This bill guts Florida’s growth management laws (yes, we had some) and everyone but special interests and their politicians are against it..........here

Charlie Crist's Reputation

What about Missy?

It's important to note that had the driver stopped that February night, probably no charges would have been filed. But leaving the scene of a deadly crash is a serious felony. The detective decided he couldn't put a 16-year-old cheerleader named Jordan Valdez at the wheel of the Nissan Murano believed to have hit Sjostrom. He gave the teenager a ticket and a stern lecture at her lawyer's office as she cried. Then the case was administratively closed...........more

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Meet Loaf

With Black Beans And Rice

$5.95..........At Rosa's, On MLK Just West Of Lois

How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local

Buy American

Palm Harbor, Florida

Alex Sink: A Fresh Start for Florida