Buddy Johnson's Vote Stash

The Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office is trying to figure out how 844 absentee ballots went uncounted on election night over one week ago...........here

Canadian Author Goes to the Dogs in Tampa

Award-winning author Marsha Boulton is going to the dogs this weekend in Tampa. In partnership with the ASPCA "Mission Orange," Ms Boulton is launching "Wally's Week - Tampa" at Tampa's huge Pet Adoption EXPO at the State Fairgrounds on Saturday, November 15.......here
Lost Angels

Inaugural Seating Chart

Delusional Right Wing Governors Gather In Miami

Gov. Charlie Crist is the host, but he's not the star of the Republican Governors Association annual convention. The star of the show, without doubt, is Gov. Sarah Palin, almost unknown outside her home state of Alaska just three months ago........here

Water Taxis Coming To Tampa?

Back in May, I looked at water taxis/ferries as a mode of public transit for Tampa Bay. It’s an innovative idea that has been resurrected many times locally, but always fell flat to finances or bureaucracy............here

Republicans In Disarray In Hillsborough County

If it took a wrecked economy and a languishing war in Iraq for the United States to elect a black man as president, it took a former pro wrestler and a chicken-and-dumplings entrepreneur to force Hillsborough County to return to the Democratic party...........here

Don't Be A Sore Loser Brian Blair

Hillsborough County Commissioner Brian Blair said he wanted his goodbye news conference to be an "upbeat" affair, but the wrestler in him couldn't leave the ring without a few shots at the opponent who whipped him...........here

Inkwood Books: Tampa Florida

Inkwood Books is another proud independent, located near Tampa's historic Hyde Park. The store is a converted 1920s bungalow, with a friendly and casual atmosphere. They've been around for about seventeen years and they are staunchly independent and members of IndieBound........here

Tampa Bay Obama Volunteers Holiday / Victory Party

Friday, December 5th 7pm
American Legion Post 248
2105 W Jamaica St
Tampa.........info

Neighbors Keep Up Appearances In Struggling Tampa Suburbs

Jordan Glass has pulled out his green Murray lawn mower 30 times in the past seven months. Not to groom his own yard, but that of vanishing neighbors, suburbanites who fell on hard times and felt their only recourse was to abandon their homes........here