The Ybor City Stogie

Monday, May 2, 2011

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Fish Tacos
With Rice, Beans and Soda
$6.50.....At Mema's Alaskan Tacos, 1724 E 8th Ave in Ybor City
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!

Sunday, May 1, 2011

In Less Than Eight Minutes

The Republican Florida House of Representatives cut back decades of environmental regulations.
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“In 30 years of working to protect Florida’s unique natural wonders, never have I witnessed such an egregious and blatant dismantling of those protections,’’......Debra Harrison of the NPCA

What Happens When You Don't Vote.

Happy International Workers' Day

To Albert Parsons, August Spies, George Engel, Adolph Fischer, Louis Lingg, Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden and Oscar Neebe. Your courage and sacrifice for the emancipation of labor
–without borders–will never be forgotten.

“The time will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you are throttling today.”........August Spies from the gallows.

The St. Pete Bike n' Eat Ride

Saturday afternoon in St. Petersburg reminded me of the Hub Grub Ride in Seminole Heights as the Trek Store of St. Pete launched the inaugural St. Pete Bike n' Eat ride -- a bicycle tour of six restaurants in the 'burg.
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Charlie Sheen Meets Amy Mariani In Tampa

Charlie Sheen meets Amy Mariani, his potential TigerBlood intern during his Torpedo of Truth tour stop at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida on April 22nd 2011.

Bob Voegeli's Eclectic Acoustic Music

At Gaspar's Patio In Temple Terrace
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When Did Our Democracy Die?

When did it irrevocably transform itself into a lifeless farce and absurd political theater? When did the press, labor, universities and the Democratic Party—which once made piecemeal and incremental reform possible—wither and atrophy? When did reform through electoral politics become a form of magical thinking? When did the dead hand of the corporate state become unassailable?
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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Hands Across the Sand Tampa

June 25, 2011 from 11am to 1pm
Between St. Petersburg and Tampa on the south side of the Gandy Bridge.
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Bay Area Rallies To Fight Bullying

On Saturday, dozens of people marched through the streets of Ybor City against bullying. They chanted, "Stop the bullying, stop the hate," as they walked near Centro Ybor.
It was part of the "Pride on 7th" event, but this was the first time the anti-bullying rally was held.
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Seminole Heights Community Garden Is Two Years Old

Join us on Sunday, May 1st, 4-6pm at The Independent for Music, Food and our very first Seed Swap to celebrate Seminole Heights Community Garden's Second Birthday!
Thank you for making this all happen! We wouldn't be here without you!

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Microfunding Solutions For The Arts

Think Small to Think Big
Is the name given to a series of microfunding initiatives of Hampton Arts Management. These initiatives offer small dollar funding to fuel the development of the Tampa Bay arts community. Projects funded by this program are ambitious, exciting, experimental, risk-taking,
and relevant to contemporary trends in the National arts scene.
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