Thursday, July 1, 2010

Pushing Rope

2010 Florida Netroots Awards
Multiple Nominee
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Steve Wilkie For Florida's 2nd Congressional District

A political realist would probably not give me a very good chance of winning, but it is becoming increasingly clear that the corporately controlled, two-party system is no longer even remotely capable of addressing the needs of American citizens......here

40 Acres of History; Ybor City!

Ybor City, founded in the 1880’s, with its accessible port, and railway locations it attracted the attention of prominent Spanish born cigar manufacturer Vicente Martinez Ybor......here

Hurricane Alex

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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Snickers The Dog

2000 - 2010
Sorry Dave And Jennifer

Kid Having A Beer At Rays Game

This past Saturday during the Tampa Bay Rays and Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game, a 10-year-old boy was seen drinking a beer in the stands. Allegedly the beer was purchased by the adult sitting next to him and the kid chugged it down within ten minutes......here

Joe Allen For Governor Of Florida

I've always been against offshore oil drilling. Florida is the Sunshine State. We should have solar energy as well as wind and wave energy programs. Just the risk of the oil slick coming ashore is already a disaster.
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"Viva Joe!"



Tampa Bar Takes Advantage of Waiter's Stunt at the World Cup.
Last week, 28-year-old St. Petersburg, FL resident Joe Fernandez rushed the field during the World Cup group match between Uruguay and Mexico with a Mexican flag tied around his neck like a cape.

An Oilicane?

The gulf oil spill is bad but it could become much, much worse and soon. The threat is a hurricane moving over the spill. If a hurricane’s violent winds track over the spill, we could witness a natural and economic calamity that history has never recorded anywhere or anytime. We will literally be in oil-soaked waters. We will have witnessed the first oilicane......here

Old People's Home

Opened in 1924, The Old People's Home was the largest publicly supported home for the elderly in Tampa and represented a major civic achievement......here

Tampa And The Fuentes

There are plenty of things that Tampa is famous for, but it’s very hard to get away from one of its greatest claims to fame, and contributions to world culture, the cigar......here

3rd Annual GaYbor Days

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Darcy G. Richardson

FOR STATE AGRICULTURE COMMISSIONER
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Tampa #1 In Staged Accidents

Recent data points to a surge in Florida of so-called “staged accidents,” incidents where criminals fake a no-fault accident to collect insurance money. The NICB found that while South Florida remains a hot spot for the crime, operations have expanded northward to Tampa, which has become the activity’s epicenter with 487 questionable accidents that appear staged last year, a 290% increase......here

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Peter Schorsch And Saint Petersblog 2.0

2010 Florida Netroots Awards
Multiple Nominee
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Bud Chiles for Governor of Florida



I Knew His Daddy Well!

The Monster Under The Kennedy Boulevard Bridge

A worker getting off late in downtown Tampa saw a bipedal animal swimming under the Kennedy Bridge. The creatures body was covered with hair and he was eating crabs on the rocks below. When the man got close, the animal swam off at a very high rate of speed north up the Hillsborough River......here

Stogie Recommends

A film directed by Joe Wright, and starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr. The screenplay by Susannah Grant is based on the book, The Soloist by Steve Lopez. The film is based on a true story of Nathaniel Ayers, a musician who develops schizophrenia and becomes homeless.

The Nathaniel Anthony Ayers Foundation

Charlie Crist: ‘We Need To Ban Oil Drilling Off Florida’


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Independence From Oil Bike Ride

Celebrate the Fourth of July with either an 11- or 24-mile bike ride. Leaves Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park at 8 AM. It's free and an easy ride of 12-14 mph.
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Fema Plans To Evacuate Tampa?

FEMA has plans to evacuate the Tampa Bay area in the event of a controlled burn of surface oil in the Gulf of Mexico, or if wind or other conditions are expected to take toxic fumes through Tampa Bay......here

Democrat Darryl Rouson Of St. Petersburg

“Everyone knows what’s being smoked out of these pipes; the only ones who claim they don’t know are the sellers of these pipes.”.......Rep. Darryl Rouson, D-St. Pete

Doesn't St. Pete Have Real Problems?

10-Years-In Prison For Having Sex And Smiling

Circuit Judge Chet A. Tharpe
Tampa teacher Stephanie Ragusa was sentenced to 10-years-in prison for having sexual relationships with two of her underage students. One of the issues addressed by Judge Tharpe during Monday’s sentencing was Stephanie Ragusa’s smile......here

"No Drill No Spill" T-Shirt

Joe Garcia For Congress
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Monday, June 28, 2010

Everybody's Acting Strange

Psychological Toll Of Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill Quietly Mounts.
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That Meek-Rubio-Crist Thing Going On ‘Round Here

I’m coming very, very late to this game, but let me put my two cents in as regards the Meek-Rubio-Crist matchup. Specifically, the question of what might happen down the road as Crist seems to be hovering up an awful lot of Democratic support that might otherwise have gone to Meek......here

Heather Beaven

Democrat For Florida's 7th District
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BP Opens First Claims Office In Tampa Bay

BP set up a claims office in Clearwater over the weekend, its first in the Tampa Bay area. The storefront at 2551 Drew St. is the oil giant's 12th claims office in Florida and one of 35 in states affected by the oil spill........here

Jennifer Capriati

Get Well!

Friends Of Stogie

In Tampa

Peter Allen For Governor Of Florida

The Independence Party Of Florida