Alex Sink For Governor Of Florida!

When Alex Sink is elected in November 2010, she will be Florida’s first woman governor!

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www.AlexSink2010.com

Salvation Army Shelter In St. Pete

I love the daily paper. In no other publication can you read one article full of facts, shedding light on some problem and then read a columnist in the next section completely unaware of said facts and making uneducated statements. I bring this up, because I just finished my Sunday edition of the St. Petersburg Times..........more

Tampa No.1 ‘Cookout Capital’ In Florida

Propane tank exchange brand Blue Rhino has just announced its top 100 Cookout Capitals for 2009.

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Bike To Work Day In Tampa

Downtown Tampa will be celebrating National Bike to Work Day on May 15 with group rides coming in from literally all directions. Participants will meet up afterwards at Indigo Coffee for a free beverage........here

Local Hero Tyler Kemmitzer

Saw his 3-year-old sister standing on the pool ladder, a frozen expression on her face. Her hand was pointing down toward the water. She was pointing at Ashley Lawler, floating face-down. Tyler took only seconds Sunday evening to clamber over a 4-foot fence, jump into the above-ground pool and grab Ashley........here

Jamie Bennett

For St. Petersburg Mayor

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Lisa, Zachary, And Savannah Freiberg Of Tampa

Lisa worked at Wal-Mart on Dale Mabry Highway at Bearss Avenue where dozens of her friends and co-workers attended the ceremony in the lobby. The 26-year-old mother and her young children were brutally killed in their Lutz home on Mother's Day last year.........here

A Place Called Chiapas

Wednesday, May 13, 8:00pm
Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg

Sara Swanson's Work Out

A Tampa mother has been charged with child neglect after her 3-year-old son was found wandering their apartment complex Sunday afternoon without any clothes on.........more

Pam Iorio: Not Running For US Senate

Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio, who a few months ago expressed interest in Mel Martinez’s seat in the Senate, said today she will not run for statewide or national office in 2010..........here

Jennifer Howe's Mothers Day

Howe, who was let go by WTSP in September after more than a dozen years, has not yet found another job. She said life has been tough since she left the station, with few job prospects..........more

"Mr. Nice Guy" Peter Schorsch

Schorsch said Bennett was at first reticent to bring him on as a hired campaign employee given Schorsch's previous legal troubles. He was arrested in 2006 on charges he stole nearly $10,000
from the Tarpon Springs Democratic Club and from Ed Helm and Eve Joy, who ran for mayor and a seat on the St. Petersburg City Council, respectively, a year earlier.
Schorsch also still owes the state more than $67,000
for 40 election law violations in 2005..........more

Jamie Bennett

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Trouble the Water

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On Vacation

In Tampa

Seminole Heights Community Gardens T-Shirts

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Tampa Mom Asks Cosmetics Victims, “WTF?”

Tara Lee is a Tampa mom who dared to ask the question, “If my children’s toys were recalled because of lead contamination in paint, why has lead not yet been banned from lipstick?”........here

Engagement - Ybor City

ErinChris Photography

Benefits of Socialism

Letter-to-the-Editor, from Brian Moore

Peter Stathis’s response (”Spewing Socialism”) on April 22, 2009, to my earlier letter, requires clarification as to his misunderstanding of socialism. The writer seems to be living in the past with his stereotypes of socialists as either communists, fascists or indentured servants of the state........more

Reflecting On Tampa

Seminole Heights Blogs, Websites

There are lots of blogs and websites about the Seminole Heights area. Here are some I have found.

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FLORIDA FOUNTAIN TREATS WASTEWATER

Florida’s “fountain of youth” today may be a wastewater treatment system disguised as a cascading water feature in a building atrium. Considering Florida’s critical water shortage, suffering its third driest season on record since 1932, with less than 30 percent of normal winter rainfall, salty estuaries, and the Everglades’ marshes evaporating, it’s not surprising that the paved-over state in this subtropical climate with endless golf courses and countless housing developments is in a dilemma...........more

ACLU’S ‘Camerahead Project’ In Ybor City

The American Civil Liberties Union of Florida’s Greater Tampa Chapter,
together with a group of performance artists from USF’s College of Art and Art History, will stage a street theater performance in Ybor City to raise awareness about the increasing “mission creep” of government through surveillance cameras. The event will coincide with
WMNF’s Tropical Heatwave Festival
the evening of May 16, 2009.........more

Florida Boy, Walking To D.C. For Homeless Kids

At age 11, Zach Bonner has already walked farther and done more for charity than many grown-ups. Now he's about to make good on his vow to walk more than 1,200 miles from Tampa to Washington to bring attention to the plight of homeless kids in the United States..........more

Do It For Your Muddah

Looking for some way to celebrate your mom, with your mom, but don’t want to deal with the traditional flowers-sentimental card-dinner-kiss on the cheek? Here are a trio of events taking place this weekend that are sure to be a treat for your dear old muddah.........here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Pepper Steak

With Moro And Green Beans

$5.99..........At Rosa's On MLK West Of Lois

Eat Local

Dry In Safety Harbor

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Creative Loafing's Green 100 Party

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Crist Signs 'Rachel's Law'

Gov. Charlie Crist And The Film Outrage

As Florida Gov. Charlie Crist considers whether to enter the competitive race to replace Sen. Mel Martinez, some public talk has turned to the issue of his sexuality, thanks to Outrage........more

Bartlett Park and Green Cities Florida

I feel what Van Jones is promoting in this short film is exactly what the citizens of St. Petersburg are looking for. A renewal based on "Human Technology"...........here

Tampa Adult Film Star For US Senate

At 30-years-old, adult film star Stormy Daniels is considering a new career: politics. The buxom blonde, who lives in Tampa, is considering a run for the U.S. Senate..........here

Local Legend Tim Fasano Calls Obama

I even called the White House. I said put Barrack on the phone Tim is calling. She said, "who is Tim.' "Just tell him...he knows who I am." I got thru............more

Zach Bonner's Little Red Wagon

Zachary Bonner was born in Arkansas but is now living in Tampa, Florida. ... In 2005 he formed the Little Red Wagon Foundation a non profit organization

Roosevelt Lorenzo Byrd Dies On Tampa Sidewalk

Tampa detectives are investigating as a homicide the death of a homeless man found early today on a city sidewalk.........here

Tampa Tattoo Artist: Jett Jones

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Cheap Homes

In Clearwater, Florida

Florida Mailbox

In Hudson

Friends Of Stogie

At The Tally Ho

Florida Listening Tour In Tampa

Come out and meet new OFA State Staff and find out how you can get involved with OFA in Tampa!

Thursday, May 7 from 6:45 PM - 8:45 PM
John F. Germany Library, 900 N Ashley Dr Tampa

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Tampa Off In The Distance

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HEP Of Pinellas County

HEP is a registered 501 (c)(3) charitable organization. Our mission is to provide homeless and very low-income individuals and families with housing, food, clothing and support services necessary to obtain self-sufficiency and improved quality of life.HEP is the oldest and largest provider of emergency housing and support services in Pinellas County.
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Where To Eat, Drink, Shop With Your Dog In Tampa Bay

Sancho, 1-year-old mixed-breed pooch is in the house and at the bar at the Pets on the Patio Yappy Hour at Gaspar’s Grotto in Ybor City. That’s his owner, Teresa Bieber. Sancho was a rescued dog..........more

Florida's Curious Case Of Buttons

I am thinking to myself at this point wouldn’t it be great if
Commissioners Al “the New Blair” Higginbotham and Jim Norman just stayed home
and asked Commissioner Kevin Beckner to vote their buttons for them?...........here

www.oldseminoleheightsfoundation.org

Expect no lawsuit, but cyber action is a possibility as the executive board of the Old Seminole Heights Neighborhood Association tries to lay claim to a Web domain name.........here

Tampa Strobist

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Friends Of Stogie

At The Tally Ho In Tampa

Victor Crist Throws Hillsborough County Under The Bus

Developers win big in Tallahassee, and which Hillsborough lawmaker voted to support them? Well, for one the now State Sen. Victor Crist, who has an eye on Ken Hagan’s county commission seat in a game of musical sprawlers and just voted to throw Hillsborough under the bus by gutting what meager growth management laws we do have..........here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

BBQ Beef
With Potato Salad And Baked Beans
$9.99.........At Pit Boss BBQ, On Little Road In New Port Richey

Eat Local

Walk Like MADD At Lowry Park

MADD National President, Laura Dean Mooney, will join approximately 300 local supporters on Saturday, May 16th, to participate in Walk Like MADD, a 5K non-competitive walk that encourages the community to support MADD's Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving............here

Child Killer "Richard Anthony McTear Jr" Of Tampa

Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office

A man was caught in Tampa Tuesday for allegedly throwing his ex-girlfriend's

4-month-old baby out of a car window,

killing the child.........here

Calling All Dali Look-Alikes

If you’ve ever been told your looks won’t win you any traditional beauty pageants, your lucky day is here. That’s because the Salvador Dali Museum is seeking entrants for “Double Takes,” its second annual Dali look-alike competition..........more

Dave Schmidt: Mugshots

First thing that amazed me were the sheer numbers of people arrested every day. The second was: how many are busted for not having a drivers license and how many are busted for marijuana possession........here

Don Of Clearwater Needs Help Getting To The Keys

I'm trying to put together a 2-3 week vacation trip from Clearwater area to the keys...........here