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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Loop Current Poses Oil-Spill Threat To Florida Keys
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Meet Jeff Greene: Florida's Eddie Haskell
Billionaire Jeff Greene, a speculator who made his money by helping to cause the economic collapse that hurt so many Floridians, is trying to buy a U.S. Senate seat. He is willing to say, do and spend anything to get it.
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Bluegrass Parlor Band
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Tampa Bay Living Legacy
Public Media Productions produced a one hour public TV program, Tampa Bay Living Legacy, which chronicles Tampa bay's evolution from a relatively unspoiled paradise to a waterway battered by pollution, to the rejuvenated centerpiece of an entire region
Stogie Recommends
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Written and directed by Woody Allen. The film stars Javier Bardem, Penélope Cruz, Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Kevin Dunn, Patricia Clarkson and Chris Messina.
If You Have Not Seen It Yet, You Should.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
La Roux Coming To Czar In Ybor City
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is coming to Czar in Ybor City on Aug. 3........here
Fathers Day Mini Session in Ybor City!
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Friday, May 14, 2010
Save the Tampa Bay Estuary
This is my informational video about the Tampa Bay Estuary and what you can do to preserve it. The Tampa Bay Estuary is the largest in Florida.
Joe Redner: I Promise I Won't Tell Anybody
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Tampa's most highly acclaimed strip club -- understands the importance of discretion. That's why he's promised the utmost secrecy to any potential 2012 RNC Convention-goers who might end up at his establishment......here
Home Of The Most Beautiful Women in the WorldRock On, Joe!
Tampa Outlaw Push Race
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$10 to Race $5 for the Poker Run
Push race through downtown Tampa ending in Ybor City. Course is 6 miles long and all the roads are freshly paved with bike lanes on most roads. The route will be very easy for non locals to follow. Plans to have a cookout\party at my house after the race in Ybor City. Out of towners i have tons of room on my floors and we can throw tents up in the backyard.
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What Stogie Had For Lunch
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Roasted Poblano Chicken
With Rice In Fire-Roastd Poblano Pepper Sauce And Corn And Black Bean Medley
$2.49......At Save Alot.
Eat!
Tampa: Is Transit the Missing Link?
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Via...rc/t
Charlie Crist: Still a Republican?
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Joe Garcia for Congress
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 11:30 AM
Miami Dade College Kendall Campus Dante Fascell Conference Center Room K413
RSVP
Got Transit?
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After a generation of political debate, Hillsborough County voters will finally get a chance to decide on commuter rail.......here
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Gov. Charlie Crist: Florida Tourism Already Hurt By Oil Spill
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Drill Baby, Drill.
Ybor Blend From Ybor City Gold
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Republicans Pick Tampa For 2012 Convention
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adult-oriented."........Paul Allen, NightMoves Magazine Founder
The 29th Annual WMNF Tropical Heatwave
Local Sprawlmeisters
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Was approved by the county commission today in a 5-2 vote. Al Higginbotham, Jim Norman, & Ken Hagan were joined by Kevin Beckner and Rose Ferlita, who were led down the garden path by our county planners at the Planning Commission......here
Thank you commissioners Mark Sharpe & Kevin White for voting against this horrible sprawl.
Whats up Mr. Beckner?
Republicans Hate Latinos
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Has signed a bill targeting a school district's ethnic studies program, hours after a report by United Nations human rights experts condemned the measure. State schools chief Tom Horne, who has pushed the bill for years, said he believes the Tucson school district's Mexican-American studies program teaches Latino students that they are oppressed by white people.......here
Rep. David Rivera: An Expensive Legislator
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Steve Kmetko on Tampa's NBC affilate
Steve Kmetko visit's the set of WFLA's "Daytime" to promo the Tampa LGBT Film festival and New LGBT Website MyQmunity.com.
What Stogie Had For Lunch
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Yellow Rice And Plátanos
$5.99......At Latin Cafe, W. Cypress Street, In Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!
130 Cameras In Tampa Bay
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Monitor video screens showing segments of roads in the bay area in the Florida Department of Transportation Traffic Management Center. The center watches 140 miles of Tampa Bay
area roads via 130 cameras.........here
Monday, May 10, 2010
4 Million Gallons And Growing, In The Gulf Of Mexico
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Drill Baby, Drill
Carolina Pena And Isidro Rosario
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a badly beaten toddler improved from critical to serious condition.......here
Shark In Pickup Truck
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Sunday, May 9, 2010
Christopher Lloyd Q&A Tampa
Tampa Theater's Sunset Cinema
Showed Back to the Future in Sulfur Springs. Christopher Lloyd happened to be in town and came after the film to do a Q&A.
The Cigar Maker
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The Cigar Maker is the story of a Cuban rebel who battles labor strife and vigilante violence in the Cigar Capital of the World, Tampa's Ybor City in the early 1900s. Based on true events and his family's history, McGinty's second novel celebrates family and culture in a city made famous by hand-rolled cigars and their connection to organized crime, violence and racism.
Ben Hedblom's Shoes
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The Cigar Trade In Ybor City
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Bill McCollum And The Gay Baptist Homophobe
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What Stogie Had For Dinner
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With Real Fried Rice (Not New York Style) And Platanos
$7.99.....At Arco Iris, On Columbus Dr. In West Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!
Blobs Of Tar Washed Up On Alabama's White Sand Beaches
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here
Drill Baby, Drill
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Ybor Art Studio
Ybor Art Studio, an Arts & Events Studio open to all types of artists. From artists, ceramics to belly dancing. You name it, they have it there.
What Stogie Had For Lunch
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$5.00.....At Top's China Buffet, 1528 West Brandon Boulevard, Brandon
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!
Florida GOP Selling Charlie On E-Bay
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Current bid: US $1,200.69
Sunday, May 2, 2010
What Stogie Had For Dinner
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$5.99.......Garden Gyros, 3025 E Busch Blvd, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!
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