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
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
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
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 for40 election law violations in 2005..........more
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. here
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
During his campaign a couple years back, we found out the current County Commissioner Kevin White likes expensive suits. We also found out he wanted to pay for those suits out of his campaign election funds, not out of his own pocket...........more
Anyone besides me think Mr. White needs to resign and let someone with an unblemished record represent his district?
Anna Cooke, just finished the eighth edition of the New Barker, a quarterly magazine for Tampa Bay area dog lovers, which she created with her husband.......more