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It is amazing how much damage President Barack Obama has done to this country in his first 3 weeks of power. Most presidents govern… Obama ...

Here is a list of the hypocrites who were so bold, so principled about their opposition to the stimulus bill. Instead of spending their tim...

With Democratic Party career politicians Gelber and Meek repeating the same tired old imperial foreign policy platitudes as the Republicans...

From Ballast Point

A hundred years ago, it served as a horse stable for Theodore Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Most recently, it housed a micro-brewery. Today...

At Chubby's

Creative Loafing has a new website and I’m one of their contributing writers. They invited me to their launch party and I thought it’d be ...

We took a trip to Ybor City, once the cigar capital of the world,where Cubans, Spaniards and Italians lived and worked........ more

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President Obama intends to nominate the head of Florida's emergency management office to lead FEMA, a post that came under national scr...

The "changes" Barack has instituted are not new, they are the platform of the Communist Party USA, seriously. In 6 weeks Obama ha...

My great state has offered up twin bills, SB 2002 and HB 1249, to promote healthy dog breeding practices through warrantless home searches ...

At The Tally Ho

Florida's Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss Buy Here

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We got our hands stamped at the door. Fantastic. That ink never comes off with one washing. Now I have to go to work tomorrow with "NU...

Join Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo for the fourth annual ZOO Zoom, a 5K run that winds through the Zoo and along the scenic Hillsborough River.......

Last Saturday called police to complain that a cashier–citing a McDonald’s all sales are final policy–would not give her a refund.......... ...

I guess the great job HDR did on designing the Cracking Reservoir and the 6-Lane Cluster Study of Lithia Pinecrest warrants another contrac...

At The LA Hangout

Tampa International Airport could become the fourth U.S. airport to serve U.S.-Cuba charter flights under a request by U.S. Rep Kathy Castor...

The daring diva comes to L'Olivier Restaurant & Cabaret in Ybor City this weekend to promote his show, along with the release of hi...

Ballast Point Park

Less than six months after a wrecking crew tore through the 1913 Gary school, another historic building is on track to meet the same fate.....

L'Olivier is the newest distraction in historic Ybor City. Is that like Oliver!, the 1968 musical? Or "Cousin Oliver" from Th...

Eden's Nectar Is the brand of honey that is always sold in the region where it is extracted from the hive. How do we do this? By repres...

At The Tally Ho

On October 10, 1899, Cuban immigrants formed a recreational society known as El Club Nacional Cubano. Three years later, the society of thr...

Looking for rich Spanish cuisine or some of the best nightclubs in the state? It is all less then two hours away in the colorful city of Yb...

In support of the proposed RIVER OF GRASS GREENWAY BY THE NAPLES PATHWAYS COALITION. A unique opportunity that combines cycling, nature, h...

Tampa commuters are victims of urban sprawl. As late as 2005, 25% of area properties were classified as investment properties; this rate wa...

Wednesday, March 4, 8:00pm Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg

With an approaching rainstorm, the runners are on their way down Beautiful Bayshore Blvd in Tampa Florida. The temperatures were cool, but ...

Fifteen of the area's pre-eminent middle schoolers gathered at Saturday's spelling bee at Admiral Farragut Academy to compete in th...

At Gaspars In Temple Terrace

Mike Higgins brings the hose to his mouth and inhales one deep puff. He blows out, and a cloud of watermelon-flavored smoke floats, then di...

On the front porch of a boarded-up bungalow in the shadow of downtown Tampa, a woman using a rucksack for a pillow and a thin blanket again...

Big Cat Rescue, Tampa, Florida

This event even has party in its name, Fiesta Day in Ybor City! This is the time to tear yourself away from the Tampa Bay area beaches and ...

"It was the day of the inauguration," recalled the 37-year-old, who requested the use of her nickname instead of her real name, d...

Strong words from one of the greatest congressional douchebags of the last decade, but Tom DeLay blames Charlie Crist for Florida’s fiscal t...

Councilwoman Mary Mulhern Says the Iorio administration should adopt new policies giving locals preference over out-of-town firms on bids ...

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In 2008, Big Brothers Big Sisters matched 2,250 children with mentors in Hillsborough, Pasco and Polk counties. With the economic downfall ...

Sylvia Martinez-Hasque didn't have to travel 2,500 miles to Hollywood to experience the glitz of Oscar night. She stayed in her hometow...

Thinking about running for elected office? If public service appeals to you, but you're unsure if you have what it takes to be a viable...

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