Friends Of Stogie

At The Firehouse In Temple Terrace

Dee Layne's Letter To The County Commission

Commissioners,
Almost 80% of the VOTERS MANDATED you levy the one-cent tax to buy land through ELAPP. You have no decision-making on this issue…you have a mandate from the voters.
We recognize, and you should too, that this land preservation program is the best growth management tool you have in this county. The decision is out of your hands – JUST DO IT!
Trust me, if you don’t listen to what your VOTERS have asked,
when election time comes we will remember.

Very angry and frustrated,
Denise Layne

Commissioner Linda Chaney Of St. Pete Beach

Residents of this contentious beach community in attendance at Sunday’s Tampa Bay Rays game against the Washington Nationals were surprised to see a former commissioner standing with a group of beach mayors on the field.........more

Hillsborough County Going Green

In Tampa

Tampa Comes In 98th

The recession is hurting U.S. cities at "radically varying levels," which will lead to an uneven economic recovery, according to a new study by the Brookings Institution.......here
Via....Tim In Tampa

Hillsborough County Adminstrator Pat Bean

I had my own concerns with two of her minions getting these raises. Lucia Garsys is listed in the Times article as a “former planner,” yet she makes even more money than the head of The Planning Commission. How can Bean justify this, and more importantly how can Commissioners let her get away with this? Especially with elections nearing?........Kevin Beckner

Confiscated Yorkies Up For Adoption

Two dozen Yorkshire Terriers will go up for adoption Thursday at Hillsborough Animal Services. The dogs were confiscated from a suspected puppy mill being run by a mother and son out of two locations in Seffner and Tampa..........here

Deputy Lorrie Fluker

88.5 WMNF 2ND ANNUAL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION

In keeping with the growing worldwide celebration of Juneteenth, WMNF is, in its second year, embarking on pre-empting its regular broadcast to provide a full day of African American programming on Friday, June 19, 2009 commencing at 4:00 AM until 6:00 AM on Saturday, June 20, 2009..........here

Homeless In Town N' Country

Tampa

Hillsborough Ave And Countryway Blvd

Under Surveillance

The Cone Ranch Deal In Hillsborough County

I wasn’t the only one that thought something smelled funny about this Cone Ranch deal, a recent proposal by

Commissioner Ken “Half Truth” Hagan

(to subdivide and sell public land to private investors) and in the process serve up millions to Republican donors for brokering the deal..........here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Club

$6.95..........At Pop And Sons, 4812 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa

Eat Local

Closet Obama Marine

In Oldsmar

Democrats, In Pursuit Of Big Dollars

Have Neglected The People We're There To Serve.

These words were written in 2004. I see the same things happening now that have happened the last few years in our party. It angers me and it saddens me. Those who spoke truth are seldom heard, and those who push a rather pandering sort of middle ground get all the attention...........madfloridian

Buddy Johnson And Ben Lee's Ad Campaign

The federal probe of former Hillsborough Elections Supervisor Buddy Johnson led agents two months ago to the chic, South Tampa offices of
Schifino Lee Advertising & Branding.......here
The contract signed by Johnson and one of the firm's presidents, Ben Lee, limited the firm to no more than $40,000 of work. Yet the company billed taxpayers $643,016