Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Kenneth G. Lopez Of Tampa, Florida
Beat a 2-year-old girl unconscious, causing her to stop breathing. He was arrested about 12:10 p.m. Sunday on one count of aggravated child abuse. Sometime between midnight and 5 a.m. Sunday, Lopez wrapped a white towel around the girl's arms and torso and also wrapped her in a blanket. He then struck her repeatedly..................here
Get Rid Of Gasparilla?
South Tampa residents are crying about Gasparilla. Over 30 people showed up at a meeting to complain about the day long invasion and parade..........here
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Monday, March 9, 2009
U2 At Raymond James Stadium
Fresh from their release of No Line on the Horizon and a week performing on Letterman, U2 has announced a world tour of stadium shows. U2tours.com says the band will play Tampa's Raymond James Stadium on Oct. 9.........here
Rick Baker And Kathleen Shanahan Chat At Atwater's
If Rick Baker is playing coy about political future, he wasn't too shy today when he met with Kathleen Shanahan, an uber-connected former chief of staff to Jeb Bush and Dick Cheney. Unsure of what the meeting was about, but Baker met with Shanahan at Atwater's, the popular restaurant in the heart of St. Pete's Midtown.........more
TampaArtist.com
Tampa Artist Inc. is a Fine Art Non-Profit organization that is dedicated to assisting and promoting local area artists through exhibitions/events and linking local Tampa artists to other artists in the Tampa and St. Pete community...........here
http://www.cristinafernandez.us/
http://www.cristinafernandez.us/
TECO Signs Contract to Purchase Solar Energy
Tampa Electric today announced that it has signed a contract to purchase solar power supplied by Energy 5.0’s Florida Solar I facility, a proposed 25-megawatt solar PV electric generating station, for a 25-year period beginning in 2011...........more
Gasparilla Festival of the Arts
This past weekend was the 39th Annual Gasparilla Festival of the Arts in downtown Tampa.........more
Hillsborough County’s own Rep. Rich Glorioso, and Rep. Faye Culp
For the 5th year in a row, Legislators have announced they will seek to abolish local control of wetlands permitting, especially by our Environmental Protection Commission. Who are this year’s lucky sponsors of the amendment/bill?
Why Hillsborough County’s own Rep. Rich Glorioso, and Rep. Faye Culp............more
Why Hillsborough County’s own Rep. Rich Glorioso, and Rep. Faye Culp............more
Cruising the Upper Tampa Bay Trail
Riding a bike on a cold day is never easy when you factor in wind chill. Today I dressed in a number of layers as I prepared myself for the 14.5 mile bike ride along the Upper Tampa By Trail...........more
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Slavery Alive and Well in Florida
Immokalee is the tomato capital of the United States. Between December and May, as much as 90 percent of the fresh domestic tomatoes we eat come from south Florida, and Immokalee is home to one of the area’s largest communities of farmworkers........more
Clearwater's Ban Of Mural
The city of Clearwater may have backed itself into a legal corner in its efforts to regulate a painting of fish........more
Skyway Jack's - St Petersburg, Florida
This is the restaurant that Cracker Barrel aspires to be, a down-home country kitchen with kitsch and outstanding breakfast fare...........here
Tampa Heights Sanitarium
Dr. Hiram J. Hampton owned and operated the Tampa Heights Sanitarium in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, advertising his services........here
Local lore oft repeats the story that the Hamptons' backs are turned deliberately to the city.
Local lore oft repeats the story that the Hamptons' backs are turned deliberately to the city.
Let's Find 10,000 Floridians Who Support SunRail
As the state legislature considers the final approvals to start construction on SunRail, it's time to rally the troops.This is a grass-roots group consisting of Floridians who believe Central Florida needs to expand its transit offerings - starting with SunRail...........here
The South Florida Blog War
Random Pixels: Blinded By Hate
I despise Fidel Castro and everything about his "revolution."Castro has enslaved and deprived an entire nation of hope, democracy and freedom for half a century. I despise all that he is, just as I despise all dictators. Imagine living in a country where every basic freedom is denied and the state decides at every turn what's good for you and what's not good..........more
El Goya Reunion In Ybor City
Club Czar in Ybor City returns to its roots for one night this week to celebrate Tampa's golden days of drag. The reunion event will star the same queens who performed there in the early 1980s when the bar, then called El Goya, was the only gay nightspot in Ybor...........more
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Strip Club King: The Story of Joe Redner
Loved...Admired...Hated!!! Charismatic to some and revolting to others. Joe Redner is most often associated with owning one of the most famous nude clubs in America...
3 Mile Sauce and Salsa In Ybor
While walking around the Ybor Saturday Market the other day, I ran across a booth selling one of my favorite things: hot sauces!.............more
3 Mile Sauce and Salsa
3 Mile Sauce and Salsa
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