Light rail is not dead in Hillsborough County. What's dead, for now at least, is the sales tax that would have paid for it. Plenty of people who had hoped to pick up shovels and join in the groundbreaking for Tampa's first light rail line are instead meeting Monday to find a way to keep the project moving. here
Don't You Have To Be Smart To Get Into UCF To be honest, I did not vote in the Nov. 2 elections, but I had good reason for not doing so. I couldn't decide which of the two top running candidates was best suited for the position of governor of Florida. I learned most of what I know about them through watching their numerous campaign ads on TV.
Located on this site was the former St. Benedict the Moor School, a Catholic school for black children that was one of the most important buildings associated with black history in Tampa. here
The federal government is going out of its way to assure the public that seafood pulled from recently reopened Gulf of Mexico waters is safe to consume, in spite of the largest accidental release of crude oil in America's history.
However, testing methodologies used by the government to deem areas of water safe for commercial fishing are woefully inadequate and permit high levels of toxic compounds to slip into the human food chain, according to a series of scientific and medical professionals interviewed by Raw Story.
Courts Helping Banks Screw Over Homeowners The state of Florida has created a special super-high-speed housing court with a specific mandate to rubber-stamp the legally dicey foreclosures by corporate mortgage pushers like Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan Chase. This "rocket docket," as it is called in town, is presided over by retired judges who seem to have no clue about the insanely complex financial instruments they are ruling on. here
Scott Asks EPA To Delay Florida Water Pollution Rules Governor-elect Rick Scott, Agriculture Commissioner-elect Adam Putnam, Attorney General-elect Pam Bondi and five incoming congressmen sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson asking her to postpone action. here
If this is an issue that concerns you, send an email to Lisa Jackson: 'jackson.lisap@epa.gov' Thanks...SOG
“I’m even more commited, even more focused on making sure that this liberal, progressive, socialist agenda, this leftwing vile, vicious, despicable machine that is out there is soundly brought to its knees,”........Allen West
In a fresh sign of turmoil among defeated Democrats, a growing number of the rank and file say they won't support House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a politically symbolic roll call when the new Congress meets in January. here
"The reality is that she is politically toxic.".....Rep. Mike Quigley
"There's "starting to be a sense that this may not be as much of a done deal as people might have thought,".....Rep. Jason Altmire
"Why's she running for minority leader in the first place?' We just got thumped in this election in a major way".....Rep. Jim Matheson
May I Remind These Gentlemen That They (Blue Dogs) Just Got Thumped. And Ms. Castor What Are You Thinking? I'm Telling Your Mom. Sign the petition showing your support for Nancy Pelosi.....here
A homeless man interjects during a discussion of homelessness. During a meeting of a Hillsborough County panel assembled to discuss a stronger countywide panhandling ban, Don Gore approaches the podium and touts his right to free speech.
Men And Women From The Tampa Bay Area Who Needlessly Died Overseas. Corporate America Thanks You For Your Sacrifice. One Of The Men Responsible For This Tragedy Is Now Going Around The Country Selling Books. Only In America!
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