Creative Loafing Endorses Ed Turanchik For Mayor

Ed Turanchik represents a combination of qualities unique among the five highly qualified candidates running for mayor of Tampa. A big-picture thinker who served in elected office and exercised leadership across county boundaries, he also has first-hand experience with the block-by-block realities of doing business in Tampa. He’s a progressive and a pragmatist.
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Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Liz
She is from Vermont. She has been homeless 8 months.
Tampa Bay Homeless

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Carne con Papas
With Red Beans And Rice
$5.99.....At Corona's Coffee Shop, 9307 N Nebraska Ave, Tampa
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Homeless Michael McKinney Dancing On The Median

He is not your average pan handler as he does not beg for money. He DANCES for it instead! I have driven past him at one time and hours later driven back by and there he was STILL DANCING!

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Marco Rubio And State Sponsors Of Terrorism

So Senator Rubio is taking on the President's attempts to increase travel to Cuba by placing language in pending legislation that would negate it.
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Stop The War On The Cuban People!

The Firehouse Girls

In Tampa
Streets Of Tampa Bay

Word for the Day: LegiCamp

Florida Progressive Coalition

Kelly Benjamin Responds To Times Pick In District 6

Dear Times Editorial Board,
I can’t help but feel you’ve made a colossal mistake in your choice for the next Tampa City Councilmember in District 6 but everyone’s entitled to their own opinion and I won’t hold it against you. However, one thing struck me in your endorsement:
“Benjamin is unable to make a convincing argument for succeeding Miranda.”
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Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Terry
He has been homeless 8 months. He is from Michigan.
Tampa Bay Homeless

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Nachos
$7.95......At Gaspar's Patio Bar & Grille in Temple Terrace
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Mayor Dave For Our Wonderful City Of Tampa

Dave's Imaginary Mayoral Platform
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A Stogie Favorite, "Free bicycles for all. Working with various advocacy and charitable groups across the city I will establish a non-profit that focuses on giving bicycles to everyone.
The best way to reduce bicycle fatalities in Tampa is to
make them so common-place that it becomes second-nature for drivers to look out for cyclists."
I can't wait to see that...

Alex Pickett In Thailand

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Ed Turanchik's Top Ten List

Tampa mayoral candidate Ed Turanchik lists the top ten things that he won't do if elected mayor.

Pushing Rope Fifth Anniversary

Happy Birthday!
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A Case For My Favorite Beer

Yuengling
Besides being delicious, it is brewed here in Tampa. I bet those workers appreciate us drinking their beer. Anheuser-Busch dosn't brew beer here anymore. They are not even owned by an American company.
You are sending your money to Belgian and Brazil.
Yuengling is the oldest operating brewing company in the United States.
Help your neighbor keep his job. Drink Local.

For a complete list of local eateries visit Tampa Locavore.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Sheldon
He has been homeless 2 days. Born in Tampa.
Tampa Bay Homeless

Darren's Angels

At Jason Wilson's Party At The Heights
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Tampa City Council candidate Jason Wilson

20 Year Old Christina Perenzuela Of Tampa

Along with Armando Perez Jr., 34, also of Tampa
Are racing on Fletcher Ave and kill Robert J. Niebalec, of Temple Terrace, who was riding his bicycle east on Fletcher on the paved shoulder. How Sad!
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"It has been my experience that the motorists are very aggressive and there is generally disrespect of bicyclists by motorists, What's sad is there is nothing inherently dangerous about riding a bicycle.
The mere act of riding a bicycle shouldn't cost you your life.
Unfortunately that is the case in the Tampa Bay area."......Alan Snel

Bicycle Stories: Celebrating Life by Bike

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Philly Cheesesteak
With Soup
$5.95 For The Philly, $2.59 For The Soup. At Mike's Giant Subs, 4941 E Busch Blvd, Tampa

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Egyptians In Tampa Celebrated The 'New Egypt.'

The crowd that gathered on the corner of Fowler and 56th street wasn't a large crowd,
but they cheered for thousands.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet James
He has been homeless for 3 days. Says he was kicked out of his place becouse his disability check did not arrived on time. He is from St. Pete.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Friends Of Stogie

At Gaspar's In Temple Terrace

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Bosnian Food In Seminole Heights

PLJESKAVICA
Burger made of ground beef and minced onions.
$3.50......Avlija Grill, 4105 North Florida Ave. Tampa
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Ed Turanchik and InTown Homes

Re-Discovering West Tampa
Turanchik took note of West Tampa during his failed bid to bring the 2012 Olympic Games to Tampa. In 2000 and 2001 Turanchik–a former county commissioner–and a group of supporters lobbied to bring the games to Tampa Bay, scouting possible event locations. Part of the plan called for an Olympic Village to be constructed on North Boulevard. That’s when West Tampa caught his eye. “It just has good bones,” he says of the 110-year old community.
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Bad Ass Egyptian People

Yes They (We) Can!

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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Steak Ranchero
With Beans, Rice and a salad.
$5.50......At Taco Son, 7521 N. 56th St, Tampa
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Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Richard
He is from Colorado. He has been homeless 2 years.
Tampa Bay Homeless