Downtown Havana, Cuba

Felix Guirola waves to people as he takes his self-made 3.45 meters (11 feet) tall bicycle for a spin through downtown Havana, Cuba.
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Hit By A Car

Hillsborough Avenue Tampa

Lisa Marzilli: Off the streets and in recovery

With no fanfare and barely a mention in the local news, the Hillsborough County Commission gave its blessing and a tidy sum of cash last month to a pilot project that could actually do something to solve the growing problem of homelessness.
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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Garbanzo Bean Soup
$2.99 At 3 Coins Diner in Seminole Heights 
Eat Local!  

Papers Please

Suitcase City

Republican Luncheon

In Tampa

Tampa Urban Gardening

Florida Tops In Public Corruption

The report concluded that Florida had 781 public corruption convictions between 2000 and 2010, tops in the nation. California and Texas were close behind, with New York fourth. But Florida’s corruptions history also contributed to it having three cities listed this year among Forbes’ magazine’s ‘most miserable,’ with Miami #1,
West Palm Beach #4 and Fort Lauderale #7.
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GOP's Plan To Disenfranchise Voters In Florida

Downtown Mural

Finding Tampa

Stop Illegally Purging Florida Voters

We have to stop Governor Scott today—he is embarrassing Florida and corrupting the electoral process. His reckless acts have local and national implications. So let's ring his office's phones off the hook until he stops his racially-targeted attack on voting rights.

Will you call Scott right now? Tell him, "Stop illegally purging Florida voters."
Here's where to call.  Rick Scott: (850) 488-7146

Ride Hart Be Smart

The 2001 Odyssey Hopes To Entice RNC Patrons

The 2001 Odyssey strip club in Tampa, Florida has revamped its online marketing strategy in hopes of attracting some of the nearly 50,000 people expected to attend the 2012 Republican National Convention.
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Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless Living In Tampa

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Chicken and Waffles
$4.99 At Tampa Luv, 8426 N Florida Ave in Tampa
Eat Local!

Allen West Discusses Obama Using Blow

Protest RNC

Wear what’s on your mind. And do it in style. Check out our latest protest gear!
Get ready for August. And tell your friends!
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Yuengling To Build New Brewhouse in Tampa

Yuengling announced Thursday that construction has begun 
on a new brew house in Tampa.
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Yummy! Stogie's Favorite.

Tampa Cuban Sandwich Festival

Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer

Hillsborough County — which has almost 700,000 registered voters — has decided to abandon its voting purge after finding that at least six local people on the list supplied by Tallahassee were in fact U.S. citizens in good standing. The county’s Supervisor of Elections Office had received from Tallahassee a list of 72 “noncitizens” in mid-April. The Elections Office sent each of those persons a certified letter saying they were ineligible to vote, and if they disputed that claim, they’d have to prove it.
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Hillsborough County Unveils New Website

Hillsborough County launched a new government website Wednesday that's touted as being quicker and easier to use than the old site.
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Justice Department Orders Florida to Stop Voter Purge

Occupy St. Pete Seniors Endure The Rain To Protest

It’s been less than a month since Bank of America’s annual shareholders meeting and protesters say they haven’t made any changes to benefit their customers. So members of the Occupy movement called for people to “Move Your Money”
 at a rally in downtown St. Pete.
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Humane Society of Tampa Bay

Positively Tampa Bay: Local business man Bob Reina of Talk Fusion
 donates more than $1 million to Humane Society.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Donna
She has been homeless since 2010, She is from Chicago.

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn

Today’s caption contest asks you to identify what you think
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn is targeting with that .50 caliber machine gun.
 Leave your answers here.

Sign The Petition

Here we go again. They did it for George W. Bush in 2000, and now the Republicans are working to steal the 2012 Presidential election for Mitt Romney in Florida.

It's straight out of Katherine Harris' playbook. Florida Governor Rick Scott is currently deploying a massive and systematic effort to purge up to 182,000 Floridians who are likely Democratic voters from the state's voting rolls.
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