Demoncrat Karen Miracle Of Hillsborough County

The spectacle at the Children's Board in Ybor City sounded more like a wrestling cage match than a panel discussion on national policy, wrote the St. Petersburg Times' Adam Smith........here
Ms. Miracle Needs To Keep Her Hands To Herself.

The Spencerians Are Having A Baby

I recognize that so much is going to change. So much that I can’t even anticipate right now. But some I can. Like this blog. Four-plus years on, and I would really like to keep it going. But there’s no way it can stay the same – and because I know my focus and priorities will change with a baby in the house, I know this blog will change........here

Hippiefest In Daytona Beach

Via....PoHo

The Leftists, Marxists And Fruitcakes

Listeners say Hernando County talk show host Bob Haa may have advocated shooting the president during a recent conversation with a caller.

“So what?” he says. “This is America!”..........here

"Very forthright. My kind of man. We need more like him."
Murray Grubbs, former head of the Hernando County Republican Executive Committee

Sotomayor Vote Could Impact Florida Senate Race

If there is one place where any bad feelings from the hearings on Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination could have lasting consequences, it's Florida, the pesky swing state that the second-largest Puerto Rican community outside the island calls home..........more

Peter Schorsch For Best Local Troublemaker

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"Tampa Bay's political bad boy." - St. Petersburg Times
"Schorsch is a one man election wrecking crew." - Wayne Garcia, Creative Loafing
"The wild-card political consultant." - Howard Troxler, St. Petersburg Times

Local Blogger Tim Fasano

I used to vote Republican until I realized that I was getting the shitty end of the stick.

I have worked all my life to make other people rich. The people that are crashing the Health reform meetings are insane. I bet most of them don't even have health insurance........here

Looks like Tim might be changing sides.

Scenic Courtney Campbell Parkway

One of the most extensive algae blooms in Tampa Bay's history stretches more than 14 miles from Safety Harbor to Weedon Island, and scientists predict it soon could lead to fish kills........here

Captain America In Ybor City

Night of the Living Dead

In Ybor City

John Hummel's Night at the Tampa Health Care Town Hall

I've seen the news lately, so I had an idea of how noisy these events are around the nation. When I arrived, some two hours before the event started at six, there were already 20 some odd people there.........here

Video: Right Wing Thugs In Ybor

Kendrick Meek Chats With Peter Schorsch

Congressman Meek would be in Tampa on Wednesday to open a new field office, sit for a taping with Bay News 9 and was open to an interview with me. Me, a blogger. A card-carrying member of the new media. I couldn't say 'Yes" quick enough...........here

Right Wingers Riot In Ybor City

Glenn Beck's Minions

Democratic Rep. Kathy Castor struggled to make herself heard and eventually cut her appearance short as dozens of people shouted "Tyranny! Tyranny! Tyranny!"........here

Who Would Have Thought People Could Get So Passionate About Protecting Insurance Company Profits?.........Out In Left Field

Stogie Sees Stupid People

Protect Cockroach Bay

A California developer wants to change our Comprehensive Plan to build a "multi-modal" cargo distribution center near Cockroach Bay. Unfortunately, the developer has persuaded the Ruskin Chamber to support this, in the name of "economic development." So unless we get a big turnout of opposition, the commissioners will be led to believe that citizens support this atrocity..........here

Only $20 Million To Fix The Friendship Trail Bridge

Hillsborough County commissioners agreed Wednesday to seek federal stimulus money to fortify the crumbling recreational span that has been closed since November........here

Cost Of The War In Iraq

Tampa Bay Gay Publisher: Big Mistake

Watermark publisher, Tom Dyer, counts missing the Ryan Skipper hate crime murder story the deepest regret of his publishing career. Watermark, a gay publication serving Tampa Bay and other metro Florida areas for 15 years, ran no stories on the Skipper case in 2007 even though it happened in nearby Polk County, between Tampa and Orlando..........here

St. Pete To Privatize Public Sidewalk

The City Council voted 7-1 Thursday to move forward with a controversial plan to privatize the sidewalk fronting BayWalk and improve security at downtown's struggling entertainment complex........here

Council member Wengay Newton cast the lone dissenting vote.

Casitas in the Night

Tampa Daily Photo

Kate Wants Our Vote

You know how I feel about voting. It is our civic duty to make our voices heard.

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Great Job Democrats!

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Pinellas GOP Posts Inflammatory Photo

Although the title of the picture is "Evil Clown," and the image bears some resemblance to The Joker of Batman lore, how can this picture not be construed as a racially-motivated attempt to literally paint Barack Obama in "whiteface"?........here

Olivia's Kiss: Chapter 23

Catherine Durkin Robinson

Florida's Offshore Oil Reserves

Some states aren't waiting around for a recovery to fall into their laps. Take Florida, for example. Recently, Florida lawmakers have made a gambit to develop their offshore oil reserves in an attempt to help ease them out of their economic troubles. A recently-filed bill is looking to open up leases for oil drillers off the coast of Florida..........here
One reader sounded particularly excited over the prospect: "Good for Florida. I spend about ten winter weeks there and enjoy sea-swimming on both coasts. I'll also be happy to sit in a beach chair and watch oil rigs through my binoculars. They are more interesting than windmills."

Robinson Preserve in Manatee County

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Blue Dog Lori Edwards Of Florida

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Doug Tudor - Democrat For Congress

Lakeland Rapper Goes To Prison For a Song

Authorities say a Lakeland man who used music to vent his frustrations with law enforcement will spend two years in prison for writing a threatening rap song. Antavio Johnson, 20, was charged with two counts of corruption by threat of a public servant after a Polk County gang detective found the song on a MySpace page..........here

Sunset Over Hillsborough Bay

Tampa Daily Photo