The Ybor City Stogie

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Bozo The Spokesman

Florida Rep. Alan Grayson
A member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, characterized Robert Gibbs as "Bozo the spokesman" and said he ought to be fired for doing "a miserable job."
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Inflatable Evacuation Slide

Jeff Houck: Art of the Cuban Sandwich

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WMNF Tee Shirt Art Contest 2010

The contest is open to all artists, for use on a WMNF tee shirt. All entries must be hard copy & received at WMNF, 1210 E. Dr. MLK Jr. Blvd, Tampa by September 3rd, 2010 at 5pm.
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District Six School Board Hopefuls On Religion's Role

"I support Science in the classroom, and I think that you get into an area where it's going to be very very divisive if we start having conversations about teaching religion in a science classroom classroom.".....April Griffin

"I am a strong Christian. However, I believe that religious values are something that should be taught in the home, not in school. I feel that we should build our education program around education.".....Sally Harris

"There's a definite line between church, and state, and the need to not think about religion in a classroom, and understand it's there. But when we're talking about being abstinent, or when we're talking about intelligent design, those are valid subjects.".....Benjamin Fink

I believe that they chose the wrong path, and I lobbied diligently to get them to re-think that decision because it is only a theory. And to exclude other theories in view of one theory, to me is not education. That's indoctrination.".....Terry Kemple

Help Me Ronda, For Stogie Is Also A Sinner

Candidates Forum At Bell Shoals Baptist Church
Ronda Storms leads a solemn prayer for Redner, asking the Lord to lead him in a better direction. "We know that you are still working with Joe Redner," she said, eyes closed. "We pray for forgiveness if we have not treated him with kindness."
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Other Lowlights From The Show
"I have more ex-wives than anyone else in this race. What that gives me is experience."..Jim Lewis
"Unashamed Conservative and Unapologetic Capitalist"..Shawn Harrison

Vote Joe Redner

Kendrick Meek: All Support

Every major newspaper has endorsed Kendrick Meek for U.S. Senate. Presidents Obama and Clinton, [Florida] teachers and police all support Kendrick Meek.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Mongolian Beef
With Rice
$4.95......At China One, 8747 Temple Terrace Hwy, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!

Ronald Lee Harden

If you build it, they will come. In his 36-year career working in the city of Tampa, Florida, architectural draftsman, job captain, project architect and project manager Ronald Lee Harden helped create and coordinate drawings for countless projects that have contributed to bringing homes, jobs and cultural events to Tampa’s African-American and other mixed communities, making it a world-class city.
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Dine Tampa Bay 2010

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Tampa Bay Can Learn From Colorado

SWFBUD
Was in Colorado early August, visiting Denver, Boulder and Fort Collins to see excellent bicycle infrastructure such as bike lanes, sharrows, signs warning motorists to watch for bicyclists and a paved trail network.
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Thank You Rep. Bill Delahunt

Flying from Tampa to Cuba?
Rep. Bill Delahunt, who chairs the House's Cuba Working Group, has written to President Obama, asking him to designate Tampa International as a U.S. exit-entry gate for travel to Cuba.
He notes the Tampa area "has one of the largest concentrations of Cuban-Americans in the United States," but that the airport isn't an exit-entry point.
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Tampa Democrat Rep. Kathy Castor is pushing the issue as well.

Taj Mahal of Tallahassee

The Obama Administration: "The Amateur Left"

"Progressives critical of Obama wouldn't be satisfied until the Pentagon was eliminated and Canadian-style health care ushered into the U.S. Some of them wouldn't even be
happy if anti-war congressman Dennis Kucinich were president."......Robert Gibbs

Stogie Would Be Very Happy! Can We Please Try Again In 2012.
Dennis Kucinich For President

Sally Harris

For Hillsborough County School Board District 6
Known to hundreds of Tampa children as “Miss Sally” for her loving attention and educational initiatives.
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Stand With Mark Sharpe

The Tampa Bay Crackers

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers, despite being a doormat for much of their franchise history, do have a pretty cool name. Really, most things get ratcheted up a coolness level when pirates are involved. It must be a relief, therefore, to everyone associated with the Bucs when they ponder what the team’s name could have been. Because it could have been…the Crackers.
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"Ax the Tax" Chairman Doug Guetzloe

Watch Racist talkshow host Doug Guetzloe cuaght in corruption (Orlando FL) in News View More Free Videos Online at Veoh.com

According to this Eyewitness News TV report on "Ax the Tax" chair Doug Guetzlo, he has been accused of "extorting" hush money from communities & organizations by threatening to campaign against them if they don't pay him. "He allegedly tried to get Orange County schools to pay him, "or else," while the Orlando Magic coughed up $200,000 to keep him from opposing a new arena."

The nation’s largest association of freethinkers (atheists and agnostics) hopes heads will turn to view a “mini-blitz” of 30 billboards placed throughout the Tampa and St. Petersburg area this month.
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Ichetucknee Springs State Park

The crystalline Ichetucknee River flows six miles through shaded hammocks and wetlands before it joins the Santa Fe River. From the end of May until early September, tubing down the river is the premier activity in the area. In addition to tubing, visitors can enjoy picnicking, snorkeling, canoeing, swimming, hiking, and wildlife viewing.
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Tip: Get There Early.

What Stogie Had For Dinner

Wings
$9.00.....At The Swamp Restaurant On University Avenue In Gainesville
Eat Local!

Festival Del Sabor In Ybor City

Sept. 11, 2010
Centennial Park In Ybor City
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Wednesdays With Windhaven

Windhaven performs weekly at the venerable Market On 7th, in Ybor City on Wednesdays nights.
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Republican Ira William "Bill" McCollum, Jr.

"I really do not think that we should have homosexuals guiding our children. I think that it’s a lifestyle that I don’t agree with. I realize a lot of people do. It’s my personal faith, religious faith, that I don’t believe that the people who do this should be raising our children. It’s not a natural thing. You need a mother and a father. You need a man and a woman. That’s what God intended.".......Bill McCollum

Florida GOP