Congress Florida’s Eighth District
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Monday, December 31, 2007
Tampa Cab Companies To Boycott International Mall
AFFORDABLE CAB...ADDIS CAB....AMERICAB....NORTHWEST CAB....NORTHEAST ZONE CAB...VICTORY CAB...KARENS AIRPORT SERVICE...FREEDOM CAB....FRIENDLY CAB...OLDSMAR CAB...REDTOP CAB....These are all very bad people.They are predators.You many not even be safe in their cabs! Don't use them.
Call...813-253-2424 We will come in get you....and your family will be safe.......TIM FASANO
Kate's Jeans Dilemma
What is it about denim, spandex, and sweatshop labor that makes finding the right pair of jeans so difficult? It's a topic tackled by Oprah, countless websites, Saturday Night Live, and my friends.......here
Choctawhatchee High School
Adam Nystrom remembers being taunted by classmates in middle school for needing so many special-education courses. "They'd say, 'Oh, that's the retard class,' and everybody would laugh," recalls Adam, who suffers from a learning disorder that impedes reading ability. "I wouldn't really say anything because there isn't anything funny about it.".......more"Even though I am just a truck driver, I am proud of what I do and what I have become," he says. "I believe deep down inside that I have succeeded already."
Mindy McCready Coming Home
"I'm so happy to be out, I'm the happiest girl in the world right now.".........Mindy McCreadyFlorida Family Arrested Over Baggy Pants
Several members of a Palm Beach County, Florida family were taken into custody by police last week after they protested the arrest of one of their members over the issue of baggy pants. The family claims they were arrested by close to two dozen deputies because they were upset with the 20-year-old's arrest.......hereThe family says in addition to number of police, there were K-9 units and a police helicopter used in the incident.
Sunday, December 30, 2007
This Day in History
Jose Rizal (June 19, 1861 – December 30, 1896)Was a Filipino polymath, nationalist and the most prominent advocate for reforms in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial era. He is considered a national hero and the anniversary of Rizal's death is commemorated as a Philippine holiday called Rizal Day. Rizal's 1896 military trial and execution made him a martyr of the Philippine Revolution........here
Year 2 For The People's Governor
It was typical Charlie Crist. The 51-year-old first-year governor prefers cajolery to confrontation, a sunny smile to sweeping condemnations. His centrist policies and corny aphorisms -- calling Floridians "the boss," and himself "the people's governor" -- are delivered with warm sincerity. But as Crist enters his second year in office, he's finding that sincerity may not be enough -- and his personal warmth is being met by increasingly icy responses......hereThere Are Rumblings On The Republican Right Wing
Loxahatchee Rock Miners And Palm Beach County Politicians
Loxahatchee rock miner Enrique Tomeu looks more comfortable in a hard hat than a tuxedo. "All I am is a hardworking guy who has busted his butt all his life," he says humbly. But in 2005, he schmoozed at the highest levels of the Republican elite - at George W. Bush's second inauguration, a $42 million cavalcade of power brunches, candlelight dinners and nine inaugural balls. To attend the four-day fete, Tomeu contributed $50,000 to Bush's inaugural committee, more than most Palm Beach County families earn in a year......moreDave Barry's Year-End Review
It was a year that strode boldly into the stall of human events and took a wide stance astride the porcelain bowl of history. In short, 2007 was a year of deep gloom, pierced occasionally by rays of even deeper gloom. Oh, sure, there were a few bright spots.......more
Democrats' Stealth Presidential-Primary Campaign In Florida
When Bill Clinton appeared in Winter Park recently to raise money for his wife's presidential campaign, he slipped into town behind the tinted windows of a sport utility vehicle. When he left two hours later, he pulled out with a quick wave to onlookers, leaving reporters cooling their heels on the curb........here
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Florida's Unspoiled Charms
The Lower Florida Keys is a roughly 36-mile stretch of Florida islands between Marathon and Key West......here
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