Bay Area Shelters Need Our Help

December 5, marked the first day of Hillsborough County opening its cold weather shelters welcoming dozens of residents, both homeless and those who live in homes without adequate heat. Such sites have assisted more than 6,000 individuals, during the winter months, providing them with evening meals, a place to sleep out of the cold as well as breakfast.......here

The County Shelters Include

Bethune Park Rural Shelter, 5809 Edina St. in Wimauma, 671-7618.
The Brandon Community Center, 510 E. Sadie St. in Brandon, 635-8179.
The Metropolitan Ministries, 2010 N. Florida Ave. in Tampa, 209-1077.
The Salvation Army, 1514 N. Florida Ave. in Tampa, 221-4440.

Those wishing to donate supplies should contact each individual shelter.

Event To Support Haiti Orphans In Ybor City

The Hot Spot 813 located in Ybor City is holding an event on Thursday December 16, 2010 at 7pm to help orphaned children of Haiti. Throughout the week leading up to
the event The Hot Spot 813 will be accepting Donations that will be sent to
Haiti after the December 16,2010 event at 7pm. The Dog's Bollocks located in
Ybor City will be sponsoring the food and beverages also there will be live
entertainment performed by Tim Walker.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Jeff

He Is From Jersey. Has Been Homeless For 10 Years.

Tampa City Councilwoman Yolie Capin's Holiday Bash

Wed, Dec 15, 5:30-8pm
Ceviche Restaurant
1502 S. Howard Ave, Tampa
Please RSVP to me so we're sure to have enough food and space for all to enjoy. Hope to see you there! Mike Fox, 727-320-4502

Free refreshments, great political conversation, and some "who's who's" of Tampa will be in attendance.

Metropolitan Ministries - Tampa Holiday Center

Welcome To Tampa

Expect Delays

The Stone Soup Company in Ybor City

1517 7th Ave. Ybor City
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Eat Local!

Mary Mulhern for Tampa City Council

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Mark Sharpe Has A Terrible Idea

Ban Donations To Panhandlers
Sharpe believes an ordinance could be passed banning the transfer of money from a car to an individual on the road. Any driver who gives money could be ticketed.

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Friends Of Stogie

Friday Night AT Gaspars In Temple Terrace

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Keith
He Is From Birmingham, Alabama. He Has Been Homeless For 13 Years.

Will You Dumb Redneck Conservative

Tea Party Asswipes Make Up Your Fuckin Minds Please!
I know I'm a Black Guy and what I say is going to come across as racist, but I want to ask why is Middle White America (and many whites in general) so fucking stupid and easily led astray by assholes like Glen Beck, Rush Limbaugh and other conservatives who plant stories about President Obama being a Socialist, Marxist, Racist when all they are doing is spreading false propaganda for ratings and money.

Local Blogger Eric Daniels

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Carne Guisada
With Rice And Platanos
$6.95.....At Deli-Plus, 4820 East Busch Boulevard, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!

Stogie Recommends

The Men Who Stare At Goats
Is a 2009 slapstick comedy war film directed by Grant Heslov and written by Peter Straughan. With George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey.
Great Film!
Watch this film for free Wednesday, December 22 @ 7:30pm at Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg

March Of The Poor, Homeless And Unemployed

Friday, December 10 · 3:30pm - 6:30pm
St. Petersburg
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Help The Homeless. The Way Things Are Going, This Could Be You Someday.

Pardon Pee-wee Herman

Paul Reubens
In July 1991, while visiting relatives, Reubens was arrested in Sarasota, Florida for masturbating while secluded in a darkened adult theater.
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Jim Morrison Pardoned for indecent exposure

2010 City of Tampa Holiday Greetings

Thank You Ohio And Wisconsin

Republicans Scott Walker Of Wisconsin And John Kasich of Ohio
Espoused Opposition To Rail Expenditures And Declined To Use The Money For Rail.
So the The U.S. Department of Transportation with stunning swiftness redirected $342 million to Florida on Thursday to complete financing the construction of a high-speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando. Ohio and Wisconsin voters this is what you get when you elect shortsighted wing-nuts. Thanks for the money, we will put it to good use.
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I know what you are thinking, Florida just did the same thing. ie...Rick Scott.
Update: Scott won't commit to accepting federal money for high-speed rail.

The Suncoast Brotherhood 30th Annual Toy Run

Dec. 19, Noon, leaving from the K-Mart parking lot at U.S. 19 and S.R. 580 in Dunedin.
Sign-up begins at 10 a.m., and the police-escorted event begins at noon.
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El Puerto Restaurant and Grill

Ybor City

Saint Petersblog Gets A Capitol Press Corp Badge

Congratulations
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The Stogie Will No Longer Be Selling Stuff On Amazon

Stogie Does Not Use Visa Or Master Card. Until He Can Find A Replacement He Will Also Discontinue Using PayPal.
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Operation Payback

Birther And Gun Nut Luke Scott Of De Leon Springs

"(Obama) was not born here, That's my belief. I was born here. If someone accuses me of not being born here, I can go — within 10 minutes — to my filing cabinet and I can pick up my real birth certificate and I can go, 'See? Look! Here it is. Here it is.' The man has dodged everything. He dodges questions, he doesn't answer anything."......Luke Scott

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Fried Steak
With Red Beans And Rice
$5.99.......At Parrilla Y Carbon, 8904 N 56th St, Temple Terrace
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Tom
He Is From Michigan. Has Been Homeless Off And On For Over 15 Years.

Sierra Club Holiday Party

6:30pm Dec. 8, Tonight
Latam’s At Centro Asturiano
Ybor City
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Tampa Cops Go Green

Two specially trained bike officers will begin patrolling on two wheels instead of four in Drew Park on December 7, 2010.
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Block the Millionaire Bailout

Last night, President Obama announced that he's giving in to the GOP and extending the Bush tax breaks for the rich.
Sign The Petition

Call Representative Kathy Castor And Ask Her To Sign On.
Phone: 202-225-3376

Elizabeth Edwards

Rest In Peace
July 3, 1949 - December 7, 2010

How Sad To Die With A Broken Heart!

Stogie Recommends

The Road
Is a 2009 post-apocalyptic drama film directed by John Hillcoat and written by Joe Penhall. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning 2006 novel of the same name by American author Cormac McCarthy, the film stars Viggo Mortensen and Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and his son in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Great Si-Fi

Embarrassed Sarasota Voters

Republican Rep. Vern Buchanan
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (aka CREW) lists the 11 “most embarrassing re-elections of 2010,” naming Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Sarasota, among them and citing a long list of allegations of campaign finance violations as evidence.
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