Saturday, December 25, 2010

Is Dick Greco A Democrat?

During the past year, Greco has been quietly building a coalition of business, civic and political allies to back his bid, including GOP fundraiser and longtime friend Al Austin, philanthropist and businessman David Straz and John Sykes of Sykes Enterprises.

To run his campaign, Greco, a Democrat(?) who has supported Republicans, including Jeb Bush and George W. Bush, has also enlisted entrenched Republicans, presumably to siphon potential votes from Rose Ferlita, the only Republican in the nonpartisan race.

They include former state Rep. Trey Travesia, a conservative known for his anti-abortion stance, and Cameron Ross, who served as a campaign manager for Mike Prendergast, who lost a bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Tampa, in the Nov. 2 elections. Greg Truax, a Tampa-based Republican activist who worked on former Gov. Charlie Crist’s gubernatorial and congressional bids, is also working on Greco’s campaign.
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Friday, December 24, 2010

Kelly Benjamin For Tampa City Council

Today, the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections office validated a portion of the over 1000 petition signatures needed to nominate my name to appear on the ballot for the Tampa City Council, District 6. I could not have done this without the hard work and selfless dedication of several residents in District 6 who envision a new future and improved representation on the Tampa City Council.
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Vote Kelly

Happy Holidays From Mary Mulhern

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

Bess The Book Bus In Tampa



Bess the Book Bus

America's Worst Bosses

Tampa's Casanova Kevin White #25
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Retro Love Session – Ybor City

Kerri McConnell Photography

Villages For The Homeless

Today on BBC World Update, which will also be aired on NPR, Dan Damon presents a program on homelessness, which includes a segment on the proposed Tiger Bay Village, a pedestrian village for the homeless that would consolidate most of the two dozen homeless agencies in Volusia and Flagler counties and provide a permanent solution to adult homelessness. The county-owned land, already zoned for group homes, is next to an existing drug rehab center.

Michael E. Arth has donated his design services. An engineering firm has offered to do the civil engineering for free, and one person has offered to donate her entire estate for its funding.
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Tampa Bay Homeless

University of Tampa

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Hillsborough County’s Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service

Susan Ketterer lights a candle while Niyoka Zeigler recites one of the names of homeless men and women who died in 2010 during the Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County’s Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service on Tuesday at Joe Chillura Courthouse Square.
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88.5 WMNF Releases New Schedule

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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Octopus Ceviche
$4.95.....At El Oso Blanco, 3611 West Hillsborough Avenue, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
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Serf Living In Tampa

How Much Is Your Backyard Worth?

Friends Of Stogie

In Tampa

Americans Need Help

Yet We Get This....
Waste and fraud in US efforts to rebuild Afghanistan while fighting al Qaeda and the Taliban may have cost taxpayers billions of dollars.
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Why is it ok to squander our money on wars, but we can't help our own people? Oh wait, that would make us socialist.

Monday, December 20, 2010

Tampa's Mystery Monkey For Mayor

I’m a life-long primate who believes that the citizens of Tampa need to swing free of the norm and vote for orangachange in 2011. That’s why I am running for Mayor.
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Forget The Monkey, Stogie Recommends Ed Turanchik.

Spotlight Tampa - Bike Safety

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Thursday, December 16, 2010

Clay Duke For Vendetta

"My testament: Some people (the government sponsored media) will say I was evil, a monster (V) . . . no . . . I was just born poor in a country where the Wealthy manipulate, use, abuse, and economically enslave 95 percent of the population. Rich Republicans, Rich Democrats . . . same-same . . . rich . . . they take turns fleecing us . . . our few dollars . . . pyramiding the wealth for themselves.".....Clay Duke

What Stogie Had For Dinner

Bandeja Paisa

Red Beans, White Rice, Steak, Pork Rind, Fried Egg, Plantain, Chorizo, Arepa And Avacado.
$11.99.....At Parrilla Y Carbon, 8904 North 56th St, Temple Terrace
Eat Local!

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

WMNF Antenna Move

Because of a required tower construction project in January at our transmitter site in Riverview, WMNF will be operating at much lower power, reaching far fewer listeners. This work may cause us to be at low power for several weeks to a month or more.
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Republican Mark Sharpe

Mr. Sharpe, i thought you guys were for less government? I see the homeless everyday. I give them money, take their picture, and post them on this blog. I agree something has to be done.
But not what you are proposing.

"My question to Mark Sharpe and his supporters. Why is your solution to create more laws, criminalize more behavior, and increase the burden on an understaffed and underfunded police department, instead of looking to municipalities that have actually implemented programs that reduce costs and get the chronic homeless off the streets?".....Re/Creating Tampa

Stogie Recommends

Great Cast, Kate Hudson, Casey Affleck, Ethan Suplee, Christina Ricci, Brendan Sexton III, John Heard, Sara Gilbert, Peter Sarsgaard, Isidra Vega, and Lucinda Jenney. I know this film is 12 years old, if you have not seen it, you should.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Winston
He Is From Georgia. Has Been Homeless 4 Years.