We Will Take Your Money Anyway We Can
Friday, May 14, 2010
Got Transit?
Hillsborough Commissioners Okay Rail Tax ReferendumAfter a generation of political debate, Hillsborough County voters will finally get a chance to decide on commuter rail.......here
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Gov. Charlie Crist: Florida Tourism Already Hurt By Oil Spill
The oil slick has yet to reach the Florida coast, but Governor Charlie Crist says the state is still being hurt by the spill. He says businesses, especially those linked to tourism, are taking a hit. "I can tell you that from being in the Panhandle this weekend," said Crist at a news conference in St. Petersburg.......hereDrill Baby, Drill.
Ybor Blend From Ybor City Gold
Last weekend, I had enough coffee to get out of bed early and head over to the historic Ybor section of Tampa to check out the farmers’ market. In between the vegetable stands and handmade crafts, I hit gold, the stand for Ybor City Gold. I wanted to try all of their coffees, but I limited myself to just their Ybor Blend to start......here
Republicans Pick Tampa For 2012 Convention
"In greater Tampa Bay, I think the last count is around 56 different clubs that are adult-oriented."........Paul Allen, NightMoves Magazine Founder
Local Sprawlmeisters
The Wimauma Sprawl Project, Part 1 Was approved by the county commission today in a 5-2 vote. Al Higginbotham, Jim Norman, & Ken Hagan were joined by Kevin Beckner and Rose Ferlita, who were led down the garden path by our county planners at the Planning Commission......here
Thank you commissioners Mark Sharpe & Kevin White for voting against this horrible sprawl.
Whats up Mr. Beckner?
Republicans Hate Latinos
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Has signed a bill targeting a school district's ethnic studies program, hours after a report by United Nations human rights experts condemned the measure. State schools chief Tom Horne, who has pushed the bill for years, said he believes the Tucson school district's Mexican-American studies program teaches Latino students that they are oppressed by white people.......here
Rep. David Rivera: An Expensive Legislator
According to a report from El Nuevo Herald on Tuesday, the state of Florida reimbursed charter travel companies that fly to Cuba $364,000 in legal expenses . This means that we the taxpayers lost $364,000 because of the ignorance and demagoguery of state Rep. David Rivera.......here
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Steve Kmetko on Tampa's NBC affilate
Steve Kmetko visit's the set of WFLA's "Daytime" to promo the Tampa LGBT Film festival and New LGBT Website MyQmunity.com.
The Yes Men Fix the World
Free Film: Wednesday, May 12th, 8:30pmCafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Picadillo Yellow Rice And Plátanos
$5.99......At Latin Cafe, W. Cypress Street, In Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!
130 Cameras In Tampa Bay
Victor Prout and Nolan Browne Monitor video screens showing segments of roads in the bay area in the Florida Department of Transportation Traffic Management Center. The center watches 140 miles of Tampa Bay
area roads via 130 cameras.........here
Monday, May 10, 2010
4 Million Gallons And Growing, In The Gulf Of Mexico
I've been sick to my stomach over this for weeks now. What on earth have we done to ourselves? It's the economic recession all over again, except with oil instead of money as the object of greed, while wildlife, natural habitat, and indeed ultimately the economic livelihood of those who make their living either in the Gulf waters or on it's beaches will suffer mightily......The Spencerian Drill Baby, Drill
Carolina Pena And Isidro Rosario
In the pediatric intensive care unit at Tampa General Hospital, a badly beaten toddler improved from critical to serious condition.......here
Shark In Pickup Truck
The man who caught the shark seen in the back of a pickup truck this weekend has come forward. He's Josh Lipert of St. Petersburg, and he caught the shark off the St. Pete Pier around 2 o'clock Saturday morning........here
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Christopher Lloyd Q&A Tampa
Tampa Theater's Sunset Cinema
Showed Back to the Future in Sulfur Springs. Christopher Lloyd happened to be in town and came after the film to do a Q&A.
The Cigar Maker
Mark Carlos McGintyThe Cigar Maker is the story of a Cuban rebel who battles labor strife and vigilante violence in the Cigar Capital of the World, Tampa's Ybor City in the early 1900s. Based on true events and his family's history, McGinty's second novel celebrates family and culture in a city made famous by hand-rolled cigars and their connection to organized crime, violence and racism.
Ben Hedblom's Shoes
Were new when he started freshman year at Land O'Lakes High School. He's now a senior, and he's worn those same now-tattered sneakers for the past four years as part of a bet......here
The Cigar Trade In Ybor City
This woman began wrapping tobacco leaves into cigars when she was 16. In her prime, she could produce 400 hand-rolled cigars a day.here
Bill McCollum And The Gay Baptist Homophobe
Lies, lies, lies. So many lies that the mind reels and the stomach lurches, trying to keep up. The lies that have been told by Christian extremists in Florida to preserve the state’s archaic and cruel law prohibiting gay adoption should shame anyone who still supports it.......here
What Stogie Had For Dinner
Palomilla SteakWith Real Fried Rice (Not New York Style) And Platanos
$7.99.....At Arco Iris, On Columbus Dr. In West Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal? Eat Local!
Blobs Of Tar Washed Up On Alabama's White Sand Beaches
It could be at least a day before BP can make another attempt at putting a lid on a well spewing thousands of gallons of crude into the Gulf of Mexico.here
Drill Baby, Drill
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Ybor Art Studio
Ybor Art Studio, an Arts & Events Studio open to all types of artists. From artists, ceramics to belly dancing. You name it, they have it there.
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