The Hypocrisy Of Commissioner Sandy Murman

Patrons who buy time at internet sweepstakes cafés say they do it to escape boredom, make new friends and possibly win some money. But to Hillsborough County Commissioner Sandy Murman, the cafés are illegal gambling joints that need to be prohibited. Today, Murman will try to get fellow commissioners to support an ordinance to put them out of business altogether.
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Republicans are suppose to be pro-business. What about all the people these places employ?

Just what we need more people out of work.

Streets Of Tampa

How the rest of us live.

What Stogie Had For Dinner

All You Can Eat
Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
$4.99 At ABC Pizza, 13508 University Plaza St, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
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Tampa Terrorist Jared Cano

Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor said Jared Cano, threatened to plant a device at Freedom High School in north Tampa and discharge it on the first day of school Tuesday.
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They can't blame this on islam, hope they don't blame it on weed and malt liquor.

Back To School Bash

August 18, 10am - 2pm
Oaks at Riverview
110 East Kirby St. Tampa
More Info: Call Barbara Lee Thomas at 813.253.0551

The View From St. Petersburg

Finding Tampa

Norma Jeane, Bob and Tony

MLK and 301 in Tampa

Tampa Rally for Clean Air!

Wednesday, August 24 · 10:30am - 11:30am
Lykes Gaslight Park
N. Franklin St. & W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa
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Jon Stewart: Why Is the Media Ignoring Ron Paul?

They did the same thing in 2008. Out of all the candidates including Obama and Clinton, he was the only one telling the truth. Our own Samm Simpson was hammered for showing support. She was a candidate, i am only a blogger. Thanks Jon Stewart.

Ron Paul 2012

Dine Tampa Bay Restaurant Week

Friday, August 19 through Friday, September 2.
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Tampa Dentist Randall Diez Cures Hunger With Dentistry

I Got An E-Mail From Brian Blair

Trashing Kevin Beckner
“The citizens of Hillsborough County are tired of having their taxes raised every time another government experiment fails. Raising taxes in this bad economy makes
no sense and will be a further waste of taxpayer dollars.”......Brian Blair

He wants his peeps to join him on Monday, September 12 at the HARTline Budget public hearing in Ybor City.
Entire E-Mail at The Blair Watch Project

Where Tampa's Poor People Eat

Picadillo
With Black Beans and Rice
$3.99
Huracan, Corner of Sligh and Central in Tampa
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VM Ybor Neighborhood Association Kick-Off Event

Saturday, August 20th, from 5-7 pm
Join in the fun. Bring a dish to share, your beverage of choice and a lawn chair
and enjoy a great evening with friends and neighbors in our own backyard!!
1306 E. 15th Avenue.
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Shit In The Water At Sunset Point

The Pinellas County Health Department issued an advisory for the water at Sunset Beach in Tarpon Springs. The presence of enteric bacteria is an indication of fecal pollution.
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Dexter Passed Away Today

The kitten that lady up in Brooksville tried beating to death awhile back died today.
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Thank you PetLuv Spay Neuter Clinic for your hard work!

Wilana Joenel Frazier

A Large Gathering Of Pig Ignorant Crackers

In a metropolitan area reeling from the triple-whammies of the Bush Recession, the BP oil spill and the implementation of Tea Party Governor Rick Scott’s reverse-Robin Hood strategy, laid-off dollar store stockers are eager for any crumbs of good news. They thought they’d heard some when it was announced the GOP would hold its 2012 convention in Tampa.

The RNC Chairman implied the influx of Republicans from around the country would fill up our strip clubs, max out room rentals in our seedy hotels and drive traffic to our numerous buffet style, all-you-can-eat restaurants. It would be like FOUR SUPER BOWLS, he said.

Not so much, says PolitiFact.

"First off, there are more black players on a single NFL team then there are black Republicans in the entire country. A large gathering of pig ignorant crackers doesn’t compare to a sporting event watched by a billion people. And lastly, people actually give a shit about the Super Bowl. Nobody outside of Rotary Club meetings and Klan gatherings gives two fucks about who the GOP is going to offer up to get slaughtered by Obama on Election Day next.".......Hunter Gathers

Kathy Castor Is Tampa Bay's Voice In Congress

Kathy Castor is the U.S. Representative for Florida's 11th congressional district, serving since 2007.
She is a member of the Democratic Party.
The district covers most of the city of Tampa, most of south St. Petersburg, a small portion of unincorporated Hillsborough County, a small section of the city of Temple Terrace and a small section of Manatee County.
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Location Of Tampa Surveillance Cameras

The City of Tampa will be installing security cameras to oversee the Republican Convention next summer, but they won't say where they will go.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

One Dozen Raw Oysters
(Not from the Gulf)
$8.95 at Gaspar's Patio Bar & Grille, 8448 North 56th Street, Temple Terrace
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Right Wing Taking Aim At Hillsborough Commissioner Kevin Beckner

Five of the seven Hillsborough County Commission seats are up for election next year. But one race is already getting heavy attention from conservatives.
The early target: Kevin Beckner, one of just two Democrats on the board.
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"It's really very unfortunate the way they've started off the campaign season, not even attacking me on the issues, but personally.
It seems to there is an intention to attempt character assassination on me.".......Kevin Beckner
Kevin Beckner, Democrat, for Hillsborough County Commissioner, District 6.

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William's Auto Detailing

Broad St. and Florida Ave. in Tampa

Friends Of Stogie

At Gaspar's Patio in Temple Terrace

What Stogie Had For Breakfast

Eggs
With Homefries And Bacon.
$4.75 At Three Coins Diner, 7410 N Nebraska Ave, Tampa

How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?

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Drink Local

Drink Yuengling, Stogie's favorite. Help your neighbor keep his job. Made in Tampa. Why send your money to other countries. Guided Tours and Highlights.
Sample the Yuengling heritage for yourself at the brewery's biergarten.

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Homeless Heroes in Ybor

Godiva Chocolates, Nintendo GameBoys and Cashmere Sweaters

What Was Alan Gross Doing in Havana?
Since 1996, a small effort to stick our thumb in the island's eye developed with the formation of a "Cuba democracy program" within USAID to deliver "humanitarian aid" and "information" to "human rights and political activists" and families of dissidents. For years the democracy program's budget, about $2 million to start with, was funneled into grants to Cuban American groups in Miami that ostensibly used the money to somehow promote freedoms for Cubans still on the island.

Unfortunately, program funds were misused. A 2006 audit and investigation by the GAO highlighted taxpayer monies used to purchase Godiva chocolates, Nintendo GameBoys and cashmere sweaters. An alleged embezzlement scheme by another grantee was discovered in 2008, leading a member of the House to challenge USAID's annual program allocation, which had by then grown to $45 million per year. The agency agreed to more closely monitor its contractors, and soon after Alan Gross was hired via DAI to travel to Cuba.
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Help, end the war on the Cuban people, they are being held hostage by a small group of
Right-Wing Extremist in South Florida.
(Wearing Cashmere Sweaters, Eating Chocolate and playing Video Games.)
Stop The MCM.

MLK and Central Avenue in St. Petersburg 1946

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Best of the Bay - El Paraiso Cafe

Stogie Recommends
CL Best of the Bay
Best Cuban Food
Vote Here
4112 E 7th Ave, Tampa
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Why I Like Dr. No, Sometimes.

Ron Paul......
*Has voted against constitutional bans on same-sex marriage and flag burning,
believing in individual expression.
*During a GOP debate in South Carolina in May, Paul said that if a person wants to shoot up with heroin, it's that person's choice, and the federal government should stay out of it.
*Paul was one of only six Republicans to vote against giving President George W. Bush the authority to wage war in Iraq and has long bemoaned U.S. intervention overseas.
*Talking about the Cuban embargo, Paul said the U.S. policy has failed.
"If we wouldn't have had this embargo for 40 years, Castro would have been gone a long time ago,"
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I am not endorsing Mr. Paul and probably would never vote for him, but he is the only one that i see getting us out of the mess we are in. Ending the wars alone would help alot.

Where Did All Our Money Go?

Clinton left us a surplus, today we owe 14 Trillion. What the hell happend the last ten years?

(Wars, Banks and Wall Street Bail Outs, Tax Breaks for the Rich and Corporations?)
Why do we pay federal taxes?

Gaby For Mayor - Ladies Night Out

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