White’s determination to stay on the commission (and to seek reelection next year) demonstrates his arrogance, selfishness, and his view that his constituents are too dumb to send him packing. His self-serving nature is bad enough. 
If you haven’t seen any news reports about the G20 conference in Pittsburgh yet, chances are by the end of the week you will. Since the press are not allowed in the actual G20 conference meetings, I’ve come to Pittsburgh to report on the latter group. For the next four or five days, I’ll follow the protesters, interview some, avoid heavy-handed police tactics and hopefully make sense of it all........here
The city will do nothing to help out our neighborhood. This is our last hope.......here
A federal judge ruled that Commissioner White and Hillsborough County were jointly liable in the case. What remains unclear is whether White plans to pay any of the settlement.......here
Miami Herald blogger Natalie McNeal 
You Guys Do Suck, You Always Have! 
Margaret Barthel was cited with 10 counts of animal cruelty. But the group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says that doesn't go far enough..........here
Florida's public alligator hunt is underway, and the nighttime pursuit of trophy-sized specimens in the muggy marshlands is challenging and often unproductive.....here
“Dinosaurs are mentioned in Job, so I don’t have any problem believing that dinosaurs roamed the earth,’’ says St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Bill Foster. He says he believes dinosaurs and humans lived at the same time, though most scientists say there is a gap of at least 60 million years between dinosaurs and mankind.......here
Saturday, October 3; 8 p.m. – Midnight.
LOVE'N IT IN FLORIDA
Florida local governments are trying to find new revenues as tax collections decline, but hopefully Tarpon Springs is not so desperate for cash that it will install red light cameras and issue expensive tickets to residents and visitors just to shore up the city budget.......here
Since 2003, Wheels of Success has refurbished 280 donated cars for low-income individuals and families and helped another 280 clients with vehicle-related services.......here
Howard Dean, minced no words about Sen. Max Baucus's healthcare proposal, unveiled to the public this morning. "The Baucus bill is the worst piece of healthcare legislation I've seen in 30 years," Dean said last night at a healthcare town hall and book signing in Washington. 
I procured (with great difficulty, no doubt) Kenneth Quinnell to tell us what the Florida Democratic Party Netroots Awards was all about. Quinnell is the creator of the Netroots awards in the state of Florida and is also the recording secretary for the Florida Democratic Party Netroots Coalition........here
Catherine Durkin Robinson
Think of the famous bins in history: "Bin and Jerry's." "Bin Franklin." "Bin Hur."
Mayor Pam Iorio announced this morning that Police Chief Stephen Hogue is retiring and named Assistant Chief Jane Castor as the city's first female Police Chief.........here
Welcome to another edition of “Can Hillsborough County Commissioners successfully preserve ‘preserved’ land?” Which, as it has unfolded, has actually turned into “Can Hillsborough County citizens successfully save publicly owned preserved land from the Hillsborough County Commission?”.......here
WHEN: Tuesday, September 15, 7 – 10 p.m.
The circus continues as Hillsborough County 
