Saturday May 29th At 10:30 In Downtown Tampa
The Stogie Has Joined The Ranks Of The Unemployed.
I'm not what you would call an optimist. But I just moved to Tampa, Florida, and I'm feeling, for me, fairly upbeat. Two factors are putting me on the sunny side of the state. First, let's be honest, when you're at or near the bottom, there's not much to do but improve. Lately all the news seems bad. Consider this.......here
Just stopped by the Pinellas Supervisor of Elections office to check on the voter registration status of Charlie Crist. As of this morning, he’s still a registered Republican, despite public statements to the contrary.......here
Campaign Kick Off Event
Hillsborough Commissioners Okay Rail Tax Referendum
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.......here
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
"In greater Tampa Bay, I think the last count is around 56 different clubs that are 
The Wimauma Sprawl Project, Part 1 
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer 
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
Free Film: Wednesday, May 12th, 8:30pm
Picadillo 
Victor Prout and Nolan Browne 
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 
In the pediatric intensive care unit at Tampa General Hospital, 
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
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.
Mark Carlos McGinty
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
This woman began wrapping tobacco leaves into cigars when she was 16. In her prime, she could produce 400 hand-rolled cigars a day.
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
Palomilla Steak
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.
