The Fourth Annual Pepper Fest

Spicy food lovers had the opportunity to sample some great barbecue. Vendors sold plants, crafts and other items. There was live music and even a pepper eating contest......here

The Tampa Tea Party

Is Ready To Mobilize

"TIME TO STOP THE TAKEOVER OF OUR COUNTY COMMISSION BY THE SIERRA CLUB AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS PUSHING THEIR 'SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT' AGENDA ."
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Floating Good Times, Ybor City

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Hang Out With Dee Layne And The Governor

Thursday, June 17th from 6:00 to 7:30 pm
At The Home Of John & Tracy Bales.
NO MINIMUM CONTRIBUTION REQUIRED.
PLEASE RSVP TO ME BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE IF YOU PLAN ON ATTENDING
Denise Layne 813-246-0485 - deelayne@verizon.net

Oil Spill Timeline

April 20, 2010, chaos struck on the Gulf of Mexico as a BP oil rig began to leak millions of gallons of oil into the Ocean; destroying sea life, birds and many local’s livelihood, as well as being declared as a National disaster by Barrack Obama – and now having a severe effect the price of oil throughout the world. We take a look at just what happened since that day, and how BP managed to cap the potential world crisis.

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Homemade Music Symposium In Ybor City

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Gulf Oil Spill: From Crisis To Solutions

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Why Did They Have To Kill The Gator?

Faculty and staff of Steward Middle School in Tampa, Florida, were surprised Monday morning by a seven-foot alligator that had wandered into the building over the weekend.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission
along with trappers caught the animal, removed it and euthanized it......here

New Horizon Beer

Tampa Bay Brewing Company and Florida Aquarium will be serving up a specially brewed beer on Friday to help the rehabilitation efforts for marine life affected by the oil leak along the Gulf coast......here

Congratulations Ariele

Chamberlain High School
Class Of 2010

Obama Responds To Tampa Taxi Shots

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Brian Blair To Fight Against New Tax Increase

Brian Blair, Republican candidate for the District 47 seat in the Florida House of Representatives, is making it clear that he is against raising the sales tax in Hillsborough County to support a new light rail system.......here

Charlie Crist And The Oil Spill

Florida Governor Charlie Crist and Jimmy Buffett walk along Pensacola Beach.

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Spill Drifting Toward Florida's West Coast

West Florida Continental Shelf forecast of surface trajectories for Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill. An arm of the oil slick appears to have exited the Loop Current and is drifting eastward aided by onshore winds. By June 3, oil is predicted to be 120 miles off the coast of Tampa Bay and Florida's west coast.

I Am Done With Bill Clinton!

Bill Clinton Was In Arkansas On Behalf Of Republican In Sheeps Clothing Blanche Lincoln Bashing Unions And Progressives.......here
It reminds me of all of the flaws of the sellout/DLC sponsored/triangulating ways of Bill Clinton.

Bill Halter - Democrat for U.S. Senate - Arkansas
The Democratic Wing Of The Democratic Party........Howard Dean

2010 Orlando Black Pride

St. Petersburg Cracking Down on Street Soliicitations

St. Petersburg has been nationally known for aggressive tactics against the homeless. Those acts included destroying the tents of homeless people. St. Petersburg is making an attempt to ban solicitations on road mediums. Panhandlers will not be the only people punished. Newspaper venders, charities and firefighers will be effected by the ban.......here

Oil Spill Vigil In Indian Rocks Beach

Tuesday, Jun. 8, 2010, at 7:00 PM
27th Ave. Beach Access in Indian Rocks Beach
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Gulf Oil Spill's Threat To Wildlife Turns Real

The wildlife apocalypse along the Gulf Coast that everyone has feared for weeks is fast becoming a terrible reality.
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Announcing The Fourth Annual Florida Netroots Awards

Nominations Now Open
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Idiots In The News

Republican Congressman Don Young
This is not an environmental disaster, and I will say that again and again."
- Congressman Don Young (R-Alaska) speaking about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.

A Tour of Ybor City

Ybor City takes its name from Vicente Martinez Ybor, who started things rolling with a cigarmaking business in 1850s Cuba. In 1885, after one Cuban revolution too many erupted, he bought 40 sandy acres near Tampa and turned it into the cigar capital of the world......here

St. Pete Police On The Job

St. Petersburg police arrested seven dancers, three managers, a customer and a DJ at the B2T Bikini Bar, 1101 First Ave. N., on Friday night. Undercover detectives said they saw dancers taking off their bikini tops and bottoms in violation of city code, along with drug use and prostitution.......here

Gulf Oil Spill Hits Florida Coast

It is now confirmed that the oil spill from the Deepwater Horizon oil rig is approaching the coast of Florida near Pensacola. It is around 10-15 miles away from the famous sugar white beaches. The oil is carried by winds and it is flowing towards Florida with thousands of tar balls......here

Tampa History Is Traced In Its Sandwich

Sometime between now and the Fourth of July, Andy Huse will try to make
the perfect Cuban sandwich......here

William Mitchell Granger in Venice, Louisiana

Seize BP Lousiana delegation - William Mitchell Granger from Seize BP on Vimeo.

Oil Slick Closing In on Florida Beaches

Forecasters said the oil would probably wash up on Florida's coast by Friday. The edge of the slick drifted within seven miles of Pensacola's beaches on Wednesday........here

Branches United Methodist Mission in Florida City

Arsonists caused the blaze that destroyed a century-old Florida City church and its new playground. Who did it and why, however, remain a mystery. Compounding the sense of loss, someone stole five laptops from the church's community center in the aftermath of the fire, said the Rev. Audrey Warren.......here

You Can Help These Folks Out.....Here

Seize BP Week of Action

Ft. Lauderdale
Saturday, June 5 at 1 p.m.
South Fort Lauderdale Beach Park on A1A
Orlando
Saturday, June 5, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Lake Eola Park
Tallahassee
Saturday, June 5 at 11 a.m.
Old Capitol (corner of Apalachee Pkwy and Monroe St)
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Redneck Yacht Club

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Sign The Petition To Ban Offshore Oil Drilling In Our State

Take Action to Protect the Hillsborough River!

Tonight the Temple Terrace City Council votes on whether to join Tampa in support of a strong county-wide EPC rule that will be in effect in those cities as well.
Attend TONIGHT's Temple Terrace City Council meeting,

Tuesday June 1 at 6 p.m. in Temple Terrace City Hall.

First Friday - Bicycle Night

First Friday Is A Free Monthly Celebration In Downtown Lakeland
June 4, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM.
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Join Team Tudor in Downtown Lakeland

Friday, June 4, 2010, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Munn Park, Lakeland
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Protest At BP Gas Station In Clearwater

Road Trip to Ybor City

Insanity can be defined as doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. Roxanne and I love photography, but lately we’ve been visiting a lot of the same areas. We are trying different techniques, but felt we needed to visit a place that was the polar opposite of the places we’d be shooting to get some inspiration and a change of pace. Therefore we decided to take a road trip to Ybor City.
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Ybor City, In The Middle Of 7th Avenue

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Dick Cheney's Katrina

Israeli Savages Stormed Aid Flotilla

Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, killing nine passengers in a botched raid that provoked international outrage and a diplomatic crisis......here

Raging Grannies Oil Spill Protest: "BP, You Suck!"

South Florida Raging Grannies protest the BP Gulf Oil Spill mess in this biting and darkly funny new song parody, "BP's Frigging' Drillin' Rigs".