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 
Wings
"We need to talk this through...(because) the days when people were 
It is no secret that the man named by Governor Charlie Crist to replace the quitter, Senator Mel Martinez, in the U.S. Congress, is a political hack, 
Today's entry addresses the issue of "splogging." Splogging is a word derived from the words "spam" and "blogging." It is the automated act of pulling content off of one site and posting it onto another to influence search engines........here
Join Hands Across The Hillsborough/Pinellas Line
Looks like right wing Attorney General Bill McCollum is one of those elected officials that President Obama was referring to last night who is engaging in "scor(ing) short-term political points......here
Readers, I've created an ActBlue account for those who, like me, wish to support Rob Miller, the gentleman who'll run against Joe Wilson (R-SC), that rude, miserable, badly-raised creature........here
In Miami, many condos might not be worth a million dollars anymore, but the views still are. Zip across the causeways that connect the mainland to Miami Beach and it's as if you're leaving your troubles behind.
Accent lamps, a decorative rug, travel to San Francisco and Cuba, office furniture and food. Those are some of the items bought by Tampa City Council members using discretionary money since taking office in April 2007.........here
Under his organization TBARTA demonstrated an uncanny willingness to engage in outreach (which even included guest commentary here at TR), which paid off in TBARTA developing its accomplished Transportation Master Plan, its initial start-up funding, and managing to smooth over a potential light rail political rift between Hillsborough County and the authority.......here
Tina Dupuy made a new video of the Tampa Tribune relenting to the pressure of the internet and agreeing to pay her for her op-ed "'Birthers' are clinging to unreasonable doubt.".........here
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