Tampa Students Get A Lesson

In The Dangers Of Distracted Driving

With a national summit and a bill in the Florida House, distracted driving is becoming a major issue in the United States as well as in our home state of Florida.......here

Local Artist

Cristina Fernandez

WMNF Needs Our Help

Fall Fund Drive
T-Shirt Above Only 80 Bucs

Florida Licans’ Double-Dipping

Retirement double-dipping is one of the nastiest little frauds Florida “public servants” pull on taxpayers. It’s legal because Republicans — who dominate state government here — have made it so. Republicans apparently took their party’s name from the slang word “lican,” a bowdlerization of “licking,”
because they love to stick their faces in the public trough and

lick, lick, lick up taxpayers’ money for themselves and their rich cronies........Roblimo

The Shit That Bubbled To The Top Of The County’s Cesspool

As if giving double digit raises in an economic crisis to some of her faves wasn’t infuriating enough to taxpayers, it was recently revealed that County Administrator Pat Bean took an “award” herself........here

Tampa Pier: 1900

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Miami Bloggers Carlos And Bill

Bill Cooke of Random Pixels prides himself on being a ballsy blogger. A blogger who is not afraid to speak his mind or stand up to the powers that be, including The Miami Herald.........Carlos Miller

Once again Carlos, you are wrong. Instead of assuming stuff, why not email me and ask why I moderate comments...........Bill Cooke

Landmark Christian School Of Haines City, Florida

I read these letters today, and I just wanted to cry. I realize Central Florida is very much a fundamentalist area, but this was a painful reminder indeed.......here

Tampa Fire Rescue's New Fireboat

Tampa Daily Photo

Remembering Ralph Hughes

At commission meetings, Mr. Hughes used hand signals to let commissioners know how he wanted them to vote.......Jim Hosler

Why I Support WMNF

The Empire State Building

Is lit in red and yellow to honor The Stogie

4th Annual Love Shouldn't Hurt Motorcycle Ride

October 11th - 8 a.m.
Cost: $25 per rider with first two hundred registered receiving "Love Shouldn't Hurt" T-shirt and Commemorative Patch. Come and enjoy good food,
music and lots of fun activities at every stop along the way.......here

The Spring of Tampa Bay

Local Artist

Leigh Humes

Rachel Maddow Chats With Howard Dean

ConservaDems Vote AGAINST the American People Today!

Creative Loafing Looking For Its Missing Box

Reward Offered

Any information succesfully leading to the “recovery” of the missing box will result in a free Bites certificate from our CL Deals store. That’s right, a $30 meal on us........here

2009 Florida Netroots Awards Finalists

Local Congratulations

madfloridian - Out in Left Field - The Buzz - Hillsborough County GLBTA Caucus - The O-Train The Ruthington Post - Saint Petersblog 2.0

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Good Luck!

Why Stogie Lives Here

Sunset Beach
Don McBride of St. Petersburg
No Oil Wells, No Tarballs!

Is Kathleen Ford A Racist?

A recent newspaper story depicting mayoral candidate Kathleen Ford as a racist has caused quite a stir in some black neighborhoods........here

"Kathleen Ford is not a racist and to try to paint her as a racist is unfortunate on the part of the people who are trying to do that. She shouldn't have to defend something stupid Gypsy wrote. Just because Gypsy says she is racist doesn't mean she is a racist.".....Ray Tampa, president of the St. Petersburg NAACP

Bicycle Bash by the Bay

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Florida Museum of Natural History

This fall, travel into the rainforest at the Florida Museum of Natural History with
Amazon Voyage: Vicious Fishes and Other Riches
Oct. 3 - Jan. 17, 2010......here

Twelve Hours In A City

Joe and Clark
Visit Tampa

Radical Cheerleaders At Baywalk

Tampa Artist: Jett Jones

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Vote: 2009 Florida Netroots Awards

Best National Blog

Mad Floridian - Pushing Rope
Vote Local

6003 Otis Ave Is Not Just An Address In Seminole Heights

Tampa Bay Harvest Is On Verge Of Going Broke

Tampa Bay Harvest gathers 3 million pounds of food a year in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties — good food that's not quite fresh enough for businesses to serve to paying customers........here
Tampa Bay Harvest

Special Interview with B. Brian Blair!

Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County

I Ran Into A Young Woman Named Margaret,

The Speakers Bureau Coordinator for the Homeless Coalition of Hillsborough County. She had recently attended a Share our Compassion Tour at the Crisis Center and now knew about the services we provide to over 151,000 people in the Tampa Bay community each year.........here

Brews By The Bay

Will Florida Be America’s Shining Example

That 21st Century Rail Can Work?

If high speed rail is ever going to have a chance of taking root in the US, we’re going need to need a working example that makes everybody jealous........here

Friends Of Stogie

Julie And Jay

Da Bulls!

USF 17 - Florida State 7

City of Tampa Fire Station Number 8

Tampa Daily Photo

Free Shot Clinic for Hillsborough County Residents

The Humane Society of Tampa Bay will be offering a Free Shot Clinic on September 26th (Today). Shots are available to Hillsborough County residents only, and are available for the first 1,000 animals.......here

Regarding Drilling In The Gulf Of Mexico

CL: Best Of The Bay

Rebekah Pulley
Best Local Singer/Songwriter

Angela Rouson - "Fishing with Mom"

Friends Of Stogie

The 3 Richards

Tampa International Airport To Sell Flu Vaccines

As of Oct. 1 the airport will open kiosks delivering the antiserum for the virus. The kiosks will administer inoculations through Nov. 30. Shots will cost $35 each.......here

Stone-Mart Donating $15k Worth of Tile

To Habitat For Humanity Of Hillsborough County

Stone-Mart is the largest natural stone importer and distributor located in Tampa, Florida........here

Jim Davis For Mayor Of Tampa

“I’m not ruling it out.”.......Jim Davis

This Man Wants To Be Our Governor

New Urban Cowboy: Toward a New Pedestrianism
Trailer for inspiring documentary about New Urbanism focusing on the work of artist turned real estate developer Michael E. Arth and his vision of "New Pedestrianism."
The odds against him -- a stranger in a new town -- Arth transformed a crime-infested run-down DeLand, Florida neighborhood into a model for his vision of a walkable new town.

michaelearth.org

Tampa Bay Frugalistas

Deal Divas Blogging Live At Tampa Bay Fashion Week!
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How To Get A Scumbag (e.g., Kevin White) Out Of Office

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.
That he has cost the county nearly a million bucks is what voters should be appalled at.
more

Michael E. Arth, (Real) Democrat, For Florida Governor

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Local Blogger Alex Pickett At The G20 In Pittsburgh

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

6003 Otis Avenue in Seminole Heights

The city will do nothing to help out our neighborhood. This is our last hope.......here

CSI: Tampa

Here

Kevin White Owes Us $278,000

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

Hillsborough County Should Pimp Him Out To Pay Off His Debt. Ladies Any Takers?
No Offence To His Hot Wife.