Bay Area Rallies To Fight Bullying

On Saturday, dozens of people marched through the streets of Ybor City against bullying. They chanted, "Stop the bullying, stop the hate," as they walked near Centro Ybor.
It was part of the "Pride on 7th" event, but this was the first time the anti-bullying rally was held.
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Seminole Heights Community Garden Is Two Years Old

Join us on Sunday, May 1st, 4-6pm at The Independent for Music, Food and our very first Seed Swap to celebrate Seminole Heights Community Garden's Second Birthday!
Thank you for making this all happen! We wouldn't be here without you!

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Microfunding Solutions For The Arts

Think Small to Think Big
Is the name given to a series of microfunding initiatives of Hampton Arts Management. These initiatives offer small dollar funding to fuel the development of the Tampa Bay arts community. Projects funded by this program are ambitious, exciting, experimental, risk-taking,
and relevant to contemporary trends in the National arts scene.
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Tanning In Florida

Tampa

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Philly Cheese Steak
With Fries
$5.95.....At Carolyn's Freaky Tiki, 1001 US 92 West, Seffner
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Larry Boswell's Farewell

At Gaspar's Patio In Temple Terrace
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Streets Of Tampa Bay

Nicole Sandler Arrested At A Allen West Townhall Meeting

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Nice Harley

With Red Bull

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Sleepy Vikings CD Release

Saturday at 9:00pm - Sunday at 1:00am
Crowbar
1812 N. 17th St. Ybor City
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Ybor City Building Projects Turn Tampa Bay Green

A group of developers in Ybor City are taking "green'' to the next level and making money doing it by building office complexes that save on energy costs and literally turn "green'' ideas into action — on a large scale.
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Via....Manny Potter

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Stew Beef
With Rice, Salad And A Can Of Pepsi
$5.95......Caribbean Crown, 4812 East Busch Boulevard, Tampa
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Florida CS/HB 1355

Think voting is too easy now? If you do, the Florida Legislature is on the case to make it much more difficult. If Republican leadership in the legislature has their way this will be Florida’s reality. A sweeping elections bill (CS/HB 1355) that is being fast-tracked through the GOP-controlled legislature would, if passed, trample democracy and impact Florida’s elections in devastating ways.
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Ron Paul's take on Cuba

"If we wouldn't have had this embargo for 40 years, Castro would have been gone a long time ago, history shows you're more likely to get rid of a dictator if you undermine his support by trading with him."
......U.S. Rep. Ron Paul

Fight For Florida: "First"

Florida Mayor Blames Atheists for World’s Problems

Mayor Sonny Nobles of Live Oak
"The main point is that if people around the world truly had God in their lives, there would not be any of the things that atheists point to in order to discredit a belief in the Almighty. God is caring and loving. He is not a mean God. If people were to turn toward God and not away from Him, there would be a heaven on earth.
God bless us all."
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WMNF Skate Party

May 1st, 5pm-8pm
Skate World in Town & Country
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Charlie Sheen Trumps The Donald In Tampa

Charlie said that a few years back he went to dinner with Trump and Donald told him “I like you, so I’m giving you this gift from Harry Winston.” It was a pair of silver and diamond cufflinks that Trump bragged was “worth $100,000.” Charlie was surprised and grateful and a few years later happened to have the cufflinks appraised. He was informed that the links were cubic zirconium and worth “about $60.”
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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Filet Salteado
With Moro and Yuca.
$8.95.....At Arco-Iris in West Tampa
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Tampa Homeless Speak

Interview with a few of the homeless people in Tampa.
Why they have become homeless along with some facts on homelessness in Hillsborough County, Florida.

Living Without Money

Wednesday, April 27 @ 8:30pm Free
Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Johnny

He is from Jacksonville. He has been homeless 4 months.

Tampa Bay Homeless

TTL Legends

Marla and Mike
Temple Terrace

Easter At The Taco Bus

Grilled Shrimp
With Rice And Salad, $7.50
Taco Bus
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Local Right Winger

In Tampa

Green Thumb Festival

Walter Fuller Park
7891 26th Avenue N., St. Pete
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Making The World Safe for Hypocrisy

Making the World Safe For Hypocrisy
Is a chronology of the largely suppressed history of the United States. It is the history that good upstanding Americans are not supposed to know. Almost everything you read here is based on publicly available information and most historians know all about it. And yet they remain strangely silent, allowing the fantasyland, propagandized version of American history and the fatuous pseudo-patriotic nonsense spewed by politicians and the mass media to stand unchallenged.
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Via....Cuba Journal

Stogie's Favorite, Howard Zinn's
A People's History of the United States

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Shrimp With Lobster Sauce
With Fried Rice, Egg Roll or Drink.
$4.95.....At Wok & Roll, 2802 West Kennedy Boulevard Tampa
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What Happen To Tampa's Back Door Ways?

Does Anyone Know?
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I Googled it. And found this.
She is an old friend and the Stogie is worried.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless Living In Tampa

Tampa Bay Homeless

Happy Earth Day

Check Out Stogie's Pepper Plant

Help The Hintons

Benefit For Jeff Hinton And Family
Jeff Hinton was driving his tow truck and was hit by some one who was under the unfluence. He is the only source of income in his household and his wife Val and four kids, Dana, Aaliah, Dillon, and Ashton.
They need our help!

Sunday, May 1 · 12:00am - 3:00am
Lenny's Bar Parking lot 718 W MLK Blvd, Seffner
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You can also contact Jackie at 352-650-6329 or Jackson at 813-420-4065 to donate to the family or stop by Ascension Auto at 4612 N. Lois Ave in Tampa.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Lisa
She is from Georgia. She has been homeless 2 years.
Tampa Bay Homeless

Sleepy Vikings Publicly Plea For Publicity

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The Hardrick Rivers Revue

Natchitoches, La.
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Stogie Loves The Blues. Whats Up Pop?
Roques Blues Hall
Keeping The Blues Alive Since 1938.

Hotel Floridan

Finding Tampa

Sheriff David Gee

Please help me understand.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless Living In Tampa

Tampa Bay Homeless

A HART Of Green

In celebration of Earth Day on Friday, April 22, HART is offering FREE rides on HART routes with a buddy! Make a friend, catch a ride and go GREEN! Promotion excludes HARTplus and Streetcar services,
and is valid ONLY on April 22.
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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Raw Marrakesh
$8.00.......At Grass Root Organic Restaurant, Florida Ave and Columbus Dr in Tampa
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The Gulf One Year Later

Exclusive Photos
Florida won't join oil spill suit against Transocean.
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BP Still Being Awarded Lucrative Government Contracts.
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BP Rewarded For Polluting The Gulf.
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Seven out of 10 Braindead Americans favor more oil drilling.
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HART Riders

Meet David

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Joe
He is from Virginia.
Tampa Bay Homeless

What Stogie Had For Breakfast

Eggs
With Sausage and Home Fries
$4.50.......At Three Coins Diner, 7410 North Nebraska Avenue, Tampa
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Pay Your Taxes? These 10 Companies Didn't

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Tampa Police Use Force to Detain Peaceful Protester

On April 18th, Tax Day, Tampa residents protested in front of Bank of America for getting away without paying taxes in 2009. One protester, Kathy Mosley, was forcefully detained by an undercover Tampa police officer for reasons unknown. Kathy was a responder for 9/11 and is disabled. She was later released after being cited for trespassing. This is a video of that incident.