Saturday, February 14, 2009

Show Your Support For Random Pixels

Babalu's Val Prieto is taking Random Pixels to court for some satirical comments RP made about Babalu writers this week so I thought it would be a good opportunity for the South Florida blogging community to rally around and support one of our own..........here

Tampa's Streetcar Endowment Fund

With the endowment out of the picture - or at least relegated to a proper secondary supporting role, those who oppose the eventual and certain expansion of light rail throughout Hillsborough County will now have to find some other fake yard stick to judge by. For the rest of us, and those politicians who aren't run out of office, Tampa City takes rightful and proper stewardship over the best thing Tampa has ever done for itself in decades..........more

Statesman Charlie Crist

"I don't think he's helped any national Republican ambitions he may have by stepping up to the plate and batting for the other team. … There's a difference between working in a bipartisan way for the common good and switching sides and putting on the other team's jersey," said veteran Republican consultant Alex Castellanos........more
Baseball Game Or Country?

The Cinchett Family Of Tampa

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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Buddy The Worm

Commissioners say they won't be satisfied until they get a detailed accounting of where Johnson spent the money meant to run his office. "I want to know how those taxpayer dollars were spent," Commissioner Kevin Beckner said. "The taxpayers deserve to know and we need to know to bring closure to this.".........more

Tampa’s Mary Mulhern Calls Community Gardening Summit

Tampa City Councilwoman Mary Mulhern has an itch for a little civic green-thumbing. Mulhern has organized a community meeting for the hundreds of people she says have contacted her since she raised the idea of the city doing more community gardening.........more

Even In Florida, Homeless People Freeze To Death

A homeless man who spent the coldest night in six years wrapped in black garbage bags and huddled in a tent froze to death in Pompano Beach.........more

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Tampa Rapist Wayne Tompkins

A rapist convicted of murdering his girlfriend's teenage daughter 26 years ago is scheduled to be executed Wednesday night if no judges agree to reconsider his protestations of innocence........here

El Taconazo / The Taco Bus

When it comes to authentic Mexican food, I may have hit the goldmine moving to Tampa.........more

Friends Of Stogie

At Gaspars In Temple Terrace

Julio Osegueda Of Fort Myers, Florida

SEEKING HOMES FOR PAINTING

The Paint Your Heart Out Tampa Steering Committee is seeking qualified homes to paint for the upcoming 21st annual Paint Your Heart Out Tampa event scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2009........more

Stop The Green Swamp Trash Dump

Imagine a picturesque rural area lined with orange orchards, fields and the Green Swamp. Now add a 220-foot pile of trash that occupies 1,069 acres in the middle of that scene. It makes for a very unpleasant picture. But that’s exactly the scene that Angelo’s Aggregate Materials wants to bring to rural Pasco County.........more

In The New Gang Of Four, Higginbotham Is The New Blair

Incredibly, four of the seven commissioners — Jim Norman, Ken Hagan, Kevin White & Al Higginbotham — see the solution to our housing glut as MORE housing. And all the new strip malls and office buildings sitting around vacant? Yep, they want to see MORE of that commercial stuff built, too. And fast..........more

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Tampa Tribune Delivers Bibles to Subscribers

A local Tampa Bay newspaper distributed a copy of the New Testament along with its Saturday edition this past weekend as part of a national effort to deliver scriptures using a newspaper’s circulation........more

Dr. Neil Shaw: Hero in Hard Times

People Magazine featured Dr. Neil Shaw, chief medical officer and internal medicine specialist of Florida Veterinary Specialists (FVS), in their latest issue as a "Hero in Hard Times."..........more

Super Bowl Brawl: Christians Attack Mosque

Friends Of Stogie

Playing NTN

Tampa Preservation Is On Facebook

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Film: Mountaintop Removal and Kilowatt Hours

Tuesday Feb 10 07:00PM -- Tampa Pitcher Show
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

What Tracy Thinks Of The Environment

God made the earth, He owns it, and He sustains it. We are simply caretakers of this beautiful planet. As such, we should handle it carefully and respectfully, not unnecessarily destroying it or contaminating it. We should do our best to be good stewards of our beautiful home.......more

Pre-Game Superbowl Photos

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What to do in Tampa Bay after Super Bowl XLIII

Big Cat Rescue is an educational sanctuary is home to more than 100 exotic cats including newly rescued cougar, Sophia.