In St. Pete
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Amtrak Ridership Increases On Route Through Tampa
Ridership continues to grow on Amtrak's Silver Star serving Tampa on its New York-Miami route, bucking nationwide projections of lower ridership because of the recession and a decline in gasoline prices..............more
Linda Saul-Sena Wants Tampa's Preservation Rules Bolstered
Saying not enough is being done to preserve Tampa's crumbling architectural legacy, a councilwoman wants the Iorio administration to get tougher with private property owners who allow historical buildings to deteriorate..........more
Kenneth G. Lopez Of Tampa, Florida
Beat a 2-year-old girl unconscious, causing her to stop breathing. He was arrested about 12:10 p.m. Sunday on one count of aggravated child abuse. Sometime between midnight and 5 a.m. Sunday, Lopez wrapped a white towel around the girl's arms and torso and also wrapped her in a blanket. He then struck her repeatedly..................here
Get Rid Of Gasparilla?
South Tampa residents are crying about Gasparilla. Over 30 people showed up at a meeting to complain about the day long invasion and parade..........here
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Red Snapper Yellow Rice And Salad
$8.99...........At Riverside Seafood Market, 6501 N 40th St Tampa
Monday, March 9, 2009
U2 At Raymond James Stadium
Fresh from their release of No Line on the Horizon and a week performing on Letterman, U2 has announced a world tour of stadium shows. U2tours.com says the band will play Tampa's Raymond James Stadium on Oct. 9.........here
Rick Baker And Kathleen Shanahan Chat At Atwater's
If Rick Baker is playing coy about political future, he wasn't too shy today when he met with Kathleen Shanahan, an uber-connected former chief of staff to Jeb Bush and Dick Cheney. Unsure of what the meeting was about, but Baker met with Shanahan at Atwater's, the popular restaurant in the heart of St. Pete's Midtown.........more
TampaArtist.com
Tampa Artist Inc. is a Fine Art Non-Profit organization that is dedicated to assisting and promoting local area artists through exhibitions/events and linking local Tampa artists to other artists in the Tampa and St. Pete community...........herehttp://www.cristinafernandez.us/
TECO Signs Contract to Purchase Solar Energy
Tampa Electric today announced that it has signed a contract to purchase solar power supplied by Energy 5.0’s Florida Solar I facility, a proposed 25-megawatt solar PV electric generating station, for a 25-year period beginning in 2011...........more
Gasparilla Festival of the Arts
This past weekend was the 39th Annual Gasparilla Festival of the Arts in downtown Tampa.........more
Hillsborough County’s own Rep. Rich Glorioso, and Rep. Faye Culp
For the 5th year in a row, Legislators have announced they will seek to abolish local control of wetlands permitting, especially by our Environmental Protection Commission. Who are this year’s lucky sponsors of the amendment/bill? Why Hillsborough County’s own Rep. Rich Glorioso, and Rep. Faye Culp............more
Cruising the Upper Tampa Bay Trail
Riding a bike on a cold day is never easy when you factor in wind chill. Today I dressed in a number of layers as I prepared myself for the 14.5 mile bike ride along the Upper Tampa By Trail...........more
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Slavery Alive and Well in Florida
Immokalee is the tomato capital of the United States. Between December and May, as much as 90 percent of the fresh domestic tomatoes we eat come from south Florida, and Immokalee is home to one of the area’s largest communities of farmworkers........more
Clearwater's Ban Of Mural
The city of Clearwater may have backed itself into a legal corner in its efforts to regulate a painting of fish........more
Skyway Jack's - St Petersburg, Florida
This is the restaurant that Cracker Barrel aspires to be, a down-home country kitchen with kitsch and outstanding breakfast fare...........here
Tampa Heights Sanitarium
Dr. Hiram J. Hampton owned and operated the Tampa Heights Sanitarium in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, advertising his services........hereLocal lore oft repeats the story that the Hamptons' backs are turned deliberately to the city.
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