Monday, October 26, 2009

What Stogie Had For Lunch

15 Fried Shrimp
With Beef Fried Rice
$6.45.......At Top China 13306 Telecom Dr. In Temple Terrace

How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local

Fake Deer In The Woods

Shady Hills - Pasco County

Tampa Bay Water Is Overpaying Consultants

Tampa Bay Water recently voted to hire KPMG consultants for nearly $1 million to help hire contractors who will repair cracks in a reservoir. The utility’s board wants to get the best contractors for its money to complete the $125 million repairs to the C.W. Bill Young Regional Reservoir in Hillsborough County — but it approved an appalling $908,500 just for consultants........here

A Note To My Right Wing Friends

At this point, you don’t have the capability of winning this debate.
The facts aren’t on your side. Reality isn’t on your side. Continuing to push this argument can’t benefit you. All it does is waste your time, preventing you from learning what’s really going on here in the real world, as opposed to FoxLand.......here

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Scientist Says Bay Area Coastline Could Disappear

It may sound alarmist to some, but one scientist says enjoy Clearwater Beach now, because by 2100 it may no longer be there.......here

Friends Of Stogie

In Tampa

Buccaneer Fans Are A Bunch Of Dummies

Raheem The Dream has told a British newspaper that Bucs fans aren’t as smart as they need to be. You see, Rah says the typical Bucs fan just doesn’t get that that the Bucs are not a frugal club. The Glazers and the Bucs just spend smart, Rah says, and you fans can’t grasp the concept.......here

Memorial Service for the Constitution

A memorial will be held in St. Petersburg at 151 2nd ave N at the Baywalk entertainment complex on
October 30th, 2009 at 8:30pm.
A short funeral procession will follow. Everyone who knew the constitution is invited to participate. We are asking all participants to dress in black attire. For more info, send email.

dina@stpeteforpeace.org

HNIC: One White Guy's Opinion

At a recent press conference, Seville Brown, Deveron Gibbons and other prominent members of the African American community expressed their outrage at Kathleen Ford's reference to Dr. Goliath Davis as the HNIC.......here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Meatloaf
With Moro And Green Beans
$5.99......At Rosa's On MLK In Drew Park, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?

Friday, October 23, 2009

Largest Solar Panel Plant In US Rises In Florida

Acres of open land filled with solar panels is seen in a Wednesday, Oct. 21 2009 photo, at the DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center in Ardacia, Fla., which will be the nation's largest solar photovoltaic plant in the country.......here

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Jon Gosselin Is Being Laughed At All Over Florida

Appearance Fee Baffles Tampa’s MJ Morning Show
The reality starring Octodad is hoping to clock some cash to feed his brood by keeping an active social calendar filled with public appearances – but you’d better believe Jon’s time don’t come cheap........here

Orlando Peace March A Bust

Nobel Peace Prize Winner Obama
Is dragging this country into a calamity of years of violence, death and destruction at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars in Afghanistan and Pakistan and only 65 people showed at the statewide march “to end the war economy” at the University of Central Florida Research Park........here

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

The Florida Brownfields Association

here

Friends Of Stogie

In Tampa

The Rick Baker Song

here

Jeff Danner Dodges The Truth



Jeff Danner is cornered by peace group activists and Christina Sylva of the St. Petersburg Times.

The Florida Whig Party

Two more Modern Whig Party members have announced a run for Congress in Florida. Paul McKain announced his months ago, and now Clayton Schock and John Annarumma are running in Florida’s 20th and 3rd congressional districts, respectively.......here

HART - Hillsborough Area Regional Transit

Solar Powered Bus Stop Shelter

Monday, October 19, 2009

Free Stogie T-Shirt To Local Bloggers

XL Only
Please Send Blog Name And Mailing Address
To. contact@yborcitystogie.com

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Pat Bean, Renee Lee And Kevin White

Neighborhood Activist George Niemann
Has filed complaints with the Florida Ethics Commission against three Hillsborough County officials. "What I've charged in all three circumstances is that they've used the power of their official office to gain benefits that they weren't otherwise entitled to," said Niemann, a board member for the United Citizens' Action Network.......here
Let's Not Forget Buddy Johnson!

What Stogie Had For Breakfast

2 Eggs With Home Fries And Bacon
$4.95......3 Coins Diner In Seminole Heights

Friends Of Stogie

In Tampa

Glenn Beck Cultist Gather Outside St. Petersburg Times

More than 100 protesters marched outside the entrance to the main office of the St. Petersburg Times Saturday morning, accusing the newspaper and the media in general of biased reporting on conservative positions on issues such as health care reform and government spending.......here

Saturday, October 17, 2009

St. Petersburg Police At Its Finest

A Frame-By-Frame Account Of The Brawl At City Hall
here

St Pete City Council: They Privatize - We Protest



After the St Pete city council sold out the people and voted to privatize the sidewalk in front of the Baywalk shopping mall, protesters let city officials and Baywalk know what they thought about their attempts to stomp on the First Amendment.

Antonio Arementero Moreno of Tampa

Was arrested Wednesday and charged with Sexual Battery on a Child Older Than 12 and Lewd and Lascivious Molestation on a Child Older Than 12........here

Skywatch Friday

Tampa Daily Photo

Friday, October 16, 2009

The Florida Politburo

Party chair Karen Thurman stopped me from speaking at the convention. At the reception on the first night she blocked me from the microphone and said, “I'm not going to let you do that because I want to focus our resources on one person.” .......here

On the first day my $500 table happened to be in the best location at the convention –– at the terminating vista of the reception hall. When my delegates and I returned the next morning, we found that
FDP officials had put all of my campaign materials in storage and I had been assigned to a barren and distant room at the opposite end of the convention center.

Florida’s First Earthship Sails Toward Completion

Tampa's Jesus Corner

Columbus Dr And 5oth Street

What Stogie Had For Lunch

BBQ Beef Plate
With Potato Salad And BBQ Beans
$7.95.......Wholly Smokes BBQ , 6803 N Armenia Ave, Tampa

City Of Tampa Revenue Collectors

On The Job!

Florida’s Democratic Party Is Not Democratic at All

Farid Khavari, A Democratic Candidate For Florida Governor
Observers and even pundits might think Khavari would be a featured speaker at Florida’s statewide Democratic Convention, but they would think wrong. Hundreds of delegates to last week’s convention in Orlando were surprised to learn that Khavari and six other candidates were running for governor.
“State Chairperson Karen Thurman chose Alex Sink several months ago to be the anointed candidate for governor.........here

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Protest at Baywalk Friday

Democracy and the First Amendment were dealt a temporary blow, as the St. Pete city council voted to privatize the sidewalk in front of Baywalk.
Council member Herb Polson flip-flopped and cast the deciding vote.......here

Florida Teen Set on Fire

Habitat Hillsborough Garage Sale

NOV. 7th - 7 am to 1 pm
3736 E. Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa

The City Council Is Full Of Shit



A fight broke out during a city hall meeting Thursday, leading to the arrest of two men.......here

Kate's Near-Naked Support For USF And Boobies

I’ll be walking for the Komen Foundation on Sunday, October 25th in memory of a beloved cousin who died fighting this dreaded disease........here

Kate's Got Some Nice Boobies. Where Are The Other Ladies?
Litbrit, Vox, madfloridian, Mariella, Kelly Cornelius

Boobie Thon

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Jordan Valdez: Florida Bright Futures Scholarship

Parents Of Jordan Valdez Seek Sentencing Support

The parents of Davis Islands teenager Jordan Valdez say their daughter deserves to lose her driver's license and perform community service for leaving the scene of a fatal crash, but argue that adult sanctions would threaten her academic future......here
"It is unfortunate that the media spun this into a class issue, but the truth now is that Jordan is absolutely not being treated fairly because the media (have) made it so,"........Robert and Kimberly Valdez
"If my only daughter had ever came to me and told me she had hit someone with her car my reaction would of been to grab her my the hand and return to the scene"..........The Stogie
"I find it ironic that she earned the scholarship, She also earned a 30-year prison sentence. As much as Jordan deserves a scholarship, Melissa didn't deserve to die."........Lisa Mott

The Abuse Continues At Florida's Dozier School

When the group of men who call themselves The White House Boys
Gathered last year at the school for a long overdue reunion....they did not know that there was still abuse going on there. They witnessed the sealing of the infamous building called The White House.......here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Gumbo And Fish Sandwich
$5.oo......At Mid Peninsula Seafood Market & Restaurant. 400 49th St. S, St.Pete
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?

Going Green

Linebaugh Ave And Anderson Rd. In Tampa

WMNF: The Best Little Radio Station Around

WMNFTHIRTY - a quick look from Tripp Williams on Vimeo.

WMNFTHIRTY is a documentary project showcasing WMNF 88.5, a noncommercial community radio station broadcasting in Tampa, Florida. WMNF is celebrating their 30th year on-air, and WMNFTHIRTY is a collection of interviews detailing the history and future of the best little radio station around!

Rob Lorei Chats With Jim Hightower

here

Healthcare Not Warfare March In Orlando

While more than 18,000 Americans die annually for lack of healthcare services, the United States alots more than $600 billion dollars for military spending each year. Orlando’s Research Park is home to four of the top 10 recipients of tax payer dollars via the United States ’ bloated military budget......here

Mark Weaver

Night of the Living Dead Trailer - Jobsite Theater, Tampa

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Bicycle Bash by the Bay 2009 — A Tour in Photographs

For those of us in the Tampa Bay area, another Bicycle Bash has come and gone. This year’s Bicycle Bash by the Bay was in a new venue (Straub Park in downtown St. Petersburg), had some new sponsors and was even better-attended than previous years. It was a celebration of pure bikie love under the trees!.......here

The Ladies At The Green Parrot In Tampa

here

Another Kooky Christian Billboard

US 19 In Palm Harbor

I Love Black People

In Seminole

Our Fearless Hillsborough County Commissioners

Al Higginbotham, Mark Sharpe, Ken Hagan and Kevin White

In a 4-3 vote Tuesday morning, Hillsborough County commissioners rejected plans for a tent city in the eastern part of the county. "Hillsborough Cares" would have been modeled after Pinellas Hope, a Catholic Charities-sponsored tent city near Pinellas Park........here

Thank You, Kevin Beckner, Rose Ferlita and Jim Norman!
Residents Of East Lake Park, Shame On You!

I Hope You Guys Don't Need A Place To Stay Someday.

Why Is Kevin White Still Speaking? Nobody Cares What He Has To Say!

Sunshine Skyway Bridge Bodies

Monday, October 12, 2009

Hazards Of Living In Florida

In Tampa

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Assorted Sushi
$10.....At China 1, 2772 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa

Happy Native American Day

Perhaps It’s Time The Mail Be Delivered On Columbus Day.

The information that Columbus wanted most was: Where is the gold? In fact, what began were
systemic abuse, rape, enslavement, and genocide of the native populations
of the American continent
that, sadly, bitterly, characterizes much more what Columbus Day actually represents than discovery........here

Sunday, October 11, 2009

U.S. Contracts Meant For Small Businesses In Florida

Often Go To Huge Companies
What do Dell Computer, General Electric and Boeing have in common? These massive corporations were all counted as ``small businesses'' doing work in Florida last year. The three firms -- along with a dozen other billion-dollar companies -- soaked up at least $76 million in federal contracts that were recorded as going to small businesses during fiscal year 2008........here

Todd Schnitt aka MJ Kelli vs. Bubba The Love Sponge aka Todd Clem

Law Suit Rages On In Tampa,
Bubba Listener Megan Vincent Arrested In MJ Road Rage Incident.......here