Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Chris
He is 18 years old. He sleeps with friends at night. He is a panhandler doing the day.

He is from North Carolina.
Tampa Bay Homeless

Friends Of Stogie

Marla and Tony at
Salute Sports Bar and Grill
11238 Boyette Road, Riverview
Streets Of Tampa Bay

Save the Hillsborough County Voucher Program

Tell The GOP Where To Go!

Florida Police Leave The Republican Party In Mass Exodus
Rick Scott is so unpopular that he has caused the Broward County Police Benevolent Association to leave the Republican Party en mass, and they are encouraging other Floridians to do the same. They are so outraged that on July 16, the union will be holding a “Party to Leave The Party” event.
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Wilana Joenel Frazier of Brooksville

Children as young as 10 years old say they watched her beat two kittens with a baseball bat before she and her two children kicked them numerous times. Once one of the animals appeared to have died, the body was thrown in a trash receptacle while one of the children poured water over it.
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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Antipasto
Lettuce, tomato, green peppers, onion, mushrooms, ham, salami, pepperoni, mortadella, cheeses and olives.
$6.95....At Stephanno's Pizza, 6607 N Florida Ave in Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!

Riverview Honorary Mayor's Race

The Candidates:
Gabrielle Perham, Stuart Mackey and Lisa Kennedy

The Stogie Recommends:
Gabrielle Perham, her charity is the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
The Stogie remembers great times at the Ybor City Boys Club when he was a boy.
Other famous fans Denzel Washington, George Lopez, Ron Howard, Jon Bon Jovi, Michael Jordan....more

Florida Living 2011

Tampa, Florida

Florida In The News

Florida: Targeting The Poor, Refusing To Protect Children
Feministe
Florida Doctors Fight Back Against Gun Lobby Gag Law
Huffington Post
Florida Activists Are Pushing Back Against Gov. Rick Scott And His Crazy Agenda
Crooks And Liars
Florida Awakes
Suburban Guerrilla

There is a price to pay for voter apathy.
“I think that what’s happened during the last election was that everybody got a little comfortable and didn’t think that their voice or their vote was that important, and that’s gotta change.”.......St. Pete resident Kirsten Peck

Tomboy Tools Fundraising Event

This Saturday, June 11th!
The Women Build Team is hosting a Tomboy Tools fundraiser this Saturday! Betsy Lieberman, a local Tomboy Tools consultant, will have a booth at Habitat Hillsborough, located at 3736 E. Hillsborough Ave., Tampa, so you can try out tools before you buy! A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Women Build House.
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Homeless Living

In Tampa
Tampa Bay Homeless

Spotlight Tampa - Bike to Work Day

Cyber War Against The City Of Orlando

It seems the City of Orlando has ticked off the wrong people. The group Peoples Liberation Front says it will take Orlando's official website offline at 10 a.m. Friday morning. But this nonviolent resistance is just a warning shot: they'll put the site back up at noon, but they promise next time they won't be so facilitating.
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More Tampa Tribune Mailers

From Holy Taco

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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Oven Baked Spaghetti
with Italian Sausage and Garlic Knots
$7.25.....At Stephanno's Pizza, 6607 N Florida Ave, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!

6th Annual WMNF Americana Fest

A show case of Florida’s best young Americana bands.
Saturday Jul 9, 4:00PM
Skipper's Smokehouse - Tampa
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Patrick Murphy for Congress

Democrat Murphy Launches Online Ad Campaign Targeting Tea Party Darling Allen West.
murphyforcongress.us

GOP Attacks Peter Schorsch

Earlier today Bay area Republican gadfly Michael Pinson – who has a long-running fued with progressive Democrat blogger Peter Schorsch — sent a complaint via e-mail, to Hillsborough County Republican Party Chairwoman Deborah Cox-Roush about Schorsch’s involvement with GOP politics.

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Homelessness - How Do You Respond?

Wednesday, June 15 · 6:30pm - 8:00pm
The Chapel at Hyde Park United Methodist Church
500 W. Platt St. Tampa
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The Stories

Congratulations Sugarland

CMT Duo Video Of The Year
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Nice job Jennifer and Kristian, The Stogie will always be Stuck Like Glue.

A Brief List of People Who Have Smoked Marijuana

Legalize It!
Thanks, SOG

Right On Edie Falco

Who The Hell Is Kim Kardashian?
Edie answered when asked if she watches reality television, during an interview with New York Magazine's Vulture blog. "Who are these people and why are they famous and why are they advertising things and being asked their opinions about things? I just don't understand what these people did to be in a position of having everyone ask their opinions about stuff.
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Anti-Muslim Pamela Geller In Tampa

With Special Guest Legendary Local Bigot David Caton.
June 10, 2 p.m. at Lykes Gaslight Park in front of Tampa Police Headquarters.
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Friends Of Stogie

The Ladies At Gaspars