Meet Jill
She works at The Oasis Lounge on Dana Shores Drive, once a year I stop by to have the best Bloody Mary in Tampa. She is leaving us, moving away.
We will miss her.
Saturday, August 31, 2013
Feed Your Head
You are invited to Feed Your Head, a birthday party with the best in local flavor! Feed Your Head is the big celebration for two independent entities "serving" the community! Feed Your Head salutes WMNF's 34 years on the air and Ella's fourth year in business.
Feed Your Head at Ella's Americana Folk Art Cafe5119 N. Nebraska Ave Tampa http://www.ellasfolkartcafe.com/
Monday, September 9th 6 - 10pm for more info here
Gainesville Protest Against U.S. Intervention
Protesters gathered on the corner of University and SW 13th Street outside of the University of Florida, Aug. 28, to demand no U.S. military intervention in Syria......more>
Friday, August 30, 2013
Florida Fights Rising Sea Level
In Florida, sea level could rise 60 centimeters by 2060. The Florida Keys, especially vunerable because of their low altitude, are protecting themselves.
The Merchants Of Ybor
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The spirits at La France on 7th ave.
A vintage clothing store. Pic not Photoshopped, looks like someone might want their clothes back. Visit them on Facebook, new website coming soon.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Tampeños Say No To Corporate Welfare
according to a survey they say tax dollars should go toward solving the homeless problem and improving transportation not building ball parks for MLB. Don't listen to Mayor Bob and Ken Hagan, if Pam Iorio runs again Mayor Bob will be looking for a new job. And Hagan's political career is over. Read Mitch Perry's wonderful piece here
George Zimmerman A Right Wing Icon?
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
The Mystery Of The St. Pete Chicken Solved
No Corporate Welfare For Rays
A new poll of 584 registered voters in Tampa finds little support for using taxpayer money for a new stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays. The poll, from StPetePolls.org and commissioned by St. Petersburg political blogger Peter Schorsch, asked whether taxpayer dollars should be used to help pay for a new Tampa Bay Rays baseball stadium in Tampa, 55.9 percent of respondents said no, 36.4 percent said yes and 7.8 percent were unsure.....more>
Don't let Mayor Bob fool you, remember Bush and the Rangers?
Financially, the Rangers deal was basically about real estate. By getting the city to build them a new stadium, Bush and his partners increased the team’s book value from $83 million to $138 million. This required convincing the city’s taxpayers that they would lose the team if they did not pay up for the stadium. To raise the $191 million it would cost to build the Ballpark at Arlington, residents were asked to add a half cent to what was already one of the nation’s highest sales tax rates. According to attorney Glenn Sodd, W.’s group helped egg along Arlington by leaking a story that Dallas was competing for the team and had offered to build them a stadium. “We found out that this was untrue..... more>
Tuesday, August 27, 2013
Context Florida
Peter Schorsch: Putting Florida in Context with the launch of ContextFlorida.com
A non-profit, online, statewide opinion network. Florida Voices editors Tom O’Hara and Rich Bard will run this publication, thereby bringing into the fold two experienced, trusted journalists to helm a site that is as much a paean to legacy media as it is to the new techniques and tools.
Check it out here
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