February 9th, 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM. INFO
Friday, February 3, 2023
South Tampa Candidate Forum
DO YOU KNOW WHO TO VOTE FOR IN THE UPCOMING ELECTIONS?
What do the candidates look like? How do they sound? What do they have to say about the issues?
Join this upcoming forum and meet the candidates for Tampa City Council. The following candidates are invited to the forum
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City Council District 1 Citywide:
Sonja Brookins, Joseph Citro, Alan Clendenin, Chase Harrison
City Council District 2 Citywide:
Michael Derewenko, Robin Lockett, Guido Maniscalco, Mike Suarez
City Council District 3 Citywide:
K.J. Allen, Janet Cruz, George Feshev, Lynn Hurtak, Jose Vazquez
City Council District 4 (most of South Tampa):
Bill Carlson, Blake Casper
City Council District 6 (West Tampa and part of South Tampa):
Tyler Barrett, Rick Fifer, Charlie Miranda, Nicole Payne, Hoyt Prindle
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This event will likely be your only opportunity to meet and talk with these candidates before the election!
Come and listen to their views, ask questions and decide for yourself.
The Stogie's Russ Giambrone's Trip to Rome: The Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower was amazing. All over the major sites in Paris refurbishing is underway in preparation for the 2024 Summer Olympics, restricting close inspections.
I even tried to zoom in on the people walking up the tower.
‘Prepared to negotiate’: Hillsborough unfazed after St. Pete chooses Rays redevelopment plans for Tropicana
Negotiators trying to bring a stadium for the Tampa Bay Rays to Hillsborough County say they are unfazed by Monday's announcement that St. Petersburg chose the team's proposed plan for redeveloping the Tropicana Field location.
"Their attendance would be much higher, and the revenue generated would be much higher and much greater in Tampa and Hillsborough County," said Hillsborough Commissioner Ken Hagan.
More HERE
DeSantis Calling Special Session to Punish Disney for Opposing Anti-LGBTQ Law
FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DeSantis has called a special legislative session to finalize the government’s decision to revoke Disney’s control of the Reedy Creek Improvement District.
The state’s legislature voted last year to strip the media company of special taxing and self-governance provisions in the area around its Florida park after the company opposed the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill that placed widespread restrictions on the discussion of LGBTQ related topics in schools.
“We’re not going to have a corporation controlling its own government,” DeSantis said during a news conference on Thursday. “So the state’s going to have a board to run it. So Disney will not have self-governing status anymore.”
“We’re not going to bend the knee to woke executives in California,” DeSantis added.
More HERE
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushes for more guns in his state
Florida is expected to join Texas and 24 other states in allowing permitless carry in a country that has 330 million people and even more guns. Cynically, DeSantis and other Republican leaders have recognized that the MAGA base will ride and die for this right-wing culture war predominantly animated by fear and racial anxiety.
Read More HERE
Thursday, February 2, 2023
The Digital Repository project of the Jane Bancroft Cook Library - New Collage
Download while you still can HERE
Create Your Own Succulent Terrarium in St. Pete
FEBRUARY 18, 2023 AT 11 AM
The Mad Monk
615 27th St. South, St. Pete
Tampa, Hillsborough receive $39.7 million in US aid to make roads safer
More HERE
A guide to Kress Collective, the new Ybor City arts hub on 7th Avenue
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