It’s official, Steve Stanton has been fired. Once again, the Largo City Commissioners have taken it upon themselves to expose their naked intolerance and shameful hatred of anything different than their own wholesome, wonderbread selves. These myopic, ignorant and shameful people are embarrassing their city and their state with this awful pageant of loathing. Here [...]
So, by now, I’m sure most everyone in this corner of the Tampa Internets (and those that read page 2 of tbt* this morning!) is aware of the raft of blogger meetups at the end of February/beginning of March. Obviously a good time will be had by all, bloviating ad nauseam about our topics [...]
It looks like Senator Diane Feinstein is requesting that a pair of federal agencies, the General Accounting Office and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, examine the voting machines in Florida District 13. It is as yet unknown whether both the hardware and software will be under scrutiny. Theres more from the [...]
Apparently, St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Baker was not initially aware of the Police solution to the homeless problem in the city. In his own words from the St. Pete Times: “I did not know that the operation had occurred until it occurred,” Baker said Monday. “I was aware that the fire marshal had identified a very [...]
As a native Virginian, and Progressive Southerner, I was embarassed to read the following in the Tampa Tribune: A Hillsborough County proclamation honoring Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee has angered some black leaders. “That’s a slap in the face to every African-American, Hispanic, and every minority in the county,” said Curtis Stokes, president of the Hillsborough [...]
On the heels of a pre-ten outlaw, comes another. A Hillsborough County deputy arrested a 7 year old on Wednesday for throwing a backpack at another kid’s head. Apparently the mother of the “victim” insisted that the deputies press charges, despite the lack of any injury, etc. The deputy also claims that the mother of the aggressor [...]
The Associated Press tells us about the 9-year-old who was arrested: NORTH PORT – A 9-year-old North Port boy is accused of threatening three girls on a school bus with scissors… The boy was arrested… and charged with possession of a weapon on school property and three counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. … the boy thought [...]
I’ve had it with the red light problem. I see at least 5 people a day running red lights. I see zero people pulled over. Hellooooo? What’s going on? Are traffic laws optional in Tampa? On Tuesday morning, I was driving back to my office in Tampa from a business meeting in St. Pete. All was [...]
It looks like, despite claims to the contrary on Buchanan’s part, there were definitely equipment related voting problems in the race for FL-13. On Dec 21st, Buchanan’s campaign released this: Furthermore, [Jennings’s] absurd allegations that the voting machines failed to record thousands of votes have been proven false by the Secretary of State who after two [...]
