The Humane Society did some research on America’s 25 largest metropolitan areas to determine which areas are the most humane to animals. The Humane Index ranked the cities in each of twelve categories. Tampa ranked fairly well on the Humane Index, tying Baltimore for 8th place; that puts us ahead of our nearest neighbors Atlanta [...]
Joe Redner won a chance at a runoff against incumbent Gwen Miller. For the first time in his many attempts at reaching public office, Redner seems to stand a decent chance of winning. Common sense wins over prudishness, right? For one, consider the competition – Miller has accomplished the seemingly redundant challenge of being an unimpressive city [...]
For those that lost count, here is reason #298,921 – give or take – why your vote counts, from almost exactly two years ago: With 219 more votes, Mary Gray Black edged out Gigi Arntzen to win a seat on the Largo City Commission on Tuesday. For those just joining us, Mary Gray Black was the commissioner [...]
The Tampa Bay Devil Rays‘ marketing slogan for the upcoming season is “More Than Just a Game.” A closer look at the marketing strategy – no quotes added to the quote: Team officials said they have organized their marketing campaign this season into five “pillars”: baseball magic, family fun, regionalism, becoming a “community pillar” and being “sharp.” More [...]
Editor’s note: Because of some technical difficulty, photos referenced in this post are unable to show right now. We hope to add them in the very near future, but for now, all photos are posted at the In Theory Blog. “It was close.” That’s what the fireman said, though he didn’t need to say. I knew [...]
With stricter passport rules that went into effect Tuesday for air travel, all the discussion has been centered on who will gain and lose the most with the new restrictions. This of course stems from the likely true assumption that getting a passport will prove too much of a hassle for many people. Indeed the six-week average [...]
A video game, a six-foot tall Russian, 25,945 screaming people, honking horns on the Gandy Bridge – these are the things necessary to turn a Caribbean-born fifteen-year old boy into a full-blooded hockey fanatic. Here’s how much I knew about ice and such when I first moved to the States when I was six: when I [...]
The Tampa City Council last week proposed the idea of a citywide ban on people convicted of some types of sexually-related crimes. The legality of such a ban is already under question (though we should at least be thankful that the Council bothered to ask first). The bigger problem here however is the compromised response in [...]
This is your second annual reminder that January 6 is Epiphany, or Little Christmas, or the twelfth day of Christmas, or Three Kings Day – depending on who you ask. If you ask me it’s Three Kings Day, or to be more true to my heritage, El Dia de los Reyes. The traditions vary from country to [...]
