Looks like Hillsborough County’s Budgeting Department has jumped into social media: Everybody leads busy lives these days, and it can be difficult to fit in time to attend a County Budget Public Hearing. That’s why, this year, we’ve added even more ways to comment on the Budget and to keep up with County Budget discussions. [...]
Shortly after Florida’s State Fraternal Order of Police endorsed Brian Blair in the race for State House District 47, Peter Schorsch of Saint Petersblog 2.0 brought up Blair’s arrest in a domestic dispute. Never mind that the charges were dropped when it turned out that his kids were being less than truthful with police. I would really [...]
Writing for PBS’ MediaShift, freelancer Steven Davy called recently to ask a few questions about bloggers watching local government. The story gives a small look at a handful of social media publishers & bloggers who hope to make a difference in their communities, including our friend Chuck Welch from Lakeland Local. Here’s the [...]
Music Tampa Bay is now reviewing the top songs of 2009, and using your votes to determine the best songs of the year. Regular programming has been suspended while this process is taking place, with only those songs on the Top 100 list and the top 10 songs from the past week being heard. Tune [...]
Music Tampa Bay is taking a holiday from adding new songs to the music stream until after the first of the new year. More than 2 dozen traditional and original Christmas season songs by local artists continue all this week, with the 2nd annual year-end review of the best all original music by Tampa Bay artists [...]
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A couple of us bloggers are getting together this evening for a beer or two over at the Proud Lion. Rumor has it that Dave of Re/Creating Tampa will be there, as will Alex (and/or Grayson) from GNATV. A handful of other local bloggers are expected, too. If you are a blogger (or blog [...]
Hey there! Looks different here, huh? Today marks the start of a collaboration of a few Central & West Central Florida hyperlocal sites, beginning with Chuck Welch’s Lakeland Local and Metro I4 News, and Tommy Duncan’s Sticks of Fire. These three sites have covered the goings-on of Central Florida for over 10 years. Over the past [...]
Four new songs and a new number one debut on Music Tampa Bay.