Mehul Patel is the process manager for the Orange County Water District in California. He says that the “Colorado River receives wastewater discharges at more than 200 locations before the water reaches kitchen taps in southern California.” Tampa already uses reclaimed water for irrigation, and now City Council member Charlie Miranda wants us to drink [...]
Why did the chicken cross the road? Because her owners thought she had outlived her usefulness, and want her gone. The untitled sculpture widely known as ‘the exploding chicken’ will soon make it’s home in Channelside in the middle of a roundabout.
You might remember that Tampa’s Parks department went through a reorganization last year. They got rid of a bunch of hands-on recreation leaders, lifeguards, swim teachers and more. At the same time, they hired a handful of supervisors 21 site supervisors and 25 site and center coordinators. Those workers who were cut an folks [...]
Tampa City Council member Linda Saul-Sena wants a map with the best routes for biking to the new Curtis Hixon Waterfront Park, so she asked the transportation staff to come up with one. Transportation manager Jean Dorzbackof said that they ain’t got no money, are swamped with other things, and they will “get to it [...]
Wifey & I love to head across the bay in our little boat. At a distance, The Pier beckons us from the water, inviting us to visit downtown St. Petersburg for shopping, a bite to eat, or just a nice walk. But the docks at the pier are in terrible shape. Not [...]
Three of Tampa’s seven districts are city-wide, and the other four districts are split (map). District 4 (South Tampa) and District 6 (West Tampa) each have over 83,000 residents, while District 5 (East Tampa) and District 7 (North Tampa and New Tampa) have over 91,000. Every four years, we redraw these districts to maintain near [...]
The printed edition of the St. Pete Times (story not found online) says Clearwater gets more than $4 million a year from 3,000 parking meters, while St. Pete gets $891,000 (1,450 meters) and Tampa collects $1,000,000 from 1,600. Each of the three cities issue over 30,000 parking tickets at $20 to $25 per pop, too. [...]
After watching as Tampa City Council denied raises for police officers, it seems the firefighters decided to settle quietly.
Cranky old Leo Coughlin is always ripping on Largo politicians and administrators. The opinion writer for the Clearwater Gazette apparently went too far for the City Manager and others when he said
