In mid-June, the St. Pete Times ran a three part special report on the inside workings of the upper levels of Scientology, and the community simply shrugged. On Thursday, they came out with a follow up story. Please allow me to paraphrase: We ran a three part special report on the inside workings of the upper levels [...]
The Courtney Campbell Causeway linking Tampa and Clearwater recently reached 75 years of age, and local history buffs celebrated the birthday, and put up a new historical marker. Those of you who read the stories will know that Ben T. Davis built the thing, but his name has since been relegated to an undesirable excuse of [...]
Which is the most popular city among college students entering the working world? It ain’t anywhere in Tampa Bay. According to a new study by CareerCast.com and Going Global, a majority of college students are looking toward the biggest cities: Despite being the largest and most-expensive urban center in the U.S., New York reigns supreme among [...]
You may have heard of the latest local attempt at a world record. Lt. Col. Kristine Gould and retired Lt. Col. Harold “Chip” Bowlin are Tampa residents who serve on the parachute team of the Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base. They completed 103 tandem skydives within 20 hours over at Skydive City [...]
This is great… As you may know, wifey likes to enter radio contests. In return, she gets on their email lists. She forwarded this one to me this week, and it seems that poor Clear Channel wants your help. From: BIGRIG@98rock.com Subject: Wifey, help save local radio OPPOSE A TAX ON LOCAL RADIO Tired of the negative press they’ve received [...]
Another thing to worry about. For two years, Tarpon Springs cops have been ticketing cars for parking in valid parking spots. In a dispute between business owners, one of them put up fake ‘no parking’ signs, and then may have called cops on the other business owners’ customers. A couple years ago, developer Mike Bronson admitted [...]
Final TBARTA Telephone Town Hall Meeting on May 13 to Feature Tampa Mayor Pam Iorio and FDOT District 7 Secretary Don Skelton WHY: TBARTA has actively sought public comment on its proposed Regional Transportation Master Plan in various ways including conducting nine telephone town hall meetings since April 27, calling more than 300,000 residents throughout the [...]
Tuesday morning, Pinellas County took 2,600 acres of the Brooker Creek Preserve for its water systems. About 900 of those acres will be destroyed for multi-story buildings, chemical storage, parking lots, service roads and reservoirs. But they promise to only use about 260 acres. Of course, promises and government don’t always go together. Howard Troxler notes [...]
Whenever we have to conserve water, news outlets love to point out those high-profile names that are using more than their fair share. ABC Action News published lists of top water users for each area, and stories told by the St. Pete Times, My Fox Tampa Bay and others pointed out that the Don Wallace [...]
