Quote of the Week: “It was like being married to a nymphomaniac,” Weaver said. “The first two weeks were great. Then all hell broke loose.” You’ll remember that Charlie Crist signed a bill to encourage all of us to get a bulldozer and start building stuff nearly anywhere in Florida. As you might imagine, developers such as Ron [...]
This article is sponsored by Tampa Fence. June 1 is, of course, the official start of the hurricane season (not that Tropical Depression 1 seems to have noticed). Forecasters are predicting an “average season”, but as they say, it only takes one. Tampa may have had good luck in recent years (ok, three years) when it [...]
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 [...]
Allright, so our efforts over the last ten years to prepare for drought times have been, uh, let’s just say “somewhat short of a complete success.” And once again, we are facing severe water shortages where we are basically demanding everyone just stop watering the grass. But wait… Haven’t we been under restrictions [...]
You may have heard that the Tampa Bay area is in the midst of a (thus far) 3 year drought. The Hillsborough River is low, as is the Alafia (look at the photo). The rainy season doesn’t begin until June. The C.W. Bill Young Reservoir that we built in 2005 – just 3.5 years ago! – [...]
South Tampa residents are crying about Gasparilla. Over 30 people (Trib says more than 50) showed up at a meeting to complain about the day long invasion and parade. They say it’s gotten too wild, and they are tired of it. Some have suggested it be moved to other parts of the city. I can imagine [...]
A couple of months ago, I was summoned for jury duty. I noted at the time that “many people complain about how they can’t “waste their time” by serving on jury duty, and try to get out of it…“ Of course, I never ended up going. They apparently overbooked and before I headed downtown, I [...]
On the afternoon of Aug. 18, Pinellas officials ordered mandatory evacuation of the county’s most flood-prone areas for 6am the next day. Tropical Storm Fay was heading our way. Over at the TradeWinds Island Resorts in St. Pete Beach, visitors checked out and took off. They say they missed out on over $150,000 in canceled rooms [...]
We recently mentioned the low voter turnout for the primaries in Pinellas and Hillsborough, and suggested that you just don’t care about picking a leader. But was that a fair statement? Creative Loafing’s Wayne Garcia weighed in on the sorry turnout for voting in the primaries, calling it “crappy.” He says the “circumstances” include (my highlights): few [...]
