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 [...]
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 Republican National Committee has narrowed its list of potential cities to host the 2012 Republican National Convention down to three final contenders. After being rejected twice before, Tampa has been selected as a finalist for the 2012 GOP Convention.
Those of you in St. Petersburg, Largo, and St. Pete Beach should make sure to let your voice be heard today. You have until 7pm to get to the polls. St. Pete Beach residents have four referendums to pass or fail. Largonians need to choose a single seat on city commission as well as [...]
Quote of the Week: The perception of people out there – they think we suck. Public Service Commissioner Nancy Argenziano on the public’s view of the recent antics of the PSC dining and partying with executives of the very businesses they are supposed to regulate. Argenziano is right – we do think they suck.
With two candidates left on the ballot for St. Petersburg’s November election (Bill Foster and Kathleen Ford), we ask Sticks of Fire readers just which of these two candidates they’d vote for. Of course, unlike St. Pete residents ballots, we added the “None of the above” option and left a space for the undecideds… [poll id="35"] Vote, and [...]
As you know, the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission (PTC) put the screws to a handful of entrepreneurs, and opened the door for one of their own to steal the idea. That’s right, the PTC is supposed to regulate taxicab service here in this great county of ours, but sometimes ends up simply putting money in [...]
Wayne Garcia has been giving us the inside scoop on local politics for years as Creative Loafing’s political editor. Alas, he is moving on to Gainesville. In his blog, he announces that he will be teaching investigative journalism at the University of Florida’s College of Journalism and Communications. For the past four years, I have [...]
I’m sure you heard that the Hillsborough County Public Transportation Commission (PTC) killed the Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEVs) running around downtown Tampa. Four different companies were operating the NEVs, which offered short rides to destinations in and around downtown Tampa. Drivers accepted tips, and the companies made money by selling advertising on the carts. The cab companies [...]
