Four new songs make their way to the Music Tampa Bay 99 all original, all local song playlist this week. First, a tune telling the story of “The Gulf of Mexico” (before the big BP oil gusher) by an artist who is a long time fixture at the R-Bar on Treasure Island, Mike Calzone. [...]
Former Tampa Councilman Bob Buckhorn has joined the race for mayor of Tampa in 2011. He said the most pressing issue is job creation: “We’ve got to change the way we do business and create an environment where jobs are plentiful,” said Buckhorn, a Democrat. “The future of our city depends on it.” And he plans to start [...]
It seems that the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office has recently updated their website while jumping on the self-publishing bandwagon, and even has a HCSO YouTube channel. They have posted Public Service Announcements (PSAs) for gang activity, locking your car, and playing safe, as well as profiles of the SWAT team, dive team and the [...]
The cats over at SkatePark of Tampa are gearing up for the 2010 Tampa Pro, which runs this weekend. Skaters from all over the world will be here, showing off skills and winning cash prizes. But the event is so much more than a skateboarding contest. The Tampa Pro is considered a must-be-there event [...]
Would you like to become more involved in your neighborhood? Hillsborough County can help. Hillsborough County’s Office of Neighborhood Relations is gearing up for the 7th Annual Hillsborough County Neighborhood Conference. The one-day conference is scheduled for March 27, 2010, from 8am to 2:30, and features a variety of educational workshops for homeowners and neighborhood leaders. The goal [...]
An unincorporated area, Westchase is in northwest Hillsborough County, smack in the middle of Town ‘n’ Country, Oldsmar, and Citrus Park. Developed out of scrubland in 1991, it has virtually no history, and it can be assumed that the name was just something a (not very creative) marketer came up with. Here are parts of [...]
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.
While I continue to deny it to myself, it’s looking less and less likely that I will ever fulfill my childhood dreams of owning my own dinosaur or robot. But I can still buy a fire engine of my very own some day. There are people who have done exactly that and they’re in Tampa [...]
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 [...]
