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all tampa bay music all the time

September 21, 2009Leave your thoughts!

Wouldn't it be cool if you could easily listen to local music at a time convenient for YOU? Wouldn't it be cool if there was a way to hear TAMPA BAY MUSIC when YOU wanted to hear it? Yes. Yes it would. We tell you where to find it.

practice what you preach

Tree huggers gathered in opposition to big oil, and drove their gas-guzzlers four blocks to do so.

you will pay for kevin white

Hillsborough County (and her wonderful taxpayers) will end up paying for Kevin White's indiscretions. Who's gonna fight it?

creative loafing loses wayne garcia

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 [...]

should we ’save the gandy’ again?

Friendship TrailBridge was opened in 1999 after efforts by a group of regular citizens called “Save the Gandy” were successful.  Ten years later, the structure has been deemed unsafe, closed to the public, and is at another crossroads. Here are the options: A full repair of the entire bridge, in order to reopen it to recreational use, [...]

daniel ruth now blogging

You might remember that Daniel Ruth was dismissed from the Tribune last November, only to hook up with the St. Pete Times before the year ended. Problem is that the talented writer used to submit four columns a week for the Tampa paper (plus a radio show), and now shows up only on Fridays for [...]

blair not guilty

Brian Blair certainly isn't the greatest guy in the world, but try to use your head now and again, huh?

courtney campbell causeway

July 2, 2009Leave your thoughts!

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 [...]

real fear at holocaust museum

Editor’s note:  South Tampa resident Irene Potter was visiting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum with her family on Wednesday when a terrorist opened fire.  Here are her words: On Wednesday, I found myself both on the inside and on the outside while touring the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. Our tickets were for 11:15, [...]

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