TECO Customers say no to proposed rate increase
Tampa Electric is a regulated company that is supposed to provide safe, reliable service at the lowest possible rate. TECO believes they need to increase their rates, but consumers are left wondering...
View ArticleMitch Perry Report 5.31.13 - Free Nan Rich?
Republican Party of Florida state chair Lenny Curry has been having a good ole' time this week, trying to stir up passions among Democrats over the fact that his state party counterpart, Allison Tant,...
View ArticleThe Gaily News: Hillsborough County Commission to reconsider gay pride ban
The Hillsborough County Commission is considering lifting a countywide ban on gay pride events and will discuss the matter at its Wednesday, June 5 meeting. The commission originally passed the ban on...
View ArticleAfter Earth crashes and burns
Will Smith stars with his son in the year’s most boring sci-fi movie. by Joe Bardi After Earth is a drab, boring movie. It’s poorly acted, obviously plotted and features special effects that pale in...
View ArticleTampa area lawmakers talk (and talk) about transportation
There wasn't a whole lot of breaking news coming out of Thursday night's Emerge Tampa Bay town hall meeting on the University of Tampa campus, but the event was still entertaining. Emerge Tampa Bay is...
View ArticleRowdies beat Sounders and advance in the U.S. Open Cup tourney
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View ArticleThe real Gatsby
The book’s more relevant than ever, but the movie’s a fairy tale. by Peter Meinke Do you remember before keys turned in the locks When life was a close-up and not an occasional letter,…[ Read more ][...
View ArticleDespite inaction in Congress, Tampa gun control activists not backing down
In mid-April a bi-partisan amendment sponsored by Senators Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) that would have expanded background checks to gun shows and Internet sales went down to defeat in...
View ArticleCrist now taking shots from left and the right in Florida, and he's still not...
As speculation remain rife that Charlie Crist will announce his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for governor sometime this summer (Politico weighs inwith a report that sheds little light on...
View ArticleBelieve the hype! Straz dazzles with season preview
A large crowd filled the Straz Center's Ferguson Hall Thursday night for select live numbers and a video preview of next year's Broadway musicals — in addition to plays by Jobsite Theater and...
View ArticleLast day for the Sandstorm and RIP to theme park favorites
Nowadays young people require more technology and less imagination to get excited, and we have to accept that the sentimental, low-frills favorites of our childhood — like the swirly orbiter ride...
View ArticleTampa Bay transit talk workshop organizes support for public transportation
A coalition of groups eyeing expanded transportation options in the Bay area convened Saturday morning at the Pinellas Realtor Organization in Clearwater for the Tampa Bay Transit Talk Workshop, an...
View ArticleMitch Perry Report 6.3.13 - Turkey erupts
Of all the things that happened on the world stage this weekend, one of the most interesting was reading about the clash over social policy taking place in Turkey between Prime Minister Recept Tayyip...
View ArticleRubio on status of immigration bill in Senate -"There will have to be...
Everybody knows the story with Marco Rubio when it comes to the immigration issue being debated in Congress. The Florida Republican Senator has a lot on the line as he tries to shepherd a bill that is...
View ArticleFlorida's not alone with crazy beer laws
It's no secret Florida has some strange beer laws. Growlers, anyone?But Colorado?…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleHillsborough County Commissioners to revisit ban on gay pride on Wednesday
Two decades ago, Hillsborough County Commissioners removed gays and lesbians from the list of protected groups in their human rights ordinance, a move that alienated the LGBT community. Then in June of...
View ArticleBetween the sheets: top 10 most provocative books out this month
Sex Drive: In Pursuit of Female Desire (6/1/2013)by Bella Ellwood-ClaytonPublisher's Description: Lack of libido is women's most common sexual problem, and once in a secure relationship, a woman's sex...
View Article#MusicMonday 91: Willy Moon, Big K.R.I.T., Yo La Tengo & more
The summer return of Music Monday! Find out what the CL Music Team is jamming to rocket launch the work week.…[ Read more ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
View ArticleHART's Josh Burgin says he doesn't want to be offended by possible transit tax
Hillsborough County Commissioner Mark Sharpe's outspoken support of a transit tax in 2010 so angered some conservatives in the GOP that they "primaried" him — with Plant City Republican Josh Burgin...
View ArticleMark Sharpe says HART chairman Philip Hale has to go
Hillsborough County Commissioner Mark Sharpe says it's time for HART CEO Philip Hale to go. Sharpe accuses Hale of "uninspired, unimaginative leadership," and says that the board needs someone new at...
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