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Team Scott pooh-poohs PPP poll showing Crist leading the governor by 7 points
The Democratic automated polling firm Public Policy Polling took abuse throughout 2012 from Republicans who complained that they were a biased organization. They didn't say much after the 2012...
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New Music Tuesday! (April 8): John Frusciante, Chuck Inglish, OFF!, The Mary...
The second week of new releases in April! Info and links for the releases you want to know about most below, plus some other ones you may not have heard of (but should know), with audio & video for...
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Two Treksters in Tampa in one week: First Takei; next Shatner
Boldly going where few have gone before, the National Tutoring Association welcomed Star Trek veteran and Internet sensation George Takei to its annual conference here in Tampa today. The NTA's 21st...
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Mitch Perry Report 4.9.14: GOP's embrace of small businesses vanishes when it...
It's become a staple of the 21st-century Republican Party mantra to celebrate entrepreneurs and small business people, sometimes to the exclusion of everyone else (which is the majority of the...
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Tampa activists celebrate Equal Pay Day
Tuesday was National Equal Pay Day, which Democrats used as an occasion to campaign for the Paycheck Fairness Act, while conservatives furiously reacted that wage inequality is a phony issue.“America...
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Shock poll shows Greenlight Pinellas struggling to break through
A new poll out today shows that advocates for the Greenlight Pinellas measure in Pinellas County this November need to pump up the volume when it comes to educating the masses about what it's all...
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FrankFest: Eat, drink and celebrate Frank Strunk III's 50th
Metal artist Frank Strunk III turns 50 this weekend. There's a party in his honor, FrankFest (Sunday, April 3, at the Ale and the Witch), with beer, music, food, art and more. I met Strunk 10 years...
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Come thirsty to the Tiny Tap
Right off South Howard Avenue, SoHo strip crawlers will find the Tiny Tap Tavern. If they’re lucky enough (or unlucky enough, some might say), they’ll wander in. The Tiny Tap sits incongruously at...
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Lost weeknight
I think it was when I tried to shift in the back of the cop car and noticed my balls sticking to the cold vinyl-upholstered seat that I finally began to sober up. It had been a long, strange Wednesday...
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Fired up: CopperFish turns up the heat on SoHo's incendiary restaurant scene
I’m really glad that I’m not a restaurant entrepreneur. It’s got to be a little bit like being a Vegas high-roller. You need guts ‘n’ money and, well, the stakes are high. Case in point is Hyde Park’s...
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17th Annual Festa Italiana at Ybor City's Centennial Park
Firmly clutching a chalice alternately fueled with water and wine, Rich Quattrone floated effortlessly through Sunday’s Festa Italiana crowd. And he smiled. Non-stop. Embracing his role as Bacchus,...
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The Ida couples' massager is ideal for idle hands (video)
Lelo's couples' massager, the Ida, is intimidating. It took my girlfriend and I a month to test it. None of our impromptu sex fiestas seemed momentous enough to incorporate such a futuristic machine....
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Tampa Bay Blues Festival 2014 brings Buddy Guy, Irma Thomas and more to Vinoy...
April has arrived heralding another round of sizzling sounds brought to Vinoy Park by Tampa Bay Blues Festival, which celebrates two decades in 2014 with a truly impressive lineup. While it’s not...
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In-state tuition bill for undocumented students advances in Florida state Senate
Summarizing his bill that would provide reduced in-state college tuition rates for undocumented immigrant students who have attended Florida high schools, Clearwater state Senator Jack Latvala said...
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Do This: Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement
By now, Edie Windsor is a living legend within the LGBT community. After all, her legal struggles to be recognized as the surviving spouse of her longtime partner, Thea Spyer, following Spyer’s death...
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Listen: tUnE-yArDs, "Wait for a Minute"
Three years after the release of breakout album w h o k i l l, tUnE-yArDs are gearing up to release a third full-length album, Nikki Nak on May 5. Following the release of the frantic jump rope...
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Sound and fury: SoHo nightlife noise pits residents against club owners
Unlike any other part of the city, the strip of South Howard Avenue between Kennedy and Bayshore known as SoHo has embodied the concept of a livable environment where people can actually see and do a...
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From rundown to reborn
Hyde Park hasn’t always been the tony neighborhood we now know and love. It suffered years of being ignored, chopped up or simply neglected. As a young urban planner, I was around for its fall and...
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Is Hyde Park the Garden District of Tampa Bay?
New Orleans’ Garden District is known for its stately historic homes, old brick patios, brilliant azaleas and canopied streets. Sound familiar? Hyde Park and the Garden District certainly share a...
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They’ll take a Village
Consider this: Interested parties who have been considering purchasing the distressed Channelside property east of downtown Tampa have offered between $5.75 and $7 million in recent months. Meanwhile,...
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