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Arthenia Joyner single-handedly kills Dana Young's bill to reform...
Strange ways of the Florida Legislature continued... Yesterday we reported that when the Hillsborough County Legislative Delegation gathered together last December, they voted down a proposal...
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Hillsborough County Elections office preps to send out Vote by Mail ballots
Generally, political reporters only engage with local supervisors of elections in advance of an election, Election Day itself, and/or if there are problems at the polls, immediately afterwards. That...
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Mitch Perry Report 4.30.14: The opposition to medical marijuana gets...
You knew it was coming, and here it is. Top GOP fundraiser Mel Sembler has contributed $100,000 to Drug Free Florida, a political action committee formed to oppose the medical marijuana initiative on...
View ArticleLiberal Super PAC skewers Rick Scott on immigration
Among the supporters hopeful that the Florida Legislature will pass a law before the session ends this week that will allow undocumented Florida high school students to attend Florida colleges or...
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New Q poll shows a majority of Floridians okay with gay marriage & in-state...
Some Republicans are questioning the methodology utilized in this morning'sQuinnipiac University pollthat shows Charlie Crist leading Rick Scott by 10 points - 48-38 percent, and also shows Floridians...
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News: Benjamin Booker signs to ATO, releases a track, plays Letterman
We always knew there was something special about singer, songwriter and guitarist Benjamin Booker. Hell, we gave Booker & Norton 'Best New Band' honors in last year's Best of the Bay issue, only a...
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The Laugh Tract — who's bringing the funny
If you like different comedy formats, this is a good weekend for you. Traditional stand-up, ventriloquism, impressions, comedy competitions and free shows pack the schedule. Here's what's happening...
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New report warns that funding for transit & highway projects in U.S. in peril
The Tampa/St. Petersburg area would lose out on more than $70 million in funds to maintain and improve their transportation networks if and when the Highway Trust Fund goes broke this summer,...
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Adventures in Virginity: Breaking up with my first grade teacher
I had to end the affair with my first grade teacher. Ms. Shout had taught me much, both in the ways of love and the alphabet, but we had grown apart — that, and another older woman had entered the...
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Of Montreal documentary The Past is a Grotesque Animal set for June release
The Past is a Grotesque Animal, a feature-length documentary about of Montreal and its wildly prolific bandleader Kevin Barnes, will premiere with a nationwide screening tour starting this June.The...
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"Clash of the Comics" mixes comedy and competition
Ten years after the first Clash of the Comics, this local comedian competition is re-imagined as a two-day team battle this week at Tampa Improv. Four teams of three comedians are each led by a...
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freeFall's Mikado — let’s hear it for the boys
The Mikado Runs through May 18 at freeFall Theatre, 6099 Central Ave., St. Petersburg; 7 p.m. Thurs., 8 p.m. Fri. and Sat., 2 p.m. Sat. and Sun. $29-$44, $26-$41 students andseniors, 727-498-5205,...
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This week in Tampa Bay area music: of Montreal, Bruce Springsteen, R. Kelly,...
THURSDAY, MAY 1M. Ward w/Mount Moriah The fantastic, underrated roots-Americana troubadour makes his headlining debut in Florida, and includes this St. Pete date on his itinerary. If you missed last...
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10 must-see acts at the inaugural Big Guava Music Festival, from Outkast to HAIM
Tampa Bay is ablaze with music fest fever. One of the area’s oldest and most beloved festivals, WMNF’s Tropical Heatwave, is coming up May 9-10 in Ybor (stay tuned for coverage in our May 8 issue),...
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Celebrity sex news in review: April 2014 (NSFW)
Rihanna shares fully topless photo on Instagram: nerve.com A supercut of every Game of Thrones nud e scene: nerve.com Nude paintings of Seth Rogen by James Franco: huffingtonpost.com Lea Michele's...
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Mitch Perry Report 5.1.14: So long, Manuel Sykes, we hardly knew ya
The Reverend Manual Sykes might not have been the perfect candidate to challenge David Jolly in the CD13 race this November, but there is no guarantee at this point that the Democrats will have one...
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Contrary to rumors, Mark Sharpe is still a Republican
At Tuesday's campaign event for Hillsborough County Commission candidate Pat Kemp at Ella's, Tampa City Councilwoman Mary Mulhern thrilled many of her fellow Democrats when she announced that she had...
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Integrate This: Chia seeds
For the warriors of the Aztec and Mayan cultures, their spears were only as mighty as their food source. Chia seeds (Salvia Hispanica L), once at the top of the Mayan and Aztec food pyramid, faded...
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Porn stars invade South Florida for Exxxotica
Over 150 porn stars will flood Fort Lauderdale this weekend during Fleet Week for the ninth annual EXXXOTICA Expo. The event will feature over 100 exhibitors, female and male burlesque shows, seminars...
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Pat Kemp raises enthusiasm level for Hillsborough Democrats
For many Hillsborough County Democrats, the news that Mary Mulhern was dropping out of the District 7 County Commission seat earlier this year was sadly par for the course. Hillsborough Democrats have...
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