Environmental groups advocate EPA limitation guidelines for toxins in our...
Last year the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the first ever national standards for toxins dumped into waterways from coal plants. These "Effluent Limitation Guidelines" are the first...
View ArticleRubio to oppose Samantha Power's nomination as UN Ambassador
Last week at her confirmation hearings in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Marco Rubio challenged Samantha Power for some of her previous comments and writings. Power is President Obama's choice...
View ArticleMitch Perry Report 7.24.13 - Hillsborough business officials call for light...
Hillsborough County Commissioner Mark Sharpe tweeted out a link to Mike Salinero's story in the Tampa Trib this morning on yesterday's transportation meeting between Hillsborough County officials...
View ArticleNew poll shows Kriseman struggling with black vote in St. Pete
Thanks to Matt Florell's St. Pete Polls, throughout the past year, political junkies haven't had to rely solely upon the Tampa Bay Times to find out what's cooking in Pinellas County political...
View ArticleSarasota GOP to honor Sean Hannity as their "Statesman of the Year"
Sean Hannity is controversial and divisive, but he's also extremely successful. His three-hour radio show is carried on more than 500 stations, and he's become one of the preeminent voices of...
View ArticleMcAlister's Deli brings hot spuds and sweet tea to Boy Scout Boulevard
In addition to Eddie V's, Lee Roy Selmon's, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, the Boy Scout Boulevard dining hub welcomed "fast casual restaurant" McAlister's Deli. While many of the...
View ArticleBill Nelson's spokesman says the senator DOES have an opinion on "stand your...
In the aftermath of George Zimmerman's acquittal in the Trayvon Martin case, a number of Florida Democrats have called for the controversial "stand your ground" law to be re-examined, with many...
View ArticleFrom teaching to doing with Broadway Theatre Project and Mark E. Leib
This weekend, theater behind the scenes experts — and stars — give us the goods. For the Broadway Theatre Project, 37 guest faculty members and young artists will share their professional stage and...
View ArticleThe Amazon Trail: Old Folks Hill
Yep, it’s that time of life. We’re living on Old Folks Hill. And loving it.We were just checking out the neighborhood when we came upon this house. It’s gorgeous by our standards. It’s sunny, even in...
View ArticleMitch Perry Report 7.25.13- Castor refuses to buck Obama on NSA surveillance
I was going to weigh in on the latest developments regarding the Rays and Mayor Bill Foster - but please, how about we hold off jumping up and down until there's actually some agreement in place?...
View ArticleGrand openings symbol of downtown's growth
Downtown Tampa continued it's growth with two grand openings on Wednesday. The Paddywagon Irish Pub and the Anise Global Gastropub each celebrated their openings with separate ribbon cuttings by Mayor...
View ArticleJazz it up at MFA
The jazz age may be over, but the Museum of Fine Arts will resurrect it for a short time. The MFA’s sixth annual Dinner and Jazz Series will transport you from the same ol’ same ol’ right back to the...
View ArticleChris Ruen talks about Freeloading
Brooklyn-based journalist Chris Ruen's Freeloading: How Our Insatiable Hunger for Free Content Starves Creativity (OR Books) looks at Internet piracy. As a 20-something writer and part-time barista, he...
View ArticleBuckhorn unveils $831 million budget for Tampa
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn today unveiled his fiscal year 2014 budget, an $831 million document that includes the first pay raise for non-unionized employees since the recession brought a dramatic...
View ArticleJohn Freda does his thing
by Ray RoaWith less than a quarter century of life under his belt, John Freda is a fresh-faced advocate of smaller shows where concertgoers with open minds can share ideas without the pretense and...
View ArticleHardcore/Punk/DIY
Nonconformist ideals mix with a desire to create purely for music’s sake. by Ray RoaConsider this: away from the cover charges and security guards, there exists a world where art and music are made...
View ArticleVenture Compound's Jesse Vance
by Colin JoyceJesse Vance kneels on the floor at the Museum of Fine Arts on a balmy St. Pete evening, flanked by a synthesizer, a laptop, a saxophone and other unidentifiable electronic paraphernalia....
View ArticleExperiments in noise
A growing group of creatives produce free-form music at its most base. by Colin JoyceSome people see the conventions of pop music as chains. A verse, a chorus, a guitar solo, a bridge: these are the...
View ArticleTeach Me Equals
by Arielle StevensonIt’s after midnight at St. Petersburg’s Local 662; the room floods red and black. Erin Murphy and Greg Bortnichak of Teach Me Equals (formerly Bard and Mustache) take the stage in...
View ArticleThe Sarasota music scene
Sarasota may be hard to break into, but there's plenty of musicians up to the challenge. by Arielle StevensonFlorida has no shortage of good alternative/indie music scenes. There's St. Augustine,...
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