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Local & state pols react to Obama's SOTU
In what some political pundits were calling the last, best chance to revive his second term in office, President Obama delivered his 5th State of the Union Address to the nation last night. Here's some...
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Mitch Perry Report 1.29.14 - The tragic death of a St. Pete political activist
If you care to hear what some local lawmakers and hopeful lawmakers (like David Jolly & Alex) are saying about President Obama's State of the Union address, click here.The big news is far as I'm...
View ArticleThe Hip Hop ABCs: The Letter C
It is nearly impossible to get a bunch of passionate hip hop fans to agree on anything. But I tried anyhow, starting with a series of polls on Facebook that aimed at figuring out which emcee or group...
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Best of the Day: Disenchanted!
Spend some time with iconic fairy tale heroines — portrayed with a gleefully mischievous twist — tonight at the Straz Center. [jump]The Tampa premiere of the Orlando Fringe Festival hit musical...
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Medical marijuana receives support amongst USF students
While the initiative for medical marijuana is now officially on the ballot for November, there is still the crucial matter of gaining 60 percent of the vote to become state law. General consensus is...
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InVision Tampa unveils its plan to redevelopment the West Bank of Tampa
A hugely ambitious master plan to transform 140 acres of mostly public land in West Tampa was unveiled Wednesday morning by Mayor Bob Buckhorn and officials involved with the InVision project that...
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Pat Gerard's focus sharpens as she eyes a seat on the Pinellas County Commission
Among the many issues on the top of Pat Gerard's agenda as she prepares for a run for Pinellas County Commission later this year is building up the county's affordable housing stock.A 2012 Housing...
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Nan Rich believes Charlie Crist will ultimately debate her
Political strategists say it might be a smart strategy now, but Nan Rich is convinced that while Charlie Crist is blowing off participating in any debates with her right now, he'll ultimately agree to...
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Best of the day: Tampa Bay Brewing Co. debuts Randall beers
Thursday, Ybor City's Tampa Bay Brewing Company will debut four beers on their recently installed Randall beer infusion system. As Hoppy Trails Beer News describes, "the Randall is an organoleptic hop...
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Mitch Perry Report 1.30.14 - New poll says more than half of the state...
There is no doubt that Charlie Crist is vulnerable to all sorts of attacks regarding his various policy flip-flops on major issues as he runs as a Democrat for governor. In fact, he's been subject to...
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Project: Shattered Silence documentary debuts
Project: Shattered Silence, an annual youth theater program at Ruth Eckerd Hall, provides a voice to local teenagers, who share their moving and emotional journeys towards adulthood with an audience....
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West Tampa residents respond to InVision Tampa redevelopment plans
After unveiling it's plans for redevelopment in West Tampa in a press conference earlier in the day, InVision Tampa presented it's plans to the public during a community open house held at Blake High...
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Buckhorn says Council needs to take it slow regarding CRA money
At a press conference last August, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Hillsborough County Commissioner Ken Hagan openly speculated about tapping into tax incremental financing in the downtown area to help...
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As Olympics approach, Kriseman co-signs letter calling on Vladimir Putin to...
Russia's recently passed anti-gay law that allows their government to enforce a ban upon all forms of homosexual "propaganda" has become a major albatross for Russian President Vladimir Putin as he...
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Listen: Cloud Nothings, "I'm Not Part of Me"
Preferred backing band to Steve Albini's ferocious online Scrabble habit, Cloud Nothings dropped one of their newest tracks, "I’m Not Part of Me," earlier this week, which will on a forthcoming LP,...
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Tempus’ new project
The luster of Tampa’s art scene dimmed briefly last year when alternative space Tempus Projects took a six-month hiatus so that creative director Tracy Midulla Reller and her board could find a new...
View ArticleDavid Jolly compares Alex Sink's rhetoric with PolitiFact's Lie of The year...
The biggest story coming out of President Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday seems to be how uninspired Americans are about the president as he enters the sixth year of his presidency. In...
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Two Trains Running stops Leib in his tracks
In his preface to Three Plays, Thornton Wilder says that his great drama Our Town was “an attempt to find a value above all price for the smallest events in our daily life.” I think August Wilson must...
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73% of Floridians agree with Bill O'Reilly - time to raise minimum wage to...
In addition to showing Charlie Crist rebounding with an eight-point lead over Rick Scott in the governor's race, today'sQuinnipiac Poll also shows that by a 73-23 margin (including 53-44 percent among...
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To the light box …
I’m seasonally affected and dysthymic, if not depressed. I’ve been on psychiatric drugs since 1997 and don’t remember what it’s like to be sober. Luvox was a straitjacket. Paxil made me panic; the...
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