Welcome to Friday, your bon voyage party in honor of the week, and gateway to those days Republicans would like to see added to your week. Shall we run down yesterday's news before lunch beers lead to the inevitable afternoon decline in productivity? Yes, let's:

Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn announced the city's $850 million 2016 budget, which focuses on infrastructural areas, including flood prevention, raises for city workers and developer-attracting park and green space. Well, what did you expect? Buckhorn's got a pretty good head on his shoulders; it's not like he's gonna be all, "We're gonna air-condition the city!"… [Note to self: Add "air-condition the city" to list of promises you're probably gonna need to make in 2019 mayoral campaign.]

BombWatch 2015 continues! Thursday's bit of newly discovered WWII-era ordnance was a suspected Japanese detonator discovered in the home of a St. Petersburg man. Jesus. Won't be long before somebody in Clearwater finds a land mine in their kid's box of Sugar Crisp-O's(tm).

In August, Tampa International Airport will be soliciting contenders for a dozen new pieces by local artists to join the facility's collections. "Hmmm, should I go with 'frolicking tarpon' or 'sunset over the Skyway'?", said a bunch of of local artists whose work has no chance in hell.

And finally, Pinellas Park cops are looking for a couple that snatched the purse of a disabled woman at a Walmart. The couple is said to be armed only with a slightly higher level of "low cunning" than that usually associated with the average Pinellas Park Walmart shopper.

This article appears in Jul 23-29, 2015.