Jeb Apparently Does Nothing Except Answer E-Mail All Day
That's the implication, anyway, of the Florida Times-Union report citing "[the governor's] office" for the stat that he's received more than 2 million e-mails in his 8 yrs and has answered them "[m]ore times than not." Let's call it 1.1 million answered, 95 months in office. That's 12,000 a month, 400 a day. Of course,…
CL seeks VC
Creative Loafing, our corporate parent, is getting some statewide attention as part of a venture capital conference that will take place Feb. 6-7 in Boca Raton. So what exactly is CL looking to raise equity financing for? CL chairman Ben Eason said he is writing a pitch that will highlight some new media ideas the…
Morning Roundup
Until then we'll have to muddle through somehow: Today provides us another lesson in the difference between the Tampa Tribune and the St. Petersburg Times. Even on a fairly routine story — the naming of an interim director for the Tampa-Hillsborough Sprawlway Authority — the Times digs deeper, giving us context that two of the…
Bad Enough That the State Gets Screwed . . .
Even worse are the Floridians who have figured out how to make millions of bucks in the process. And even worse than that is the fact that, while you're getting screwed, and while they're making the bucks, they're claiming that they're doing you a favor. The St. Petersburg Times yesterday and today published a long…
Afternoon Roundup
Sorry for the spotty work on Roundup last week, but I was sick as a dog and still doing 4 TV-radio appearances (Yes, I know, cue the violins): Florida cops are beefing up their Internet patrols, even busting kids who picture themselves burning one online. Seminole Heights Blog used to be the shining star of…
Ormond Beach Really, Really Hates Exposed Breasts
Elizabeth Book, 44, seriously believes in equality of toplessness, male and female, and Ormond Beach seriously doesn't. She won the first round, in 2004, when a state appeals court ruled her top-doffing wasn't lewd. Then she shucked it again in 2005, and Ormond Beach convicted her again, and yesterday, she won again in a Volusia…
Sugg on Executions
John Sugg, remembered in Tampa Bay for his long stint as a Weekly Planet editor and now CL's senior group editor, writes this week about Florida's botched executions: The entertainment is back. Yep, the fun has begun on Florida’s death row, after more than six years of mostly ho-hum executions. As you’ll recall, Florida once…
Draft Obama
The Draft Obama gang, billed as a grassroots effort to convince the best-selling author-statesman to run for president, has produced a :60-second commercial and is set to begin airing it — according to Drudge — in New Hampshire next week. Click here to see it.
Lethal Injection: The Wedged-Out Wedge Issue
Opponents of the death penalty, and especially of states' seeming inattentiveness in administering lethal injections, are surely genuinely grossed out. However, they also believe that death-penalty supporters would be grossed out, too, if only they focused on the horrible, grisly details of the agonizing deaths that inmates go through (like Angel Diaz did yesterday at…
Solving the Middle East Crisis
So, an Iranian, Iraqi, Palestinian and Jew walk into a USF political science class … No, it's not the setup for the funniest joke ever (although it does raise some comedic possibilities), but instead reflects the reality inside on USF class this fall, where four students from nations or faiths that have been contentious came…
More ‘Money Men’
Last month, I did a review of the Top 10 "Money Men," a list of who contributed the most to local county commission races in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties — and what they wanted for their investments. The St. Petersburg Times has a good story today on another local Money Man who didn't quite crack…
Mulhern Calls in Some Muscle
"Jason the Terrible" whipped Charlie Justice into shape. Now, the campaign manager whose non-wrestling name is Mitch Kates is ready to pump up Mary Mulhern's campaign for Tampa City Council. Kates is a talented guy who has both run for office and run campaigns, mostly in the Northeast and Pittsburgh. He's been a pro wrestler,…
Overrated?
Really. It's a question. Who, or what, do you think is "Overrated?" Anyone who read our "Overrated" issue of Nov. 22 knows which sacred cows we skewered, or at least gently braised. And many of you weighed in with your opinions of our opinions, so many that we are recreating several of the juiciest, unedited,…
The Coitus of the Gods
Name of Kama Sutra Position: The Coitus of the Gods Getting into the position: The position is described as both the man and woman lying flat on a surface with their appendages, hands and torso directly overtop of one anotherÕs. Clasping each other's hands like two starfish making love, the lovers press their chests together…
Follow-Ups
(1) The Briny Breezes mobile-home community board [The F State, 12-12-2006] accepted a bid of $510m, or $1.045 million per trailer-resident.. [South Florida Sun-Sentinel] (2) The Broward judge handling the Dept. of Children and Families mentally-ill-transfer issue [The F State, 12-12-2006] had an epiphany yesterday and decided not to pile onto the DCF executives but…
Outtakes
Capsule reviews of recently released movies
Back at ya
Coolio, Centro-Matic, Original Sinners
The Blotter
Bizarre crimes from Tampa police files
Along the same line
Like their well-known forebears, Athens-based Modern Skirts trade in quality pop-rock
Salvaged from the pile
Sometimes losing your religion means saving your life
Shady Dade
Literature
Free as the Wind
The Crusaders
More of Sameeh Hammoudeh’s thoughts
On the neocons, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the future of Israel
CL‘s must-do list
Monkey Day Holiday, One Slight Hitch
Sameeh’s Side
Now in Palestine, Al-Arian co-defendant Sameeh Hammoudeh talks to Creative Loafing
Kevin Nealon
Comedy
CL goes for VC
Company selected for venture capital conference
Letters to the Editor
‘Saving the Centro,’
All that jazz
And more is covered in a documentary tribute to a talented musical hipster
Winning combination
Creativity, skill and a seamless blend of flavors make Cafe Ponte a standout
For Your Consideration
Waiting for Guffman
Abusing the environment
Holiday
In the beginning
Jobsite revives an avant-garde take on the book of Genesis
CL‘s picks for the week’s best shows
The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Jimbo Mathus, Fake Problems
Blissful juggler
Chris Bliss
Every time a bell rings
Plant High’s football win, Mel’s new movie
Mmm … beer
Brews to put you in the holiday spirit
Why are Iraq’s Kurds upset with the Iraq Study Group report?
Your War Questions Answered
Remember their faces
‘Cookie Man’
What happens in Miami …
Working the art world’s biggest schmooza-thon
It’s out of my life
A couch finally wears out its welcome
Live in Belgium 1981
Marvin Gaye
The complete holiday happenings list
Art exhibits, benefits, parades, lights
The gift of art
Art
Don’t look back in anger
My hits – and misses – in predicting 2006’s up-and-comers
Spins
Lady Sovereign, John Legend, David Binney, Blanche
Can’t Make You Happy
Geri X
The Fowler Avenue Peace Talks
An Iranian, an Iraqi, a Palestinian and a Jew walk into a USF poli-sci class …
Upcoming concerts
Donna the Buffalo, The Fray, Bottle Rockets
