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Mar 14-20, 2007

Mar 14-20, 2007 / Vol. 19 / No. 52

Peacemongers

Dawn Morgan reports: Yesterday, as protests occurred throughout the U.S. on the fourth anniversary of the war in Iraq, 13 people gathered by the Java Junction parking lot at Kennedy and Sterling at the height of rush hour. They were volunteers with Veterans for Peace, Code Pink and MoveOn.org. One older gentleman said he was…

by David Warner

Morning Roundup

Back-to-work edition: Just what's in that can or pouch of dog or cat food (besides, recently, death)? No nukes! No nukes! No nukes! (Where's Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt when you need them?) Green grass and high tides forever. "I was really young and impressionable. Elvis really did look — he looked sort of not…

by Wayne Garcia

Tampa Early Voting

Early voting for the March 27 Tampa City Council runoff elections has started, and once again, a South Tampa location accounts for half of the votes cast. This bodes well for Joe Redner, who beat Gwen Miller in the primary in South Tampa precincts. For those looking to vote early (don't forget to keep your…

by Wayne Garcia

Jenkins Takes Issue With Redner

Julie Jenkins, who ran third in the race for Tampa City Council that features a March 27 runoff between Joe Redner and Gwen Miller. And Jenkins, who is now supporting Miller, isn't happy about Redner's offer for free admission to the Mons Venus for those who sport an "I Voted" sticker. She decries Redner's unusual…

by Wayne Garcia

Afternoon Roundup

Stomach flu edition: We'll miss you, Roxanne. SOF: "Of all the shady businesses to own, a strip club is among the very darkest." All a-Twitter. Is CIVIC Concern centrist or really liberal? Is SOF liberal or secretly conservative? Campbell Brown is considered a real journalist? Tampa sucks for cyclists. A plea, for some great pizza.

by Wayne Garcia

Redner: No Developers in My Pockets

Joe Redner's runoff direct mail has started hitting Tampa mailboxes. It reinforces his anti-establishment image by pointing out that he is not in anyone's pocket, nor does he have special interest money in his pockets. Here it is:

by Wayne Garcia

Afternoon Roundup

If I should fall from grace with God where no doctor can relieve me: "I must be sending out cosmic signals of girlish vulnerability." Perhaps the funniest person working on the road today. Oh, shit, please please please let this case go to trial and be televised 24/7 on Court TV.

by Wayne Garcia

DUCK!

Scott Butherus' "View from the Cheap Seats" spring training blog, Mar. 13: Today was a return to what spring training is all about: blue skies, a laid-back crowd and $5 drafts of premium beer. (There would be no Bud Lights in the forecast for today.) Out of all the stadiums that I've visited so far,…

by David Warner

Afternoon Roundup

Cause I'm a punkrocker, yes I am: Kathy's No. 1. Do I get a frequent voter discount on lap dances as well? Inside, inside baseball for the political consultant lurkers out there. PoHo on TV, now there's a rarity … Yes, we're biased all right. Is the Largo 5 splitting up? From the man who…

by Wayne Garcia

Prick Or Just Precise?

Wade Tatangelo, SoHo man on the street , reports this incident: I laughed out loud. Couldn't help it. Her boyfriend glared at me but what the hell? I'm standing in the long morning line at Starbucks in SoHo todayand a woman orders "a 140 degree latte." The woman wanted her latte served at exactly 140…

by David Warner

Bucky Dent On Fire

Scott Butherus' "View from the Cheap Seats" spring training blog, Mar. 12: “I’ve got standing rooms for 150,” says a slightly shady Italian with a cardboard sign proclaiming extra tickets. “Set Bucky Dent on fire for your extra ticket,”  I answer back. If Grapefruit League games really are meaningless, you sure couldn’t tell by tonight.…

by David Warner

Afternoon Roundup

OK, I have an excuse. I spent the morning as a panelist at the League of Women Voters candidate forums for the Tampa City Council runoffs on March 27. So now, as Paul Harvey would says, here's the news: Ya think Tampa (16 percent) and Pinellas County (20 percent) had low turnouts in their spring…

by Wayne Garcia

Making Sense of Pinellas

Aha, it is a trick title. There is no making sense of Pinellas County. Especially when it comes to how its voters perform. And that brings us to Tuesday's elections, which involved a handful of municipal races and referenda, plus the headliner: Penny for Pinellas. Using my many years of experience in the field, here…

by Wayne Garcia

The Peacock

Name of Kama Sutra Position: The Peacock Getting into the position: This position is performed with the woman seated. She then raises one of her feet to a point vertically overhead and steadies it with her hand while offering up her yoni for the man's delight. On a scale of 1 to 10 how would…

by Eric J. Leech

No Explanation

Creative Loafing Senior Writer Eric Snider on last night's 30-second concert by The Who: “I can’t explain, I can’t explain.” The Who’s lead singer Roger Daltrey managed to croak out a couple of those lines before vacating the stage Tuesday night at the Ford Amphitheatre, leaving Pete Townshend to explain the inexplicable: Roger had a…

by David Warner

SOMEONE Should Explain

Creative Loafing Music Critic Wade Tatangelo has this to say about The Who's mini-concert: A plastic beer bottle or a ketchup-covered wiener should’ve whizzed past Pete Townshend’s big schnozz. Where was the righteous rage last night following The Who's 30-second non-show? Where was the don’t-fuck-with-me rock ’n’ roll spirit? They served us a crock of…

by David Warner

Letters to the editor

Still Stanton Editor's Note: We received numerous comments online regarding our interview with Largo City Manager Steve/Susan Stanton ("In His Own Words" by David Warner, March 7). Most were supportive, though the conversation did branch off into a nature-vs.-nurture debate that is difficult to excerpt here; if you're familiar with "the original Zhou/Gooren/Aschemann/Swaab report that…

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