The Money Men Follow-Up
Bill Sharpe of SohoTampa.com has ferreted out another big local fundraiser, one just under the Top 10 list I published in a recent issue of CL. In this case, it is the owners of Whiskey Park bar in SoHo area of Tampa, who bundled more than $6,000 in contributions to Rose Ferlita in her successful…
Games Real-Estate Agents and Buyers Play
It's not that the buyer or the seller is getting ripped off, according to aninvestigation by the Tampa Tribune. It's that maybe one of theother players is (probably the lender, but maybe someone else). Here's whathappens: S (seller) has house that won't sell. E(entrepreneur) offers to buy it at last asking price, X. BR(broker) writes…
Statement from Michael Richards’ Attorney
"Who told you to go on David Letterman? I didn't tell you to go on David Letterman. Did I tell you to go on David Letterman?"
Morning Roundup
Alllllll righty then: The cat (rrrraaa-rrrrrr) is out of the bag. Redner wins the pennant! Redner wins the pennant! Times scoop: Ralph Mervine not only had porno on the side, he was linked to a construction company that got Expressway Authority $$$. Wesley Snipes speaks out.
Mary Mulhern Update
As expected, Mary Mulhern has eschewed seeking an appointment to the Tampa City Council and instead will run for a permanent seat on that board. She announced yesterday that she will run against Shawn Harrison for a citywide seat. Harrison represents the New Tampa district on the council. Now, in the interest of full disclosure,…
Good Thing We Have Judges to Watch Over Bleeding-Heart State’s Attorneys
Broward County prosecutors had arranged no jail time and just 5 yrs' probation for Aimee Weiss, 23, for drowning her newborn in a canal behind her family home in Tamarac, but then judge Ilona M. Holmes stepped in. Not so fast, she said. That is, Judges Holmes cut it to 3 yrs' probation, plus she…
Can Local Independent Businesses and National Chains Co-Exist?
For those still debating the finer points of shopping independently or at national chain stores, the Local Initiatives Support Coalition’s Center for Commercial Revitalization poses the question: Can small neighborhood businesses and national chains co-exist? Back in August, LISC sponsored a panel to examine if communities could create the “right mix†of chain and independents…
Morning Roundup
Short week, right?: Robot Chicken vs. Charlie Brown and the Great Pumpkin (YouTube) Redner vs. street preachers. Religious conservatives vs. secular liberals, who gives more to charity? New media vs. traditional media. (via Romanesko) Borat vs. the grouchy old Tribune editorial board that will keep your football if you accidentally kick it into their front…
Final Chapter in a Stunning Obsession?
St. Pete Beach parking officer Michael Mehill, 60, retired this week. There will be no festive farewell party. A resident named Julie Gable filed her first complaint against Mehill in 1999, that he seemed to be everywhere she was, watching her, and she got her first restraining order, keeping him out of her 'hood. At…
Morning Roundup
If you see him in the subway, he'll be down at the end of the car: The Gersh-man gets all thankful on us. Sami takes another one in the shorts from Uncle Sam. Who will Channel 10's Mike Deeson have to pick on now? Finally some good South Tampa news: my neighborhood voted against Ronda…
Department of Children and Families Is Finally on the Run
As mentioned last week [The F State, 11-10-2006], the three-branches-of-gov't thing is finally catching up to DCF. Hillsborough judge Debra Behnke is the latest to arch her back at the agency's blatant screw-you's. She had ordered DCF to move a mentally ill prisoner from jail to a mental health facility within 15 days, as state…
Strange Connections
I had an odd day yesterday. I was hunting for new podcasts when I hit a website called Thothweb.com. The site contained an article about the vagaries of the distant past (10,000 years +) and the many weird anomalies that don’t mesh with the accepted, scientific view that our civilization sprang up about 10,000 years…
The Orisson
Position: The Orisson On a scale of 1 to 10 how would you rate position (1 as horrible, 10 as sexual nirvana)?Yes! At long last we finally have a solid 10. Did you have difficulty getting into the position?No difficulty getting into position, but the building of the contraption to raise my partner safely was…
Morning Roundup
One day until Bond: Who gave the most money in local county commission races and what do they want for it? The answers are here, and you'll be surprised that the top fundraiser is not a developer. Could you live for one week without buying anything at national or regional chain stores? Alex Pickett tried…
This Year’s Election Woes
Oh, they're not that bad. (1) The aftermath of the Buchanan-Jennings U.S. House race is proceeding in Sarasota County (Buchanan won by 377 out of 238,000 votes, with 18,000 nonvotes, which would be 15,000 more than the norm), first with a recount of absentee and provisional ballots, then with technicians coming in to sŽance with…
Helm wants to stay at the helm
Ed Helm believes this year's election is proof that his strategies are starting to work and confirms that he will seek his first full term as chairman of the Pinellas County Democratic Executive Committee at its Dec. 13 meeting. Helm was elected this summer to fill the remaining term of former chair Carrie Wadlinger. He…
Bop-A-Writer
I am imploring either or both local daily newspapers to create an online game similar to this one, from the Austin American-Statesman, which let's you take a rolled-up newspaper to its columnists as they pop up throughout a virtual newsroom. On second thought, can I just come over and do it in person?
Mary Mulhern, and a redder than hell South Tampa
So, the breaking news is that Mary Mulhern, former Creative Loafing arts critic and unsuccessful County Commission candidate, will not seek one of the two appointments to the Tampa City Council. Those are for the seats being held by Rose Ferlita and Kevin White, who won seats on the Hillsborough County Commission. My guess is…
Morning Roundup
… and in the morning, for a change: NYT on the big shift in lobbying firms given the Dems control of Congress. The business of America is doing business. Shut off the lights, the party's over. Hillsborough's bikini bar lawsuit remains alive. Sarasota strip club institution sues to remain alive. If I had a nickel…
Back on track
With an upcoming fundraiser, Silver Meteor hopes to build a head of steam
Casualties of progress
LECTURE/LITERATURE
Cleanup Act
VOLUNTEER
The meat of the matter
Fast Food Nation is a rambling, unfocused take on the wages of junk food
Concerts
Kasabian, Jimmy Buffet, Tinsley Ellis w/Hamilton Loomis, others.
Author Stacy Mitchell
On buying independently
The reporter and the prosecutor
The Al-Arian story takes a controversial romantic turn
A grape big meal
When choosing Thanksgiving wines, go with what tastes good
How we did it
Getting the story
Fresh versus frozen
Grant’s impending demise calls for drastic measures
The Blotter
Bizarre crimes from Tampa police files
Take it away
A look at gourmet-grocery takeout food — with some rules to remember
Capsule reviews of recently released movies
Happy Feet, Shut Up and Sing
Animated dissent
DISCUSSION
Parking lights
ART
That mountain music
Ralph Stanley, Mute Math, The Pretenders
Wine events around the city
The Contemporaries, Vintage Wine Cellars
Back in the Game
A new live music venue opens at a perennial site for nightclubs in Ybor
CL’s must-do list for the week
Thurs., Nov. 16-Wed., Nov. 22
Smokin’ mad
Nicotine Nation’s Rosa Parks
USF students help defeat an abortion ban
Last month, over 100 University of South Florida students rose in unison during a lecture by Ann Coulter and walked out of the Sun Dome on the Tampa campus. Nine of them kept right on walking to South Dakota. Metaphorically, that is. Earlier this year the South Dakota Legislature passed, and Republican Gov. Mike Rounds…
The shopping list
Which price is right?
Soul Intentions
Admirable goals make up for the flaws in this consideration of black-Jewish relations.
Comparison Shopping
Are supermarkets really pricier in the ‘hood?
Jinx
Karl Rove, Jack Palance, The Grinch
Every Time I Die
Shit Happens
Independent living
How easy is it to forgo shopping at chain stores for a week?
Blonde bondshell
Casino Royale
The color spectrum
From red to blue: Pinellas and Hillsborough swap places
The Money Men
They gave a bunch to local politicians. What do they want in return?
Music Week
Jimmy Buffett, Ratdog, the Pink Floyd Experience
Gemini Ryan
Local Music
Backspin
The Undertones
Wine-ing for funds
Museum of Fine Arts and Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art
Spins
Mastodon, Pavement, Two Ton Boa, Norfolk & Western, Papa Grows Funk
