Sep 1-8, 2016

Sep 1-8, 2016 / Vol. 29 / No. 26
This week, we celebrate the roadside BBQ smoker as Cathy Salustri goes in search of tasty alternatives to upscale soul food and casual fine dining. Some of the best ribs you’ll ever taste come off of those trailers and sideways oil drums you see in parking lots all over the Bay area! Plus, Zach Budgor […]

The 30 million-gallon problem

Before Hurricane Hermine made landfall well north of St. Pete last week, officials didn't seem all that concerned about the possibility of another stormwater influx causing another sewage dump into coastal waters. They asked residents to curb their water consumption by refraining from running the dishwasher or, you know, watering their lawns in the pouring…

Clinton stops by Tampa as general election season “begins”

Traditionally, the general presidential election season is supposed to kick off after Labor Day. This being 2016, it kicked off a day or 400 before that. Marking the "start" of the general election season, Democratic contender Hillary Clinton wasted no time targeting ever-important areas of major swing states, namely the Tampa Bay area. In a…

Sh*t happened 9/5/16: Summer’s over, ha ha, whatever

Yeah, I know it's a bit late, but I was busy laying out my white linen for one last hurrah. FRIDAY, SEPT. 2: Two recounts later, Daryl Rouson was declared the winner in Tuesday's Democratic primary race for the Bay area's state Senate District 19. What does this mean for you? It means you now…

It’s official: Rouson wins SD 19 primary

It was a hard-fought primary across two geographically disparate areas, in a district with newly added unfamiliar turf. And good lord, was it close — 73 votes close. The two leading candidates in the four-person Florida Senate District 19 Democratic primary were on edge Tuesday night as returns came in. State Reps. Ed Narain (D-Tampa)…

Flooding, more sewage dumps another sign of dire infrastructure woes

As Hermine — now a tropical storm again — clears Florida, officials in dozens of counties are assessing the damage the then-Category 1 hurricane caused, even in areas far from the storm's direct path. In Pinellas County, where dangerous bands tore through around 6 p.m. Thursday and 3 a.m. Friday, officials are grappling with property…

And now it’s Hurricane Hermine

You'd better be sitting down for this. Or at least indoors and stocked up and water and wine, because that lil tropical storm we were all watching out in the gulf has become a full-grown hurricane. Hurricane Hermine will be the first hurricane to hit Florida in more than ten years. It's currently a Cat…

Do This: Now you see it…

When is a magic show more than a magic show? When the magician's more of a mentalist, of course, and also when that mentalist is a descendant of Holocaust survivors and he's doing the show to benefit the Florida Holocaust Museum. Oz Perlman's grandmother survived Auschwitz; his grandfather fought with irregular military groups as part…


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