SATURDAY 5
Thousands celebrate Bank Transfer Day by pulling money from the big banks and depositing it in whatever local credit union they think Guy Fawkes would have used.
SUNDAY 6
The Bucs lose ugly to the New Orleans Saints 26-17, falling to a 4-4 record and all but guaranteeing themselves prime couch space at home to watch the playoffs.
TUESDAY 8
Herman Cain holds defiant press conference to state that he has never ever ever done anything inappropriate to anyone. Narrowly averting a tabloid tsunami, Joe Paterno cancels his defiant press conference at which he’d been expected to say he never ever ever heard about anyone doing anything inappropriate to 10-year-old boys.
St. Petersburg votes (well, 12 percent of it anyway), and favorites Charlie Gerdes, Bill Dudley and Wengay Newton all achieve easy victories over their … zzzzzz … zzzzzz …
Meanwhile, Largo makes news by electing openly gay candidate Michael Smith to a city commission seat. Wow, Largo — so tolerant all of a sudden.
This article appears in Nov 10-16, 2011.
