The good, the bad and the ugly:
- Sticks of Fire weighs in with his political endorsements.
- Why the numbers are against Rod Smith in his Democratic quest for governor.
- The Times welcomes back columnist Bill Maxwell by settling a libel suit filed as a result of one of his stories. It pays $55,000.
Katherine Harris tells the AP she will win despite the polls.
On Election Night, do you think she will make like Derek Zoolander, getting up to accept the Male Model of the Year Award despite Hansel being given the nod?
- Hillsborough deputies solve mass egging. Now they can turn their attention to the rash of flaming-paper-bags-of-dogshit-left-on-doorsteps that is terrorizing the Bay area.
- Michael Hinman of the Tampa Bay Business Journal updates the confusing saga of the Armory project in West Tampa, while the dailies ignore the story.
- On the day Air America gets bump down-dial in NYC, it also loses a key exec according to Radio Equalizer. Oh, and you still can't get Air America over terrestrial radio in Tampa Bay.
This article appears in Aug 2-8, 2006.
