Readers' poll winners
Best Local Politician
Mayor Pam Iorio
Worst Local Politician
Ronda Storms
Biggest Waste of Tax Money
(Tie) Riverwalk/ Tampa Museum of Art
Best Local Newspaper Reporter
Wayne Garcia, Creative Loafing
Best Local Columnist
Howard Troxler, St. Petersburg Times
Best Local TV Anchor
Gayle Sierens, WFLA NewsChannel 8
Best Local TV News Reporter
Charley Belcher, Fox13
Best Radio Station
WMNF 88.5 FM
Best Radio DJ
MJ (Todd Schnitt), WFLZ-FM
Best Bucs Player
Derrick Brooks
Best Devil Rays Player
Carl Crawford
Best Lightning Player
Vincent Lecavalier
Local Celebrity You Love to Hate
Ronda Storms
Local Celebrity You Hate to Love
Hollywood Hulk Hogan
Local Hero
Joe Redner
Local Zero
Jim Smith
Best Local Troublemaker
Joe Redner
The finalists were:
The top three vote-getters listed alphabetically in each category
Best Local Politician
Governor Charlie Crist
Mayor Pam Iorio
Joe Redner
Worst Local Politician
Rick Baker
Brian Blair
Ronda Storms
Biggest Waste
of Tax Money
Iraq War
Raymond James Stadium
Riverwalk
Tampa Museum of Art
Best Local
Newspaper Reporter
Wayne Garcia, Creative Loafing
Dawn Morgan, Creative Loafing
Susan Taylor Martin, St. Petersburg Times
Best Local Columnist
Steve Otto, Tampa Tribune
Daniel Ruth, Tampa Tribune
Howard Troxler, St. Petersburg Times
Best Local TV Anchor
Bob Hite, WFLA NewsChannel 8
Reginald Roundtree, Tampa
Bay’s 10
Gayle Sierens, WFLA
NewsChannel 8
Best Local TV Reporter
Charley Belcher, FOX13
Mike Deeson, Tampa Bay’s 10
Don Germaise, ABC Action News
Best Radio Station
97.1 (97 New Rock Alternative)
98.7 (Wild 98)
WMNF 88.5 FM
Best Radio DJ
Cowhead, 102.5 The Bone
Fisher, 97X
MJ, WFLZ-FM
Best Bucs Player
Mike Alstott
Ronde Barber
Derrick Brooks
Best Devil Rays Player
Carl Crawford
Scott Kazmir
BJ Upton
Best Lightning Player
Vincent LeCavalier
Brad Richards
Martin St. Louis
Local Celebrity You Love
to Hate
Nancy Alexander
Hulk Hogan
Ronda Storms
Local Celebrity You Hate
to Love
Bubba the Love Sponge
Hollywood Hulk Hogan
Joe Redner
Local Hero
Hulk Hogan
Joe Redner
Susan Stanton
Local Zero
Joe Redner
Jim Smith
Ronda Storms
Best Local Troublemaker
Elijah Dukes
Joe Redner
Ronda Storms
This article appears in Sep 12-18, 2007.