Good morning! More than 40K people came together yesterday to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Saint Pete. There were zero arrests. There is hope for us.
Longtime Bay area cultural value holder-backer Bubba The Love Sponge Clem is suing Cox Media and Nielsen Radio, claiming the two entities conspired to get him fired. Questionable choice of action by a man who seems to have been trying pretty hard to get himself fired since, oh, February 27, 2001.
An eight-year-old Clearwater girl had to be removed from a chimney by Clearwater Fire and Rescue. She was unhurt. Will a chimney sweep joke work here? Do people still know about those? Where my Mary Poppins fans at?
And finally, news broke yesterday about an arrest in which a 27-year-old man was charged with tossing conditioner on women while masturbating at a USF-area Target. Which is weird, because that really sounds more like a Walmart kind of thing.
This article appears in Jan 12-19, 2017.