Remember using the phrase "nothing much happened this weekend"? Yeah, me neither; it's been a while.
FRIDAY, AUG. 24:
Remember how the mayor of Port Richey has had the cops called to his house, like, four dozen times for stuff like disturbing the peace and shooting at a light to turn it off? A story broke Friday that he'd actually been arrested Thursday night, along with his longtime girlfriend, for domestic violence charges. He blames all the trouble on the girlfriend, who does have a history of being arrested for beating on him. Nothing says "perhaps we should reevaluate our relationship" quite like multiple battery arrests and restraining orders.
A grandfather and father were arrested in Sarasota for being passed out in a car with two kids, aged 2 and 4, in the back. A drink and a nap sound great after having to take care of the kids, but you should probably wait until you're done taking care of the kids.
SATURDAY, AUG. 25:
A 40-year-old Lutz woman was arrested for painting graffiti and spilling paint throughout the inside of her home before setting it on fire. There are bad breakups, and then there's meth-fueled arson.
John McCain, former presidential candidate and maybe the last truly populist high-profile Republican in the U.S. Senate, died of a brain tumor at the age of 81. He was one of a kind.
Walt Disney World, a company run by a cartoon mouse that poops money, grudgingly reached an agreement with a union that represents 38,000 of its service employees to eventually pay them $15 an hour. Capitalism is an ill-conceived prank.
SUNDAY, AUG. 27:
And finally, the Rays won their eighth straight on Sunday, closing out a sweep of the Red Sox by beating them 9-1. Sportsball!
This article appears in Aug 23-30, 2018.
