As a man who reputedly refused to ride in white limousines lest the public think him gay once said, looks like we made it.
Super-classy Tampa gentleman's club Thee Dollhouse, sued in January for using performers' photos in promotional materials without their consent, is now the defendant in another lawsuit, this one a class action brought by dancers and door girls over unpaid wages. It's almost enough to make you begin to doubt the integrity of the hooting-and-throwing-dollar-bills-at-women-while-they-take-their-clothes-off-to-Bon-Jovi industry.
The Tampa City Council voted unanimously to begin the process of getting a referendum on the November ballot that would allow it the authority to audit city departments, an authority currently held solely by the mayor under Tampa's "strong mayor" structure. You know, when you drill down into the minutia of city government, it's really quite interesting to parse the layers of — hey, where are you going? This is interesting shit! Fine, don't blame me when you get a two-cent tax hike aimed at building a blimp ferry.
And finally, how big is Beyonce? So big, her concert tonight in Tampa has its own traffic pattern. Seriously.
This article appears in Apr 28 – May 4, 2016.