How was your Monday? Still prideful, one hopes.
Curbside recycling truly, finally kicked off in St. Pete, as Mayor Rick Kriseman was on hand for the first pickup in Old Southeast. He did not finish the display by recycling the big blue bin itself, or the truck that came to get it. Had the photo op been in Old Northeast, well …
Meth activity is about double what Pinellas County law enforcement saw in the first half of last year. Of course, it's artisanal meth crafted right here in the area from locally sourced ingredients, but still.
And finally, a Clearwater Uber driver shot a customer said was attacking him, wounding the rider in the foot. In the rider's defense, he probably thought you were supposed to attack your Uber driver in self-defense right away, rather than waiting for the driver to initiate things.
This article appears in Jun 25 – Jul 1, 2015.