Let's do this quick, then go play outside before the big skywater comes back.
Hillsborough's Public Transportation Commission rejected a deal that would have allowed Uber and Lyft drivers to operate legally in the county, because the agreement didn't mandate Level II background checks for drivers and included a 42-day "grace period" allowing drivers to operate while not being in compliance with personal and vehicle standards. They — I'm sorry, what? Yes, that's right. Uber and Lyft are technically still illegal in Hillsborough County. Thought you knew that, sport.
A Bay area woman was arrested for adoption fraud; she allegedly had a miscarriage early in her pregnancy, but continued to string the adoptive parents along for seven months, milking them for more than $13K in living and medical expenses. That's gotta be worth an express ticket straight through the usual stuff and right into Darkest, Most Intense MegaHell Extreme, wouldn't you think?
And finally, the roof of a Largo Walmart caught fire. Probably bought their crappy building materials at Walmart, am I right? Hey yo!
This article appears in Jun 9-16, 2016.