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Election today, actually
Believe it or not, today marks the last day for Tampa voters to weigh in on the city council races and, to a lesser extent, the mayor's race. As of Monday, just under 19,000 voters have cast a vote...
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Activists politely ask Hillsborough School Board to tackle school-to-prison...
Members of the Bay Area Activist Coalition, a group that fights for fair treatment of African Americans and other minority groups, had a message for members of the Hillsborough County School Board and...
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Runoff in election for Seminole Heights district; other Tampa elections shake...
We knew Mayor Bob Buckhorn was going to get re-elected Tuesday night. Dude got nearly 96 percent of the vote. Same goes for the four other sitting city council members facing re-election; even...
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Sh*t happened 3/04/15: Jannus Landing vies for historic status, Bay area...
Chances are we'll get one more timid little chillwave through the Bay area before we're done for good, but it sure did feel like Florida yesterday. And just in time for the annual cavalcade of...
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Rep. Castor optimistic about SCOTUS on Obamacare lawsuit
Democratic Congresswoman Kathy Castor (D-Tampa) attended the U.S. Supreme Court's oral arguments Wednesday in the case that, if decided in favor of the plaintiff, would strike down federal health...
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Sh*t happened 3/05/15: Scott's wasteful policies, wage theft, college...
Wednesday found us philosophical, as we ruminated on our relationships to "all people." We thought about that for a bit, then we turned our devious, giant monkey minds to figuring out how to screw...
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Sausage party: a look at the 2015 legislative session
Remember last October, when there were all those ads on TV about woodsheds and other peripheral nonsense? Well, roughly half of the people you saw in those commercials are in Tallahassee now, makin’...
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A matter of the heart: bill would require CPR training in schools
She thought he had the flu. That’s what Kaycee Teets assumed when officials from Seminole Heights Elementary School called last year to tell her that her son, first grader Keith Coty, had a headache...
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Guy who proposed transgender bathroom bill lauded by colleague for his "courage"
You know how much courage it takes to be who you are in the face of ignorant and mean-spirited social stigmatization? Well, not as much as it takes to make a law that reinforces that ignorant and...
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Tampa home health care workers decry paltry wages, lack of benefits
As the initiative for a fifteen dollar minimum wage expands from fast food workers to contract professors and beyond, the Seminole Heights Public Library in Tampa served as the launching point for a...
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Cops may have busted St. Pete mural vandal
The turd who upset St. Pete's tight-knit community of working artists by scribbling "Facebook.com ——-> HTWOO the artist" on a handful of lovely downtown murals has allegedly been caught, police...
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Sh*t happened 3/6/15: Shorts
Let's keep it short and sweet on this beautiful Friday, shall we? No, don't speak; it's better this way, really.A Clearwater manwas arrested for running a prostitution ring out of his home. "Pimp My...
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They Never Forget
The Greatest Show on Earth ended a tradition of cruelty this week when the Feld family – that's the parent company for Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus – announced elephants no longer...
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Sh*t happened 3/9/2015: Testing, Beer Week & more cops for St. Pete
And we're back from beers, bars, music and the Renaissance Festival; here's hoping you enjoyed the weekend, whatever your pleasure.FRIDAY, MARCH 6: In wake of a badly botched test rollout that...
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There's no climate change in Florida because Rick Scott says so
You know how Florida is flat and surrounded by water, water that is slowly encroaching on coastal areas? Well, the vast majority of scientists is warning about the effects a warming planet are going...
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Pier review: public survey results are in
St. Pete residents cast thousands of votes in a non-binding survey for seven design proposals for the St. Pete Pier over the past couple weeks, and the results are in. The winner, with 10,751 votes,...
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Sh*t happened 3/10/15: Scott's DEP, pier designs, school testing hacked
Monday was but an ephemeral dream that coursed silkily through a young Wall Street broker's mind, during a quick nap after a cold, snowy trudge and a warm, flaky knish. It was reported that just after...
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Possible lifeline for Woodson African-American museum
City and museum officials stood in front of the Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum Tuesday to laud the first step in a process they hope will make the museum safe and sound. Outlook on...
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Medicaid expansion bill clears committee, League of Women Voters pretty stoked
A proposal to extend health care coverage in the state to more than a million people who aren't quite starving (except when they have medical bills) easily cleared a State Senate committee Tuesday,...
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Sh*t happened 3/11/15: More Scott, one less Buc and a spiritual glory hole
The sound grew like faraway thunder, starting as a feeling in the back of the teeth and growing, until it blotted out all the senses, as if some impossible winged machine were passing overhead. When...
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