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Panhandling ban in Tampa now applies to all, including newspaper sellers
Thursday morning, the Tampa City Council voted 6-0 (Council Chair Frank Reddick, a likely dissenter, being absent) to rescind a provision allowing low-income and homeless individuals to peddle...
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Sh*t happened 7/17/15: New panhandling rules in Tampa, heroin's back, grenade!
"What the hell was that?" Riley smiled like somebody does when they've lost everything, and it was their fault, and there was nothing left to do but laugh about it."That was Thursday," he said. Facing...
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"Christians" who think homophobe priests have to do gay weddings now push...
Some people hate what they don't understand. Hence the impotent rage over the Supreme Court's decision last month overturning all gay marriage bans. Unfortunately, some intelligent people who have...
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Only a few days left to nominate local pols, etc. for Best of the Bay
We know there's some politician out there that you love, a writer you read religiously, a restaurant you visit frequently and a bartender whose concoctions are as original as it gets. Our 25th annual...
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Public scrutiny sparks conversation about racial tensions in Tampa
A panel of experts addressed around 100 members of the Tampa Tiger Bay Club on Friday afternoon to open up a dialogue about understanding and improving racial tensions in Tampa Bay. The panelists...
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Sh*t happened 7/20/15: Evacuations, foreclosures, cricket
Welcome to Monday. Let us turn now one last time to the weekend, and salute it as it recedes with stately grace into the mists of memory.FRIDAY, JULY 17:The federal building in downtown Tampawas...
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Jolly Senate run officially official
Congressman David Jolly announced his Senate run this morning, but we already knew that was going to happen. Jolly will headline a rally this evening at Alfano’s Restaurant in Clearwater during a...
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#IfIDieInPoliceCustody brings attention to police brutality against black people
Texas civil rights activist Sandra Bland used social media to speak about police brutality and how countless black people have been killed while in police custody. Now, Bland’s name is being added to...
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Special session date set as Crist looks at running for seat that could lean...
Lawmakers are due in Tallahassee August 10 to redraw the Congressional districts they gerrymandered in defiance of a constitutional amendment that aimed to put an end to gerrymandering. They will be...
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Sh*t happened 7/21/15: Jolly, Crist, Busch Gardens, HART
Ever wonder what it would feel like if you thought you were finally free of yesterday, and then yesterday showed up while you were trying to eat your cereal and get ready to deal with today and threw...
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BOTB nominating ends at midnight. Tell us which pols you love — and loathe
If you've been putting off weighing in on CL's 25th (!) annual Best of the Bay reader survey nominations, it's officially down to the wire. We still need your help nominating people, places, events,...
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Jolly not looking forward to onslaught of outside money, messaging in 2016
One of the ways the primary races for outgoing U.S. Senator Marco Rubio's seat could shake out would be a general election pitting U.S. Reps David Jolly (R-Indian Shores) and U.S. Rep Patrick Murphy...
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Sh*t happened 7/22/15: Property values, Rays milestones, more
Your Tuesday, churned:Property values in Hillsborough Countyare up for the third consecutive year, and continue to rise. Sorry you couldn't take advantage of those low, low recession prices because...
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St. Pete Council candidates field questions on wages, police, wages
The five candidates in the running for the St. Pete City Council District 7 seat Councilman Wengay Newton is vacating due to term limits fielded questions from a packed room at Childs Park Recreation...
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St. Pete event to help some residents restore driver licenses Saturday
There are quite a few people out there who have a suspended drivers license, and don't know about it and/or can't pay to have it reinstated. An event slated for Saturday aims to help remedy that, at...
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Vigil for trans woman killed in Tampa planned
Friends as well as members and allies of the local trans community are planning a vigil Friday evening to remember India Clarke, the transgender woman who was found dead in a park within the...
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Tan Man looking good against other Dems...but what about Tall Man?
As you've no doubt read, poll results from early Wednesday show Charlie Crist leading his potential Democratic primary opponents in the Congressional District 13 race by nearly 70 points. The poll was...
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Southern Exposure: The Cuba issue
Our island neighbor is colorful, complicated and closer than ever.The distance by air from Tampa International to José Martí International is just over 300 miles, but the psychological distance...
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The Cuba Issue: Despite resistance, the Cuba taboo is fading in Tampa Bay.
Tampa City Councilwoman Yvonne Yolie Capin visited Cuba in 2013, along with other members of the council and the Chamber of Commerce. Upon their return, a concerned citizen filed a public records...
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The Cuba Issue: Tampa and Cuba — connected through time
By virtue of geography and sociology, Florida has often had as much of a connection to the Caribbean as to the United States. Tampa and Havana represent that connection well; people and goods have...
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