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Sh*t happened 8/25/2015: St. Pete's PWA retires, Ferguson judge wipes city's...
Tuesday! It's like Monday, with cilantro.St. Petersburg's public works administratorabruptly announced his retirement. Apparently, this has everything to do with his desire to spend more time with his...
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Gov. Scott's approval rating goes...up?
Um, guys? Apparently 45 percent of Floridians say Gov. Rick Scott is doing an a-ok job, according to a Quinnipiac poll out today, which we first heard about from the News Service of Florida. NSF says...
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And now, the general: two St. Pete Council candidates make it through a...
In a small south St. Pete office, campaign volunteers’ chairs lined the room’s perimeter as others set up food and drink. A minute or two after seven — when the polls closed — Lisa Wheeler-Brown...
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Sh*t happened 8/26/15: District 7, Tampa retirement, Jacksonville cold-case...
It was a wise and perceptive person who once said, "when the middle of the week feels like the end of the week, the rest of the week will almost certainly suck." It's all uphill from here:Lisa...
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Tampa community organizers seek to secure free and reduced lunch programs
As students returned to school on Tuesday morning, a press conference highlighted the importance of free and reduced lunches outside Miles Elementary in Tampa. The gathering, organized by Florida...
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You may want to stay home Monday, everyone
This time of year, one of our favorite things to do is hit the National Hurricane Center website a few times a day (2 & 5 a.m. and p.m. on the nose, to be accurate) to watch our federal tax...
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St. Pete buys land once slated for another subdivision
Sometimes the one with the most money doesn't win. Case in point: St. Petersburg's announcement this morning that it will buy 10 acres of golf course land adjacent to Boyd Hill Nature Park. Two years...
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A time to kill? How Florida went from protecting bears to hunting them.
In just under two months, unless it can successfully be stopped, a hunting season for Florida black bears will open in four areas throughout the state. It will be the first hunt of its kind in more...
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Sh*t happened 8/27/15: Insurance hikes, Walmart does something somewhat sensible
Let's get right down to it: You can buy health insurance, or you can buy an assault rifle, but it looks like you're not gonna be able to afford both, see?Most of the health insurance providers that...
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Sh*t happened 8/28/15: Wastewater fallout, J&J jobs, douche-y lawyers
Ready for the waiting arms of the weekend? Not yet, you're not. First, you must confront your Thursday, and find strength in the acceptance of how it shaped today's you, or whatever. Hey, remember...
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Group seeks to restore misplaced conservation dollars
Remember last November, when you voted for Amendment 1, the law that sets aside a third of document stamp tax dollars (a funding source that is already there) explicitly for land and water...
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Buckhorn announces citizen review board, activists skeptical
In response to loud public outcry for an independent body to hold police accountable, Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn today announced he'll assemble a citizen review board to investigate instances of police...
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Newest models show Erika going right up into Tampa Bay...if it stays intact
We could wake up tomorrow to news that Tropical Storm Erika ate shit trying to blast past the mountains of Hispaniola, diminishing to a tropical depression, dismissing little bursts of rain as it...
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Sh*t happened 8/31/15: George Takei at USF, Bucs blowout, gun wedding
It was a wet one, but not nearly as wet (or as damaging) as it coulda been. Here's what you missed while you were obsessively checking weather sites for the first 20 minutes of the weekend, then...
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Activists plan to protest citizen review board plan in Tampa
Ahead of what could be a contentious Tampa City Council meeting to weigh the mayor's newly proposed citizen panel to review questionable incidents and issues involving the city's police, a group of...
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Sh*t happened 9/1/15: Hulk fakepologizes, Gulfport wrestler arrested, public...
Magnus watched through the slit, eyes to binoculars, for a very long time. Finally, he slumped back, shaking his head."It's back," he said."What? What's back?" Magnus sighed. "Monday." Embattled...
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State supreme court weighs an amendment to make solar easier
Earlier today, backers of a state constitutional amendment that aims to make solar power more affordable for consumers argued their case before the state supreme court. The court has to approve the...
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Welcome back, disgraced ultra-conservative ex-commissioner Jim Norman!
You've probably heard by now that former State Senator and Hillsborough County Commissioner Jim Norman has jumped back into politics this week by filing to run for the commission's District 6 seat....
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THE NEIGHBORHOOD ISSUE Keeping Upham: A disappearing beach keeps local...
If you’ve heard of Upham Beach, you have either lived in the area long enough to hear about it via word of mouth, or you took multiple wrong turns trying to navigate St. Pete Beach’s somewhat...
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Sh*t happened 9/2/15: Philanthropy, Pitbull pimps Florida, Walmart heist
If you're not a Neil Gaiman megafan or an enthusiastic mythology geek, you might not know that Wednesday is named for two deities — the Germanic/Northern European god Odin and the Roman god Mercury....
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