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Deviled Pig – A Restaurant Review

December 1, 2018 B. John 515 Views 0 Comments Barbecue, BBQ, South Tampa

The Deviled Pig opened within the past few months at 3307 S Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL 33629. I was getting good comments on a neighborhood message, and over 4.5 stars on Yelp. It does turn out it didn’t rate quite that high once Yelp realized that there were a sizeable number of recently created accounts that one review giving the location 5 stars (guess who that restaurant was). However, once that was cleaned out, it still had decent reviews, so we decided to try it last night (Friday) early.

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Entitled Tampans And Tampa Airport

November 5, 2018November 4, 2018 B. John 591 Views 0 Comments Westshore, Aircraft, Landing, Take-off, Airplanes, Tampa International Airport

I don’t know if some people just don’t think, or feel entitled in some extreme sort of royalty-like way. I recently came across a Facebook Group for people who are complaining about the sound of airplanes landing at Tampa International Airport, despite having bought homes they knew to be right under the primary approach path. Go figure.

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Hillsborough County Commission District 7

October 19, 2018October 23, 2018 B. John 473 Views 0 Comments Kimberly Overman, Board of Commissioners, Hillsborough County

There are three candidates for this at-large seat on the County Commission. In keeping with my commitment to talk to people running in local elections, I’ve talked to Kimberly Overman and Todd Marks. I’m endorsing Kimberly Overman.

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The Weather in Tampa Today 09-10-2018

October 10, 2018 B. John 406 Views 0 Comments Tampa, National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Michael

Right this minute, at 5:15 PM we’re getting a pretty good downpour that started about 10 minutes ago. According to

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Letter to Publix CEO Re Adam Putnam

May 21, 2018October 3, 2018 B. John 1091 Views 2 Comments Publix, Anti-LGBT, Adam Putnam, florida, Todd Jones, Governor, Anti-Immigrant

Florida headquartered Publix Super Markets, has contributed nearly $670k to Florida Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Putnam ($250K of the recently), now the Commissioner of Agriculture. The Tampa Bay Times has recently published an article calling this to the attention of everyone, and Publix’s has been in damage control ever since, issuing the typical PR-written, Lawyer-approved bullshit form letter. I’ve written my own letter in response to the form letter I’ve seen posted all over social media. Let’s see if Publix gets the message.

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Casa Mexicana Bar and Grill – Restaurant Review

May 6, 2018September 29, 2018 B. John 348 Views 0 Comments restaurants, reviews, Mexian

Very good service, nice atmosphere, and clean restaurant. The food was good and Lay especially their “on-request” hot sauce, but it was a little pricey for what you get. We will eat there again.

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Benham Bros – Douche Bags of the Day

September 17, 2017October 3, 2018 B. John 527 Views 2 Comments 9-11, Irma, Harvey, Benham Brothers

I suppose it will come as no surprise to anyone that these two will wind up with multiple DBoTD awards. Along with a number of other fundamentalist nut-jobs, these two are blaming Irma and 9/11 on LGBT people.

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A HART Failure

July 27, 2017July 27, 2017 B. John 456 Views 2 Comments Ruthie Burckard, Pat Kemp, Transportation, Leslie Miller, HART, Sandy Murman, Mike Suarez, Hillsborough Transit Authority, Katharine Eagan

A recent experience caused me to gain some insight into the process the local transit authority, HART (Hillsborough County, FL) for those with medical requirements needing their door-to-door services. It is, as it turns out, way more complex than it should be, and likely makes flat impractical from some people who need the service on a shorter-term basis to be able to use it.

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Three Way Tie for Douche-bag of the Day

June 27, 2016September 29, 2018 B. John 766 Views 2 Comments Coward, LGBT, Bigot, Orlando Massacre, Hillsbobourgh County, Stacy White, David Garcia, County Commission, Pride Flag, Hostile Work Environment

This one is interesting I know, but they are all three of the same situation…if it really is three. Let me explain. Last week, Hillsborough, FL, County Commissioner and conservative firebrand, Stacy White (who I will note claims to be a Methodist), supposedly got a report of an anonymous employee who found flying the Rainbow Flag in memory and honor of the victims in Orlando created a hostile work environment for her. White was quick to call the flag a, “divisive, politically-charged symbol.”

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My New Nissan Rogue Sucks

February 17, 2016 B. John 1355 Views 1 Comment #CourtesyNissanSucks, Rich Phelps, #Nissan, #Rogue, #Nissansucks, #Courtesy Nissan

There, I said it. Back in late August I traded in my 2005 Nissan Pathfinder for a supposedly new 2015 Rogue. I based it on test drives and comparisons with a variety of similar crossovers, and reading reviews on several auto websites, combined with the price I got it for. I was fairly pleased, but in the past two months a number of critical components have failed, and Nissan and the dealership are unconcerned and actually fairly rude about it.

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City of Tampa Construction Services – Epic Fail

March 6, 2014March 6, 2014 B. John 653 Views 2 Comments Commissioner, Mayor, Harry Cohen, Bob Buckhorn, City of Tampa, Construction Services, Building Inspections, Mobley Construction, Noise Ordinance

I’ve got to tell you that the City of Tampa’s Construction Services appears to be an epic failure. I’ve discovered an amazing disregard for the Citizen’s of Tampa; a significant lack of enthusiasm for enforcing even the most basic codes; and all of that at a fairly high level within the organization.