News Roundup for The Week Ending April 11, 2008 »

By John on Apr 11, 2008 in Crime, Fun Stuff, Places, Society, Tampa | 0 Comments

This is the catch all basket for odd news items for the week ending April 11, 2008. We’ve got an escaped monkey in Orlando, Verizon employees picketing because their customer service is so bad, and a guy hitting a police horse. The elections supervisor can’t seem to get around to paying his property taxes either.

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News Wrap Up- January 25, 2008 »

By John on Jan 25, 2008 in Crime, Places, Society, Tampa | 0 Comments

This is the weekly news wrap-up for January 25, 2008. This includes a drunk driver side-swiping a patrol car, contraband smuggling at a federal prison, illegal Sangria in Virginia, and a gay porn links on a middle school website.

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Another “Storm” Over Tampa »

By John on Dec 7, 2005 in Places, Politics, Right Wingnuts, Tampa | 0 Comments

Famed homophobic bigot and all around sex-obsessed Hillsborough County Commissioner Rhonda Storms has called for a referendum on nudity. I can’t tell if she wants more of it or less, but having seen her ass in a pair of pants…I’m hoping less. In keeping with her past MO, she sprung this on the other Commissioners without warning.

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