Lauria Fiorilli caught my post on Sandy Murman’s new commercial in her political blog — Political Safari — on the TBO.com site. Storms made more waves on the wider Internet last year during her barrage of anti-gay-pride measures, but local … Continue reading →

As you might have surmised from my few posts — transportation is a MAJOR issue for me. The St. Petersburg Times has a good story today about the effort of the Florida Department of Transportation to get ahead of our … Continue reading →

A third blog has joined the chorus welcoming me to the blogosphere. Bob O’Malley writes about Orlando (and central Florida) happenings over at O’Blog. Where there is birth, there must be death. And vice versa. So as we say goodbye … Continue reading →

I saw my first Sandy Murman commercial tonight. Looks like she bought BrightHouse cable for this (although I am not in that district). [The commercial is available in WMV format on Sandy's website .] Here is the text: Opening shot … Continue reading →

Peter Schorch at St. Petersblog has joined the welcome wagon, with more-than-kind words about this new venture of mine: He’s been such a frequent poster on this blog that I didn’t even notice that Jim Johnson set up his own … Continue reading →

Michael Hussey over at the Pushing Rope blog has welcomed me to the blogosphere: Jim Johnson is one of the best commenters on this blog. He has started if own weblog called The State of Sunshine. He’s off to a … Continue reading →

The Tampa Rail blog has a great post about the Tampa Bay Partnership’s call for action to create the Tampa Bay Regional Transportation Authority. The Partnership posted a full page ad on the last day of the 2006 Legislative Session … Continue reading →

NewsHour had a great debate tonight about the ongoing debate in Washington on the future of the Internet. At first blush, the position of Google, Amazon, Microsoft, eBay, and others seems logical. Efforts by the oligopoly that controls the bulk … Continue reading →

Okay. So I was walking out of the relatively-new Target store at Dale Mabry and 275 this evening, and was approached by a dedicated “volunteer” for Taking Back Hillsborough County Political Committee. I must say he was making a strong … Continue reading →

Our lovely City of Tampa, a finalist for the 2008 Republican National Convention, will be screened this August. The following release from the Tampa Bay Convention and Visitors Bureau was passed along to me (emphasis added): Extraordinary events require extraordinary … Continue reading →