http://www.metroi4news.com Highlighting the News from Florida's Central Corridor Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:05:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the "What Did You Think Would Happen if You Cut Taxes?" news of the day: Floridians feel squeeze of state's $66 billion budget Some are happy with the state's proposed purchase of U.S. Sugar's operation, and not just U.S. Sugar: Rethinking the grand plan for the Everglades If they're working, can ... http://www.metroi4news.com/2008/07/state-budget-everglades-plan-college-july-6-2008/ Or...if it's happening there, it's probably happening here. After all, there will always be a few bad apples among the batch.According to this AP story, New Jersey weights and measures inspectors found discrepancies during a recent three day sweep at approximately one-third of the state's gas stations involving pricing, ... http://interstate4jamming2.blogspot.com/2008/07/something-you-should-be-cautious-of.html Hillsborough County is considering changing the county charter. Here's What To Expect If County Voters Opt To Have A Mayor Oddly, the Tampa mayor is bucking the obvious turn away from bottled water Don't Toss Bottled Water, Iorio Says Just be very careful where you park in downtown Orlando: Car-booting guy offers ... http://www.metroi4news.com/2008/07/county-mayor-bottled-water-and-booting-for-july-5-2008/ For good. This past year in Colorado Springs has been quite a challenge. I worked at Academy 20’s Expulsion Program and my fellow teachers seemed to like me until they realized that the Christian books and subtle intimidation tactics weren’t working. I am going to stay Jewish and liberal. That’s ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SticksOfFire/~3/327328959/ ABC NEWS / This Week with George Stephanopoulos: On to discuss the major foreign policy news of the week, two members of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee: Joe Lieberman (I - CT) and Jack Reed (D - RI). Also, Libertarian Party candidate Bob Barr will talk about his race ... http://interstate4jamming2.blogspot.com/2008/07/sunday-chat-shows-for-july.html Happy Fourth of July! Enjoy these Florida Fireworks courtesy of Fairfield FL artist Gary Borse: Find more of Gary’s great Florida paintings at GaryBorse.com and at Florida’s Eden. Happy Independence Day! http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SticksOfFire/~3/326874840/ 1) Congratulations to Governor Charlie Crist on his engagement to businesswoman Carole Rome this week. What a great way to pop the question, on a nice morning in your condo with a view of Tampa Bay! From the story by Joe Fellick in this morning's Lakeland Ledger:Crist, as ... http://interstate4jamming2.blogspot.com/2008/07/randon-notes-for-friday-of-independence.html A http://pulseofcentralflorida.wordpress.com/2008/07/04/celebrate-good-times-cmon/ The Polk County Bloggers, a not-for-profit, bylaws free, organization sans leadership, is happy to announce two meetings in July for area bloggers, citizen journalists, paid journalists privileged to write blogs, business bloggers, and anyone with an hour to spare. July 21, 2008 Noon to 1 pm at the Lakeland Area Chamber of Commerce (Yes, ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LakelandLocal/~3/326606282/two-opportunities-for-bloggers-to-meet.html If you read the regional news sites this morning you'll learn that Governor Crist has asked his girlfriend to be his wife. That's sweet. Good for them. I'll be the first to wish them all the best. If Crist doesn't get the nod from John McCain to be his Vice President...I ... http://www.metroi4news.com/2008/07/no-crist-marriage-news-here-for-july-4-2008/ Matt Stout is a reporter for the Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin. He was following the UConn basketball team for the Final Four, and gave his blog readers some Tampa Tidbits on his Matt’s UConn Men’s Basketball Blog: downtown Tampa seems relatively clean and safe (My hotel is about a mile away ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SticksOfFire/~3/325891970/ State will pay Warren Buffet $224M to assure help in hurricane season and Hurricane Bet May Cost State may not agree on the cost, but both articles partially blame Crist lowering premiums to homeowners. Isn't it odd that every time we exempt a group for taxes and fees, the money ... http://www.metroi4news.com/2008/07/not-surprisingly-its-hurricanes-and-fireworks-for-july-3-2008/ On Wednesday morning, Sticks of Fire reader Gayle left a comment on a months-old post about the Sweetbay credit card fiasco: This is far from over. My credit card was one of the breaches and [Tuesday] I apparently popped up in Tennessee on a shopping spree!!!! Sure enough - a quick google ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SticksOfFire/~3/325711413/ A http://pulseofcentralflorida.wordpress.com/2008/07/02/pet-pulse-jinx-duncan/ It looks like the Tampa Tribune has finally started posting again to the Polk County News Blog. When it was helmed by Billy Townsend, the blog was an important part of the local news community. Whoever takes it over has big shoes to fill. (Just ask Joe Girardi what it ... http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/LakelandLocal/~3/325423836/and-in-local-media-news.html