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On Good Friday morning, I got out of bed and saw that the High School Senior had slept in late. I woke her up so she could rush to school. “It’s Good Friday,” she said. “We’re going to the beach.” Being the stepdad, I assumed she had worked it out with [...]

Hillsborough County Code Enforcement says Airstream Ranch is an improper use of the land and an accumulation of trailers, and the half-buried trailers must go. The display violates zoning and signage restrictions as well as rules against debris and improper storage.
Of course, Dinosaurs are ok.
Hillsborough County will never be cool.
Airstream Ranch [...]

I’ll bet certain special interests were meanly happy to see this headline & subhead in the St. Pete Times, casting aspersions on the Environmental Protection Commission:
Auditor slams watchdog’s recordkeeping
The Environmental Protection Commission is doing a poor job of keeping track of its work.
Like a gossip tabloid making something innocuous sound sensational, the Times makes a [...]

Hillsborough County Commissioners unanimously agreed to red light cameras on Thursday. The Tribune notes:
… 10 Hillsborough County intersections will get red light cameras that supporters say save lives and detractors claim cause more - not fewer - accidents.
Red light cameras cause about as many crashes as red lights. Neither are the reason for [...]

There is another video making its way around the world. Instead of a wheelchair dumping, this time Tampa Police Officer Kiet Truong was dragged down the street for blocks. How scary is that? He could have been killed. Because of the very real dangerous situations they are often in, I tend [...]