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Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Hillsborough County Commissioners begin the process on a possible referendum on light rail today

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 08:02 AM

Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Election Night USA: The Maine gay marriage vote

The race is tight, and real-time results are coming in at ProtectMaineEquality.org.

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 10:29 PM

Christie upsets Corzine in NJ

But Michael Bloomberg, who's even more fabulously rich than Corzine, wins a third term as mayor of NYC.

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 10:21 PM

Election night, USA: GOP gets a triple sweep in VA

And meanwhile, they're backpedaling to get behind the Conservative Party Congressional candidate in NY.

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 08:30 PM

St. Pete has a new mayor

Kathleen Ford concedes to Bill Foster in the race to succeed Rick Baker for mayor of St. Petersburg.

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 08:09 PM

Jim Harper on Kathleen Ford: I never liked her, but I'll vote for her

The former St. Pete Times journalist and Weekly Planet editor talks from experience about why he thinks Ford is the better candidate.

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 02:08 PM

Developer welfare in Hillsborough: Impact Fees (or lack of them)

Kelly Cornelius asks the Hillsborough BOCC to consider raising the fees for developers before asking the taxpayers for an increase.

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 11:38 AM

NJ and Virginia results a barometer on Obama? Not really.

The off-year election storyline follows a familiar storyline: the election is a referendum on the sitting president. But is it accurate this time?

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 11:05 AM

Super Tuesday in St. Petersburg

Tonight's the night when St. Pete voters will find out who wins the mayoral and City Council elections.

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 10:55 AM

Paula Dockery to run for governor

Politics Editor Mitch Perry says this is good news for one of the current candidates for governor -- but maybe not the one you'd think.

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 10:49 AM

Monday, November 02, 2009

1890s Ybor City: Green and sustainable

Glimpses of what Ybor City used to be -- and praise for what still remains.

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 06:21 PM

Video: "The Grinch That Stole Guavaween"

Ybor City was quiet -- too quiet.

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 06:15 PM

Fun with furlough days in Hillsborough County

They had to find some way to pay for all those raises and legal bills. And meanwhile, the only objective planning agency has to close its doors once a week.

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 06:05 PM

Joe Lieberman: Doing nothing beats a public option

Of course, his opinion has nothing to do with the fact that he represents a state that's lousy with insurance headquarters.

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 05:59 PM

Friday, October 30, 2009

WMNF Radio holds emergency meeting to discuss controversy over Buju Banton concert

WMNF, which has a long affiliation with the Cuban Club, reacted to calls for the station to distance itself from the club in the wake of the Banton booking.

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 06:37 PM

Health care activists to target Nelson & Bilirakis

Florida Health Care for America Now and MoveOn.org are planning to pay visits to the legislators' local offices today.

blogs.creativeloafing.com at 09:27 AM