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Insulting Your Intelligence: Art Form Perfected by Gwen Graham and the Tampa Bay Times

Insulting Your Intelligence: Art Form Perfected by Gwen Graham and the Tampa Bay Times

  Tampa, Fl Posted From: Tampa Bay Beat Author: Jim Bleyer             By Jim Bleyer There were two notable developments this week that strained the trust of even the most gullible reader. First, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Gwen Graham, running third and steadily plummeting in the primary polls, claimed she is the only candidate from her party capable of winning the general election.  This…

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Think before you flush Facebook

Think before you flush Facebook

What about those pictures and the history of trips, affairs, loves, lovers, good times and comfort when tragedy strikes? St. Petersburg, Fl Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb PhD Author: In Search of Robin, So You Want to Blog. There is a lot of panic right now about Facebook and the way they handle your data and “watch” what you do. In fact, it ranges from paranoia to outrage. If you take a deep breath…

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Through a Donkey's Eyes

Through a Donkey’s Eyes

His eyes met mine, and I knew that this was no mortal human. St. Petersburg, Fl By: E. Eugene Webb PhD Author: In Search of Robin, So You Want to Blog. The day started normally the keeper of the flock singled out a few goats and a couple of us donkeys to take to the market place in a small village just outside of Jerusalem. I had made this trip before. I was often put up for sale, but I have…

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Robinson Preserve 5K&10K Run

Robinson Preserve 5K&10K Run

Manatee County, Fl Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb PhD Author: In Search of Robin, So You Want to Blog. This weekend was a great weekend for running races and Theresa decided to run the 10th annual Robinson Preserve 5K&10K Run in Manatee County sponsored by Fit2Run and host of others on Saturday March 23. Since Manatee County will be our new home soon, this was a great opportunity to see the Preserve…

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Calling St. Pete Police for noise gets you labeled as re-occurring complainant

Calling St. Pete Police for noise gets you labeled as re-occurring complainant

St.Petersburg Fl  Public Opinion by author: Robert Neff  The St. Petersburg police are not enforcing the noise ordinance. Mayor Kriseman is aware of the noise issue and has not directed Chief Holloway to enforce it. If you call the police to report a noise issue, you may have: your Community Service Office labels you a “re-occurring complainant,”  your City Council Member [Kornell] call you a…

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St. Pete Unfiltered - St. Petersburg’s sewage crisis the Movie

St. Pete Unfiltered – St. Petersburg’s sewage crisis the Movie

Premiering this Saturday at Gasparilla International Film Festival St. Petersburg, Fl Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb PhD Author: In Search of Robin, So You Want to Blog. Here is how St. Pete Unfiltered describes themselves on their WEB SITE: “The St Pete Unfiltered Team is a close-knit group of environmental activists and advocates from St. Petersburg, Florida. Coming together after Hurricane Irma…

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St. Petersburg’s “SAD” water resources Director

St. Petersburg’s “SAD” water resources Director

His face was sad; his body motions almost contorted and his signature bow tie somewhat askew. St. Petersburg, Fl Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb PhD Author: In Search of Robin, So You Want to Blog. Last Thursday’s St. Pete City Council meeting featured a report, more like an episode of a soap opera, entitled “Sewer Report” featuring ClaudeTankersly, Public Works Administrator, in the lead role. The…

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Is St. Pete too loud for The Who and AC/DC? St. Petersburg Fl Opinion by author: Robert Neff Rock ‘n’ Roll fans know noise is serious when Roger Daltrey of The Who declares himself “very, very deaf” in the Times article, I’m so deaf I have to lipread at gigs admits Roger Daltrey, by Geddes and Tucker, who added, AC/DC postponed their 2016 tour because of the singer Brian John Johnson risk of…

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Bed Tax fund takes a hit, and TBARTA gets $1 million

Bed Tax fund takes a hit, and TBARTA gets $1 million

New tax bill allows bed tax to be spent on transportation and gives TBARTA $1 million. St. Petersburg, Fl Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb PhD Author: In Search of Robin, So You Want to Blog. In a last-minute move Senator Jeff Brandes R of St. Petersburg managed to get some transportation language added in the tax cut bill approved by the State Legislature. You can get some addition detail in a Tampa…

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Anticipating Scott Candidacy, Nelson Campaign Team Adopts Losing Strategy

Anticipating Scott Candidacy, Nelson Campaign Team Adopts Losing Strategy

Tampa, Fl Posted From: Tampa Bay Beat Author: Jim Bleyer    March 13, 2018 – 7:49 am   By Jim Bleyer Bill Nelson’s campaign for a fourth term in the U. S. senate is off to a rocky start. Democratic operatives are duplicating failed strategies of the past, strategies that grow more ineffective with the passage of time. The 2010 gubernatorial campaign pitted Florida’s CFO Alex Sink against Rick…

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How many Noise Citations were issued to bar owners and residences in St. Petersburg?

How many Noise Citations were issued to bar owners and residences in St. Petersburg?

St. Petersburg Fl   Public Opinion by author: Robert Neff Until recently, the City believed the noise issue was a downtown bar issue. After a resort had filed a defamation lawsuit against me on March 18, 2016 for calling the police about the noise and posting the noise issue on social media, I started researching the City of St. Petersburg’s noise ordinance and noise issue.   Almost two years…

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Lots of Noise but no Dunkin Donuts

Lots of Noise but no Dunkin Donuts

It would be nice if all of this keep St. Pete local stuff included keeping downtown St. Pete livable. St. Petersburg, Fl Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb PhD Author: In Search of Robin, So You Want to Blog. While the battle for a workable noise ordinance in St. Petersburg rages on it did not take City Council long, just 90 minutes, to squash a Dunkin Donuts drive through on a site at 913 First Avenue…

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Call Them What They Really Are: “The Reform Generation”

Call Them What They Really Are: “The Reform Generation”

The Reformers are carrying the year, not just the day.  Tampa, Fl Posted From: Tampa Bay Beat  Author: Jim Bleyer Home March 7, 2018 – 7:49 am By Jim Bleyer The generation, born from 2000 to the present, is known by sociologists as “The New Silents” or “Gen Z.” Thoughtless. Insulting, Inaccurate. This is the generation that has challenged pay-for-play politicians, confronted their socially…

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February 2018 Podcasts

St. Petersburg, Fl Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb PhD Author: In Search of Robin, So You Want to Blog. February 2018 was an interesting month. Just in case any of my February PODCASTs here are the links. FEB 2018 Brandi Gabbard Relator Extraordinaire……   My football boycott – season wrap up  Kriseman administration to south St. Pete – protection or a message? St. Pete – noise or dollars which will it…

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February 2018 Bay Post PODCASTs

February 2018 Bay Post PODCASTs

St. Petersburg, Fl Opinion by: E. Eugene Webb PhD Author: In Search of Robin, So You Want to Blog. February 2018 was an interesting month. Just in case any of my February PODCASTs here are the links. FEB 2018 Brandi Gabbard Relator Extraordinaire……   My football boycott – season wrap up  Kriseman administration to south St. Pete – protection or a message? St. Pete – noise or dollars which will it…

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Public pressure has forced City to do something about the noise! Will it be enough? via Public pressure has forced City to do something about the noise! Will it be enough?

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Public pressure has forced City to do something about the noise! Will it be enough?

Public pressure has forced City to do something about the noise! Will it be enough?

St. Petersburg Fl  Public Opinion by author: Robert Neff What is St. Petersburg Mayor Kriseman, City Council and the Police doing to protect residents from noise pollution? I have been tracking the City noise issue since 2014. My answer is the City is doing as little as possible.  However, public pressure has forced the City to act or risk facing a class-action lawsuit. That claim was made by a…