New poll for your bemusement and discussion here as the clock winds down on 2007 and begins on 2008. Just how would you rate 2007?
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll.
Leave your thoughts in comments on the year [...]
There sure is a lot going on around here today.
The USF Bulls will be playing today at 2pm at the Brut Sun Bowl in the great city of El Paso.
Both daily newspapers have comprehensive lists of the happenings for tonight. Take a look at the St. Pete Times [...]
Here’s what I accomplished during my public office hours yesterday:
1. I cemented my plans for FX 2008, a convention I’m going to Jan. 25-27.
2. I read the Sunday St. Pete Times.
I think it was a success.
I also discovered that talking to publicists to grant access to some pretty [...]
The heading is true.
My family has been in three car accidents, in three separate cars, in 14 days. Not one of them was any of our fault.
First, the teenager was driving home at 1:30am in her (my) Mustang. An oncoming car was heading toward her in her lane on a [...]
Thanks to an idea some modern journalists are kicking around, I’m going to start keeping office hours at local eateries. So, on Sunday, Tampans can find me at the Panera Bread on the corner of Fowler and Bruce B. Downs.
I will be at the location from 12 p.m. to [...]
Here’s a small list of blogs that we have recently been made aware of. Go give them a visit!
Lyndon and the Ladybirds Speaks Clearly - I talk about things. I love things. Sometimes I talk about the things I love.
Dear Uncle Joe,
Thanks so very much for the 30″ ceramic bust of Elvis Presley. We’ve put it on the shelf under the singing fish plaque we got from Aunt Louise, and next to the giant frog shaped paperweight you gave us last year. We hope you enjoyed our gift to [...]
Among other things, the Clerk of the Circuit Court is responsible for keeping the official records of the Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners. In addition to keeping the minutes of official meetings and any other official documents, the Clerk’s BOCC Records department also records every vote [...]
OR: Eight things that annoy me (and should annoy you too) about Christmas
I’m not one of those people who hate Christmas, but certain aspects of the holiday season do get on my nerves. Ok, here we go, in no particular order:
Some of you know I send out a holiday CD every year featuring goofy songs I write. This year’s CD, which is en route around the world and most certainly will not arrive by Christmas, features a track I wrote just for all of you fans of the Sticks. Longtime [...]
There are certain trap game situations every team should be aware of, one of those being the situation the Bucs are going into on Sunday. Tampa Bay has clinched the NFC South, are guaranteed a home playoff game, and have little to play for. Fortunately Jon Gruden can play the [...]
St. Pete Times: Hillsborough is lagging behind the rest of Florida in switching to a new voting system and wasting time needed to test the machines, work out any bugs and train staff and volunteers before the state’s fourth-largest county goes to the polls.
Previously:
Elections office employees told [...]
The St. Pete Times says that accidents involving motorized scooters are on the upswing.
The story came on the heels of a truck running into a scooter in Largo, when 84 year old Jack Schaffer was killed while trying to cross six lane Missouri Av. Cops say Mr. Schaffer [...]
Got a new poll up here at Sticks — and you best be quick to vote, because those shopping days are counting down to a precious few! What does Tampa Bay want for Christmas?!
Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in [...]
Tampa City Councilman John Dingfelder’s analysis of city employees who might face layoffs next year shows more than 70 percent of the people affected are either black or Hispanic, and sees no reason for the City to cut spending.
A Tribune Editorial says Dingfelder is living in a financial [...]
Sometimes you just want a good burger. Sometimes you just want a Goody Goody burger. Unfortunately, the Goody Goody closed two years ago. For those of you who loved the burgers with the special sauce, check out this email from our good friend Frank:
Everyone remembers the Goody-Goody Drive-in and [...]
Your local movie critic has been vacationing and otherwise slacking off for a few weeks. He promises to be more dutiful as we approach awards season and the new year.
Let’s start with a heavily hyped Will Smith vehicle called “I Am Legend” (PG-13; 95 minutes)
Will Smith is a major [...]
Long time local news anchor Hugh Smith passed away Sunday.
TBO’s Walt Belcher and Tampabay.com’s Eric Deggans have all the information plus a look back at his career, and you can find more information about him on Tedd Webb’s “where are they now?” site, Mike Clark’s Big [...]
You may have read about the fire that destroyed the Imago Art Colony. 
A fundraiser is being held this Wednesday evening.
If you are not able to attend, but would like to make a donation, please make your checks payable to P.A.V.A., and mail them [...]
Although he appeared calm, sitting still in the audience of the public hearing, the Executive Director of the Planning Commission, Bob Hunter, had to have been aghast as he watched the County Administrator blithely break the county’s promise to protect his agency from state-sponsored meddling. I know I was flabbergasted. [...]
For the first time in their history, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers have returned a kickoff for a touchdown. After more than 1,880 kickoffs, Micheal Spurlock did the job today.
Just found Point of No Returns - a website dedicated to the Bucs futile effort on kickoffs. According to [...]
Just a temporary heads up for those surfing Sticks: I’m trying a few things behind-the-scenes here on the site and that may or may not lead to weirdness on site.
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Tampa Bay needs just one more win to clinch the division, which they should get this weekend against the helpless Atlanta Falcons. No team is in more disarray than the Falcons who just this week saw their former star Michael Vick sentenced to 23 months in the slammer and [...]
I arrived at work early Tuesday morning to give a final, and found the CIS building covered in chalk and window paint. Most of the graffiti consisted of crude drawings of the AOL Instant Messenger “yellow man” mascot and cryptic references to web sites that either don’t [...]
Jamie Leigh Jones of Houston filed a federal lawsuit in May against Halliburton Co., its former subsidiary, KBR Inc., and others claiming she was raped by co-workers while working for a Halliburton subsidiary at Camp Hope, Baghdad, in 2005. On the heels of a congressional inquiry into the handling [...]
Art After Dark is moving forward a week this month; it will fall on Friday, Dec. 14 and start at 8 p.m.
I’ve been a big fan of Art After Dark for a couple of years now. Only one thing mars the beauty of corporate-run [...]
According to an AOL article written by Carol Vinzant, Clearwater City, Florida is one of the Worst Places to Retire:
Clearwater City, Florida: Too Many Fellow Seniors
This Tampa Bay area hamlet has the highest percentage of seniors of any city in the United States. The 2000 Census found 21% of [...]
Vice President Jennifer Meningall was found not guilty on charges of financial misconduct, last Wednesday, after an audit concluded that most policies and procedures were followed. VP Meningall was accused by former staff member James Dragna back in October of this year.
This sparked major controversy amidst students at a [...]
I’ll just lay it all out and put it bluntly. Paris needs a home. Jack Talman found the adorable black and white momma and her five kittens in the woods near a Shell gas station in Plant City. The cats were lucky Talman found them. His commitment to animals, particularly [...]
Donna Selle has a simple request for Ask A Tampan:
Can you sum up Tampa in a nutshell? What is the city like politically, socially, etc.? Is it forward thinking? What’s the housing situation like? City planning? Public transportation? Traffic? If you were explaining Tampa to someone who you wanted to [...]
After hearing how miserable Tampa Bay is for walking, we get this from Visit St. Petersburg/Clearwater:
Charming Florida Town Named America ’s “Most Walkable”
Dunedin’s Top Ranking Debunks Brookings Institution Study
The Pinellas County town of Dunedin was voted America ’s “Most Walkable Small City” on Dec. 7, the result of [...]
The bad news for the Bucs is that Jeff Garcia is likely a game time decision. The good news is that Texans quarterback Matt Schaub is definitely out and is replaced by someone who’s name sounds like a Simon and Garfunkel song….Sage Rosenfels. Although as long as the Texans [...]
Google Maps for your mobile phone is out now with a new, improved version called Google Maps with My Location (beta). The new version offers several new features, the most important being its ability 
find your location using either your phone’s built-in GPS or by [...]
Judy wanted to know why the papers and tv stations are all agog about the Jessica Sierra story. The media will claim that the public wants to know. I think the media as a whole truly believe that the public is really interested in the trials and tribulations of [...]
Citizens won a major battle against sprawl Tuesday when the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) voted to remove the Brandon Bypass from the last planning map bearing the stain of the road which has also been called “Beltway,” “Sprawlway,” & “Green Swath of Death.”
Having recently succeeded in [...]
I’ve been ignoring this story, figuring the odds are just too great for it to actually happen. But after 12 attempts in the 2007 NFL season, The Miami Dolphins still has not won a game. In this day and age of NFL parity, it’s virtually impossible to A) win [...]
Donna Callaway is a member of the Florida Board of Education. She’s a former teacher and principal in Tallahassee, and a (presumably) proud FSU alumna.
She’s also anti-evolution, as she explains in the Florida Baptist Witness:
I firmly believe that a child can deal with the proof of science [...]
I received yet another in my email inbox just a few minutes ago. This one features Ashley Flores, a supposedly missing 13-year-old. The picture is haunting. The message, purportedly by Ashley’s mother, is heartbreaking. There’s only one problem. It’s fictitious.
All it took was 30 seconds on www.snopes.com to [...]
I have one question - and it isn’t rhetorical. Would someone please explain the obsession with former American Idol contestant Jessica Sierra’s public meltdown?
After her most recent arrest, she made the front page of both newspapers and led newscasts on at least two local television stations.
But I just [...]
The Home Depot - You can do it. We can help.
Help increase the unemployment rate, maybe. 750 layoffs will save The Home Depot an estimated 18 million dollars per year. Less than one tenth of the $200 million severance package given to the CEO earlier this year.
According to Alexa, Facebook recently passed MySpace in traffic and reach. Although it is great for musicians, I never did like the look or navigation of MySpace. Facebook is currently the seventh biggest traffic site in the world.
I recently created a new group on Facebook for any [...]
It sure is funny. Would you believe that “The City Beautiful” is fighting words? Two Florida cities are arguing over the use of the moniker.
For a hundred years, Orlando has been calling itself “The City Beautiful.” For 75 years, Coral Gables [...]
County Commissioner Al Higginbotham invited several citizen groups and community leaders to be videotaped with him today for what his staff called a “Christmas commercial” to be televised on the county’s TV station, HTV22. Higginbotham’s term ends next year so he needs to get his re-election campaign in [...]
Conventional wisdom suggests that if you dug a hole straight down, you would end up in China. That is simply not true. If you dig straight down from Tampa Bay, you will end up in the Indian Ocean - hundreds of miles off the coast of Western Australia. [...]
UPDATE 12-04-2007: Kilgore’s speech, which is linked to in this post, has been removed from the Partnership web site. We present it here for readers reference
From the Tampa Downtown Partnership’s Monday Morning Memo of November 19:
During the Partnership’s most recent Tampa Electric Company/Novare-Intown Group Downtown Debriefing Series event, [...]
The Saints are a much different team from when the Bucs beat them in Week 2. By now the Saints are no longer Super Bowl contenders and Reggie Bush has been exposed as a fraud. No team had been more over-hyped going into the season than New Orleans. At the [...]
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