Yes, that is a subtle jab at The Weekly Planet, which is changing its name back to Creative Loafing. Evidently, the Planet’s staffers endure too many Superman jokes and so they are returning to their original masthead. Of course, the latest title in the Superman movies is Superman Returns, hence Creative Loafing Returns. That sucked [...]

For reasons beyond me, former USF dean Bill Heller intends to file today or tomorrow to run for House District 52, challenging established front-runner Liz McCallum for the Democratic nomination. Someone please tell me how a 70 year old man is going to outwork the GOP candidate? How is Heller going to walk door-to-door in [...]

Last week I reported that Gerdes had won the AFL-CIO endorsement (The Buzz got this after I did and didn’t even give me credit. Tsk, tsk). Well, I just got off the phone with Rich Templin at the AFL-CIO and he confirms that one-time longshot, now contender Charles Gerdes is, in fact, the favorite of [...]

The band announced their tour dates earlier this spring, with the exception of the Charlottesville dates, it looks like the usual round of summer shows. Things will be kicked off tonight in Missouri and are slated to wrap up on September 23 in Charlottesville. Along the way they’ll be visiting Kansas, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, [...]

Just as I get done criticizing ol’ Paul Bedinghaus, word has come that the dear Mrs. Susan Bedinghaus will be running for County Judge, Group 17 seat, one of two new county judgeships added to Pinellas County during the last legislative session. I have to admit that Susan is just peaches by me. She’s a [...]

From Tampa’s best blog, Sticks of Fire: “Dr. Beach came out with his top beaches for this year, and once again (of course), Tampa Bay is represented. You may remember last year that Fort DeSoto was named the top beach in the US. This year, Caladesi Island ranks as America’s No. 2 beach. Caladesi Island [...]

Candi Jovan, Pinellas Democracy for America leader and Democratic candidate for State House District 50, has a new campaign website. Please tell all your friends in House District 50 of her candidacy and urge them to sign her petition http://votejovan.com/petition.html which can be downloaded and completed according to the sample shown.

“No one disputes that John Renke III is a good circuit judge. But the way he got on the Pinellas-Pasco bench makes him unfit to serve, the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday. He is the 16th judge ordered removed from the bench in Florida since 1970 but the first removed solely for campaign violations. The [...]

I have to take the credit. I was the first person to jump on the Rod Smith bandwagon. It was about a year ago, when I first spoke with Screven Watson and then met Senator Smith, that I immediately knew he was going to be the Democratic candidate for Governor. Eveyone that was supporting Smith [...]

Congratulations to my best friend Mark Adamiak, um, make that Dr. Mark Adamiak, on his graduation from dental school at The University of Louisville. This is just a great story: when he was a young boy, Mark’s family fled to the United States to escape communism. Despite growing up in a culture foreign to him, [...]