When I wasn’t busy brokering tickets, I worked up an unofficial analysis of my impact — good and bad — on the Bay Buzz blog, which, as you all know, I no longer deign to read. Again, this is all unofficial and since I went to FSU I am not that great at math, but [...]

From SPP prez Will Michaels: I am pleased to report the Community Preservation Commission on April 17approved the landmarking of St. Peter’s Cathedral and certification of transferable development rights for both St. Peter’s and the adjacent First Baptist Church property. I was present at the hearing and spoke on behalf of Saint Petersburg Preservation in [...]

Since first beginning to explore the possibility of campaigning to represent the people of the 52nd District in the House of Representative, I have been humbled by the support and encouragement I received from across Pinellas County, and indeed, beyond. Like so many Floridians, I am relieved to lknow Representative Heller will not run for [...]

Those of a “certain age” will still recall their grandparents admonitions to eat every bite on your plate, avoid waste of anything, save every penny and above all–avoid excess. These were the words of folks who lived through what the world came to call the “Great Depression” and the event, broken only by the launch [...]

An Air Force One lookalike, the backup plane for the one regularly used by the president, flew low over Manhattan on Monday morning, accompanied by two F-16 fighters, so Air Force photographers could take pictures. But a lack of awareness about the flyover led to the evacuation of several buildings in Lower Manhattan and Jersey [...]

NEW YORK Following the announcement of the Pulitzer winners this afternoon, Sig Gissler, administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes since 2002, made several points and took some questions. This is what emerged, as it relates to the two wins by the St. Petersburg Times: – The board wasn’t happy with the feature writing winner picked by [...]

The first of what promises to be a series of awesome summer movies comes out on Friday. Wolverine is the back story to the X-Men character of that name. I’ll have a review after the weekend.

From Wayne Garcia: Maybe it is a sign of the tolerant times that a high-profile campaign volunteer for a St. Petersburg mayoral candidate can get away with calling the hometwon daily “a cunt of a newspaper,” or maybe it is a comment on the state of the news media. Either way, consultant Peter Schorsch appears [...]