From Noah Pransky: Citrus County deputies made a surprising discovery Tuesday – 13 illegal aliens riding together in a van. But unable to get U.S. Border Patrol to the scene, they had no choice but to let 12 of them go. Deputies pulled over Natalicio Venancio-Tolentino, 23, for driving with a clear lens over his [...]
In today’s mobile, real-time world, fast food is not fast enough. That is the idea behind Snapfinger, a Web and mobile app for ordering takeout from chain restaurants likeCalifornia Pizza Kitchen, Outback Steakhouse and Subway. Diners craving a pizza or burger can pull out their phones on their way home from work and arrive at the restaurant [...]
It’s a pretty good checklist for a Democratic candidate trying to shore up his base as he heads to the fall elections: Standing up for gay members of the military services. Opposing more restrictions on abortions. Calling for a ban on oil drilling off Florida’s shores. Rejecting a bill that would have eliminated tenure for [...]
The fallout from St. Petersburg Times reporter Michael Van Sickler’s profile of Jeff Copeland, a prominent political organizer in the African American community, continues even after the article’s first publication. Beginning on Wednesday and through this weekend, several sources close to both Copeland and former mayoral candidate Deveron Gibbons have told me that Gibbons is [...]
The problem is not just that Kendrick Meek is polling in third place. Nor is the problem that Jeff Greene is nipping at Meek’s heels for the Democratic nomination. Nor is the problem that Meek is polling worse now than he was a month ago. The problem is, with the limited resources Meek has, what [...]
Over the past several years, St. Petersburg has emerged as one of the arts capitals of the southeast. A dynamic collection of museums, galleries, theaters, and entrepreneurial creative industries has created a synergy in the city, as arts, culture and tourism have become one of St. Petersburg’s key economic drivers. In the summer issue of [...]
Campaigning for Mayor of St. Petersburg, Bill Foster’s first promise was that he would “adopt a ‘broken windows’ philosophy when it came to crime prevention, which according to Foster’s campaign website, means stopping minor offenses in order to prevent major crimes. The “broken windows” theory stems from an article titled “Broken Windows” by James Q. Wilson [...]
Watching (or is it witnessing?) Democratic State Representative Darryl Rouson interact with gubernatorial candidate Alex Sink as she toured several African-American churches in south St. Petersburg, it’s obvious that the two would make a helluva political team. Rouson and Sink are everything the other is not, and therefore, together, they are greater than what either [...]
Two weeks ago, I posted a story about the ongoing negotiations between New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s advisors and Charlie Crist’s campaign about Hizzoner possibly endorsing the People’s Governor. The story quickly went viral, making its way to Politico and the Washington Post, as well as the St. Petersburg Times, which dismissed the story out-of-hand based on [...]
The Bank of America branch at downtown Bank of America Tower will close when a branch opens two blocks away by the end of the year, a spokesman said. The new branch at Publix shopping center University Village will fill the 5,000-square-foot spot once held by Hollywood Video. The bank will retain office space in [...]
