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Chick-Fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy passed away early Monday morning at age 93. Cathy opened the first Chick-fil-A restaurant in a mall in Atlanta in 1967. By 2013, the restaurant chain known for its Eat Mor Chikin cows surpassed $5 billion in system-wide sales. Over the past two years though, the company has become known for another issue – its philanthropy toward anti-same-sex marriage organizations. The conservative stance by Cathy and other executives within the privately held company led to…

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Dunedin Mayor Dave Eggers has out raised all of his opponents for the North Pinellas District 4 for Pinellas County Commission. To date he’s brought in $41,895, but has spent $36,761. Eggers fought his way through a crowded primary defeating seven other GOP candidates including former State Representative Peter Nehr and fundraising rockstar dentist Johnny Johnson. Eggers’ Democratic opponent, Mark Weinkrantz has raised $33,966, but has only spent $12,962. Eggers didn’t raise any money during the latest reporting period from August 22 to August…

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Friends of Greenlight posted $51,859 in monetary contributions during the latest financial reporting period from August 22 to August 29. Of that, $25,000 came from the Tampa Bay Lighting and owner Jefferey Vinnick. “We are proud to support the Greenlight Pinellas plan, the first step towards a quality regional transportation system for the entire Tampa Bay area,” said Lightning owner Jeff Vinik. “From our visits to other NHL cities, we have seen the value of having a wide range of transportation…

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A message to constantly commenting Facebook bullies: knock it off. We’ve all seen them; the comments directed at politically charged issues that lack eloquence or even tact. We’ve seen debates unfold on other people’s Facebook posts that get so long, you need an hour just to read one rant. It’s annoying, usually. But that’s not what I’m about to rant about. My beef with Facebook is directed at the ill-advised grammar Nazi community who assaulted an unsuspecting Huffington Post writer…

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When a Republican candidate for the Florida House said at a Suncoast Tiger Bay meeting some patients may be better off with no insurance at all than Medicaid, Democrats went crazy. Needless to say GOP candidates in Florida House races were a little more careful with their words during another Tiger Bay meeting Friday. That’s not to say the bottom line is any different. Expanding Medicaid in Florida is almost entirely a partisan issue. Candidates in four Pinellas County House…

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U.S. Rep. David Jolly spent the first part of his day on a boat Thursday. Dressed down in khakis, a white button down and a blue baseball cap, Jolly had one goal: figure out how bad a red tide bloom off the coast of Pinellas could affect the local economy. “The good news is we have not seen a significant result of Red Tide on shore,” Jolly said. “The great news is our beaches remain the most beautiful beaches in the…

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It’s been a palace. Then it was a forum. Now it’s an arena. Yep, the giant renovated space home to the Tampa Bay Lightning, up until today the Tampa Bay Times Forum, is changing names yet again. It’s new name, effective immediately, the Amalie Oil Co. Arena, or for short, Amalie Arena. Details of the name swap deal haven’t been announced, but according to the Tampa Bay Times’ report, it’s pricey and lengthy. Typically deals like that run around 15-30…

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