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Gay pride pole is only Capitol holiday display submitted so far

Published on November 26, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Jim Rosica

T’is the season (almost), but so far the Gay Pride version of the Festivus pole is the only display to ask for placement in the Capitol Rotunda. As of Tuesday, South Florida blogger Chaz Stevens had submitted the only application for a holiday display, according to a spokeswoman for the Department of Management Services, the state’s real estate manager. Even then, there’s no guarantee his offering for this year — a rainbow-colored pole with a disco ball on top — will make it…

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Festivus to make triumphant return to Florida Capitol with #MyGayPridePole

Published on November 20, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

Festivus returns to Tallahassee, with a gay twist this year. Political blogger (and all-around s**t-stirrer) Chaz Stevens will once again bring his Festivus Pole — the unadorned metal pole made famous on “The Strike” episode of Seinfeld — as a holiday display in the rotunda of the Florida Capitol. But instead of a modest stack of 16 Pabst Blue Ribbon cans — in so much as anything Stevens does can be described as “modest” — the 2015 version celebrates Gay…

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Day One of Oration Week 2009

Published on March 7, 2009 in Peter by Peter Schorsch

Of all the dorky things I do, and trust me there are many (atteding the midnight premiere of Watchmen is but the latest example, my absolute favorite nerdly function is to recite the Funeral Speech from Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, which I will be performing at random spots in downtown St. Pete this Ides of March. A couple of years ago, to set the tone for the speech, I created my own holiday, spread across a week, to celebrate great moments…

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