The Salvation Army is well known for its closed-minded Christian based intolerance. They have refused to help homeless gay and lesbian couples based solely on the couples’ sexual orientation. A recent lawsuit also alleges discrimination against women. This season, give if you must (though I personally will never stick any real money in one of [...]
Secret deals, conflicts of interest, federal dollars, winks and nods. Many “public-private” scams have been pulled off in Tampa using these tools, and it looks like a big one is about to be shoved down our collective orifi. Ed Turanchik’s plan to take over the world is striking for its secrecy. Ed says secrecy was [...]
The Tribune, having fawned all over the Ed Turanchik plan to take over the world, have finally gotten around to reading some of the fine print involved in this proposal: * Civitas wants to team with the Tampa Housing Authority to land a $20 million federal grant to help replace the Central Park Village public [...]
Despite the Tribune’s sloppy reporting on this issue, BlogWood readers have been well informed on the misleading testimony by a Sheriffs Deputy that led to commissioner Jan Platt’s decision to re-think the long overdue relaxation of our county blue laws. Again: Jan Platt heard testimony from a uniformed officer that she assumed to be factual. [...]
The Hillsborough County Sheriffs Office has apparently quietly entered into one or more sponsorship agreements with one or several companies, including the Fair and Balanced Fox Network. I can’t find any more detailed details than this. A careful reading of some very vague articles reveals few facts beyond the HCSO press release, but the SP [...]
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More on e-voting and paper trails: Forgetting for a moment Diebold’s voting machines, let’s look at the other equipment they make. Diebold makes a lot of ATM machines. They make machines that sell tickets for trains and subways. They make store checkout scanners, including self-service scanners. They make machines that allow access to buildings for [...]
Both the Tribune and the SP Times have fairly long articles on this today, but both seem rather star-struck by the grand plans to further enrich Tampa’s elite. Overview Let’s start with the Times’ simple summary of the plans: Ed Turanchik and his partners at Civitas want to: Take control of 157 acres, including the [...]
Attention Tampa area bands: we have extended the deadline for you to submit a simple note of interest. You must let us know you are interested in going to Austin and playing during SXSW 2004 by midnight Thursday, December 11, 2003. Follow this link for more info, or use the links on the right left. [...]
A must read from Steve Gilliard’s News Blog: (scroll down to “I’m a Fighting Liberal.”) This is just a snippet. You should really follow the link and read the whole thing. You know, I’ve studied history, I’ve read about America and you know something, if it weren’t for liberals, we’d be living in a dark, [...]
