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Pants on Fire-mobile Tampa Itinerary

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15

4:00pm - Leading a "Presidential Procession" across the Gandy Bridge just as George W. himself flies over and in to Tampa for a visit. This is the first time George and teh Liar-mobile have crossed paths in the same city! Go here for details, and join us in this fun, slow procession of cars as we drive home the fact that George W. Bush is a liar.

(the rest of this week's schedule is posted below)
Tuesday, February 10

From Tish, Tuesday's volunteer driver:

George will get fired up at 2904 Tampa Street on Tuesday 2/10 at 7 pm. The Pants on Fire mobile will motor south into downtown, head west on Kennedy and turn south at Hyde Park Ave. (in front of U of T). George will blow on down to Davis Island and make the loop through the business district. From there it's back towards downtown, past the St. Pete Times Forum and through the Channelside district. We'll head back west on Kennedy, cross the river again and proceed south on Howard to the SoHo district. From SoHo we plan a promenade down Bayshore Blvd to Ballast Point and back again.

The short version:

Tampa Street
Kennedy - downtown
Hyde Park Ave. - near UT
Davis Island
Channelside Drive
South Howard - SoHo
Bayshore Blvd

(The following is an update from Tish after a recent drive)

From the Road: Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire!

Driving the Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire mobile to the rally Monday night was a
blast. I drove George Tuesday night, too, for about 3 hours. I'm to happy to
report to you that we came upon a Tampa Fire Rescue ambulance last night and
got a big thumbs up! We saw hundreds of people last night down near the St.
Pete Times Forum. Informal poll says people are with us on this one. After
riding two nights all over town (Fowler, USF, Busch, Florida, Nebraska,
Channelside, Ybor City, gridding downtown, Davis Island, SoHo, Hyde Park,
Kennedy, Bayshore Blvd., neighborhood streets, deep into East Tampa coming
out of Ybor City) we got the finger only four times. The only comments Bush
supporters could spew were, "you suck," and "F* You." Some of the more alert
responses, when we told people that Bush was a liar, were comments such as,
"no sh*t Sherlock," "Praise the Lord, who are you guys working with?,"
"thank you SO much!," "what does this mean.... oh, I see, I agree totally,"
"right on!," "Hey, look! It's Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire!" It's amazing how
many regular people on the street had cell phones with cameras and digital
cameras on hand to take George's picture. Tell your friends to go to
www.blogwood.com to see the routes planned for the rest of the week.

Wednesday, February 11

From KC and Ann, Wednesday's volunteer drivers:

We can only guess at travel times but the route we plan is

from Burning Bush Base (5:30?) get on Tampa street and go South to
Columbus and take Columbus West to International Plaza

loop through International Plaza parking three times, then take Spruce
Street to 60 West. (5:30 - 6:00?)

Take Hillsborough to Safety Harbor and McMullen Booth Road South to Gulf To Bay.

Take Gulf to Bay to Clearwater Beach. ( 6:00 - 6:30?)

Loop around the restaurant & bar area of Clearwater Beach three times and
head back to Gulf to Bay (6:30 - 7:00?)

Take Gulf to Bay to Seminole Blvd. - take Seminole Blvd. South to the Largo
Mall and make three loops through parking lots (7:00 - 7:30?)

Take Seminole Blvd. South to Park Blvd. - Take Park Blvd. East to 19 -
Head south on 19 toward Central Avenue (7:30 - 8:00?)

At Central & 19 head East to Baywalk area and out onto St. Pete Pier (7:30
- 8:00?)

Will do at least three loops between mall at the end of the Pier and 2nd
street/Baywalk area (8:00 - 9:00?)

Head North on 4th street to Gandy
GandyWest to 49th Street North
49th Street North to McMullen Booth Road
McMullen Booth Road North to Tampa Road -
Tampa Road East to Hillsborough
W. Hillsborough East N. Highland Ave
N. Highland Ave South to Burning Bush Base (9:30 - 10:30)

Arrive Back At Burning Bush Base around 10:30

Thursday anf Friday, February 12-13

From Art, Thursday and Friday volunteer driver:

Dancing in the streets of Ybor and other Tampa hotspots. Look for George around Tampa tonight. Special stops promised at The Hub, on Franklin Street in downtown Tampa.

Saturday, February 14 - George's Last Day in the Tampa Area?

7:00PM: BayWalk
9:00PM: Globe Coffee Lounge

Cruising downtown St. Pete all night long.

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15

4:00pm - Leading a "Presidential Procession" across the Gandy Bridge just as George W. himself flies over and in to Tampa for a visit. This is the first time George and teh Liar-mobile have crossed paths in the same city! Go here for details, and join us in this fun, slow procession of cars as we drive home the fact that George W. Bush is a liar.