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Phil AmmannJanuary 6, 2015

After years of a struggling economy, Tampa’s “swagger” has returned, says the first digital ad for Mayor Bob Buckhorn’s re-election effort. The 60-second spot – appropriately called “Swagger” – will hit the airwaves starting Tuesday, offering some of Buckhorn’s successes, but also a few hints of something more. It is an energetic, boastful message from a […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 6, 2015

One of the issues that Bob Buckhorn has said he wants to tackle in his second term is what to do with the 60 million-plus gallons of day of treated waste water that currently is being dumped into Tampa Bay, and has been for years. In November the mayor said that he’s been working with city […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 6, 2015

With all due respect to all of the people who will be attending Governor Rick Scott’s inauguration later this morning, the speech by the recently reelected Republican is not the biggest story in Florida today. No, there have been inaugurations before and there will be again. But for the first time in the history of […]

Mitch PerryJanuary 6, 2015

With all due respect to all of the people who will be attending Governor Rick Scott’s inauguration later this morning, the speech by the recently reelected Republican is not the biggest story in Florida today. No, there have been inaugurations before and there will be again. But for the first time in the history of […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 6, 2015

Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage ended statewide at the stroke of midnight Monday, and court clerks in some Florida counties wasted no time, issuing marriage licenses and performing weddings for same-sex couples overnight. But they were beaten to the punch by a Miami judge who found no need to wait until the statewide ban expired. […]

Peter SchorschJanuary 5, 2015

A surefire way for a player to enter the Baseball Hall of Fame is to bat .400 or better in a season, although no one has done so since Ted Williams in 1941. Still, if you get a hit every two times out of five in professional baseball, you will be more than an All-Star, […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 5, 2015

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Yes, PT Barnum was right: There’s a sucker born every minute. But you don’t have to be one! As the circus winds its way through Florida, here are some cruelty-free alternatives: 1 – Visit a monster truck show. Humans have found a way to make trucks do amazing things, kind of like tigers and elephants […]

Shannon NickinsonJanuary 5, 2015

The New Year’s resolutioners are so cute. They were all over town Thursday and Friday, walking the neighborhoods, prowling the produce department at the grocery store, listening to their “getting fit” playlists. They need our help. Because helping them helps the economy of the Pensacola metro area. “Say what?” you say. “Say amen,” I say. […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 5, 2015

The cover of the January-February 2015 The Atlantic asks, “Why Do The Best Soldiers in the World Keep Losing?” which leads to this article, which fails to answer the question. The main focus of the article is the by now endlessly familiar discovery that most Americans are not in the military. The article is accompanied […]

Christine Jordan SextonJanuary 5, 2015

Overall, automobile insurance rates have remained the same despite a rewrite of the state’s personal injury protection laws, a new report issued by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation shows. The 2012 PIP law did result in a “dramatic” 54 percent decrease in the number of staged accidents, though, with just 328 fraudulent insurance scams […]

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Bob Buckhorn’s first re-election campaign ad; glimpse of something more?

Charlie Miranda talks water issues as he contemplates 4 more years on Tampa City Council

Mitch Perry Report for 1.6.15 – Florida's big news day

Mitch Perry Report for 1.6.15 – Florida’s big news day

After Miami's kickoff, gays marry across Florida

Peter Schorsch: A reluctant Rubio and four other bold predictions for 2015

Catherine Durkin Robinson: Ten things you can do besides visit the circus

Shannon Nickinson: To get economy in shape, get body in shape

David Swanson: Why does U.S. keep losing wars? Atlantic fails to provide answer

Overall, auto insurance rates haven't dropped much, new report shows