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Billboard Solution
Billboard Solution
Written by dave in Tuesday, December 16th 2008   
I hate billboards. They're an eyesore, and Tampa has way too many of them. But, they're not going anywhere soon, and the Tampa City Council has a decision to make Thursday about whether to allow an increase in the number of digital billboards in the city. This increase in digital billboards is part of a settlement that also requires the removal of some billboards in "view corridors." My suggestion is to vote yes, but to add [+]
City of Tampa Television Webcast
City of Tampa Television Webcast
Written by dave in Tuesday, December 9th 2008   
I recently emailed Mark Flynn, the Public Relations Coordinator at City of Tampa Television (CTTV), asking when they're going to start webcasting. It turns out they already are. All of CTTV is webcast in real time here. A program schedule can be found here. CTTV also keeps some video-on-demand material here. There's nothing too exciting on the video-on-demand page, some news conferences (mostly about breaking ground on new projects), the Mayor's monthly Book Talk show and the [+]
Hillsborough County Gay Pride Ban Watch
Hillsborough County Gay Pride Ban Watch
Written by dave in Thursday, December 4th 2008   
Here's an awesome page by John R. documenting the history of the gay pride ban instituted by Hillsborough County in 2005. This is a great resource for anyone who wants to learn more. A lot of this was unfamiliar to me and I want to thank John for his work in putting it together and making it available. "Hillsborough County, Florida adopted "a policy that Hillsborough County government abstain from acknowledging, promoting or participating in [+]
Area Man Tasered for Bad Taste
Area Man Tasered for Bad Taste
Written by dave in Thursday, November 27th 2008   
This article (Tampa police use Taser to subdue agitated lawyer by Rebecca Catalanello and Janet Zink, Times staff writers) has two things I hate - Taser abuse and historic preservation codes. First, as City Council member Joseph Caetano notes at the end of the article, "You can die from being Tasered." That's right! And, this guy should never have been Tasered in the first place, even if he did slap an officer. I'm deeply sympathetic to [+]
Craigslist for Service
Craigslist for Service
Written by dave in Wednesday, November 19th 2008   
In the same vein as my AHA (Ad Hoc Action) Committees, techPresident considers a "Craigslist for service." "It's wildly speculative to wonder if a true peer-to-peer Craigslist for service -- one that connected people together, creating new social opportunities, not just plugging people into existing ones -- could work, but that's the fun part. "Without carrying the metaphor too far, let's consider how a service model inspired by Craigslist could succeed, and why it might not:" Read the [+]
Round-up
Round-up
Written by dave in Thursday, November 13th 2008   
I'm deeply immersed in writing a paper, but that's no reason to stop blogging. But, since I really should get back to wasting time on Facebook writing my paper here's a round-up of what's been going on lately in the Tampa blogosphere. At Sticks of Fire Tommy takes a look at the incredible shrinking Tampa Tribune. Should we start taking bets on how long before the Trib shutters its doors? *** LitBrit posts a letter the Organic Consumers [+]
Citizen Advisory Council
Citizen Advisory Council
Written by dave in Saturday, November 8th 2008   
Media revolutionary David Harris just posted (whoops, I mean posted just over a month ago) this great look at the Hillsborough County Citizen Advisory Council (CAC) in Tampa, Florida. Technology opens government doors "Citizens are allowed and invited, hell begged, to watch the broadcast either on their local cable access channel or online on-demand. The excuse of schedule or transportation no longer holds. Citizens have it easier access than ever before. They can sit [+]
Politics 2.0
Politics 2.0
Written by dave in Friday, November 7th 2008   
OK, so now that the campaigning is over perhaps we can return to a world somewhat based on facts and reality. Despite the accusations that Obama never reached across the aisle, one of his key bipartisan accomplishments during his time in the Senate was the Coburn-Obama Bill to create the Internet Database of Federal Spending. Coburn, of course, is Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, a conservative Senator from Oklahoma, one of the reddest of states. In his press [+]
Call for a New National Holiday
Call for a New National Holiday
Written by dave in Sunday, November 2nd 2008   
There's probably a whole movement already organized to do this, but I'm not aware of them yet. Last night over beers ML and I agreed there should be a national holiday every first Tuesday of November - Democracy Day, where we spend the long weekend (since most people will end up taking off that Monday) talking about democracy, and voting, and civic responsibilities, and the nature of government. It will be an annual event to discuss [+]
Vote No on 2
Vote No on 2
Written by dave in Thursday, October 9th 2008   
Even if you oppose same-sex marriage you should vote no on Florida amendment 2. It is such a poorly worded law that it will affect everyone in a non-traditional marriage, including all common-law marriages, and all long-term couples just "living together." The amendment would add these words to the Florida constitution - "Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated [+]

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