Author: Elizabeth Diaz
Clearwater Marine Aquarium Sites Movies, Fans and a New Facility for $2 Billion Economic Impact
CLEARWATER, Fla. - Pinellas County is a long-time investor in the Clearwater Marine Aquarium which had its first beginnings in 1972. In 1978 it becam [...]
Habitat for Humanity Credits Property Owners and BOCC for Record Year
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - Despite the pandemic beginning in 2020, Habitat for Humanity in Pinellas County received $959,888 from property taxes to supp [...]
Beachfront Lighting Retrofit Program Hopes to Save Sea Turtles
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. - Lindsey Flynn, M.S., with The Sea Turtle Conservancy, gave a live demonstration to the Pinellas County Board of County Commis [...]
Protests and Public Comments Ignored, First Bars Get Liquor Suspensions
TAMPA, Fla. - Several restaurant/bar venues within Tampa city limits and under the order of the City Council (not the state) came before council memb [...]
Canceled: Handshake Turns to the Foot-Shake
The handshake is widely believed in history to have begun as a gesture of peace (displaying no weapon) or as a symbolic gesture of a promise, as well [...]
Hillsborough BOCC: All Aboard for Strawberry Festival
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - “It’s a sweet time of year,” said Commissioner Stacy White who excitedly recognized this signature event, Florida’s Straw [...]
Where Do All the Boxes Go? Port of Tampa Part of The Solution
TAMPA, Fla. - Barbara Smith wrote in the Business Insider in August that cardboard is the “beige gold,” and globally criminals are making millions a [...]
Human Fangs: What’s the Point?
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - As Halloween soon arrives in 88° heat, werewolves, vampires, zombies, and ghouls of all sorts come out to play. Perhaps I [...]
Special Report: Customer Lifestyle Value Scores, Privacy, and Concerns
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. - Correctly known as the Customer Lifestyle Value (CLV) Score, this number is used in every aspect of daily life. A CLV Sco [...]
BREAKING NEWS: 911 Services Suffer Interuptions in Multiple States
U.S. BREAKING NEWS - Calls to 911 went unanswered for many Monday night as dozens of cities reported outages as originally posted by Austin Williams, [...]