The way the streetcar system is bleeding money, city taxpayers could well find themselves in the streetcar business in a couple of years. ...more

January 11, 2009

FAIRS & FESTS Today-Sunday Clip 19: the former Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival continues, featuring films and shorts about the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community; films shown this weekend include "The Art of Being Straight," "Drifting Flowers," "Were the World Mine" and more; festival screenings begin at 6:30 p.m. today; 2 p.m. Saturday and 11:45 a.m. Sunday; Sister Merrywidow's Masquerade Ball is at 9 p.m. Sunday at Bar, 1401 E. Seventh Ave., Ybor City; screenings are held at Tampa Theatre, 711 N. Franklin St., Tampa; $7 to $20; for information, go to www.tiglff.com; (813) 879-4220 ...more

October 10, 2008

Supports Firefighters Regarding "City Council That Won't Say No Falls Over Self To Spend Even More" (Our Opinion, Aug. 27): ...more

September 4, 2008

A year and a half ago, former Mayor Dick Greco jokingly suggested that if his friends wanted to erect a statue to him, it should depict him sitting on a bench. ...more

May 30, 2008

Electric streetcar supporters are accusing the county's bus agency of hijacking nearly $1 million in federal money previously set aside to extend the streetcar line into downtown. ...more

February 21, 2008

Mayor Pam Iorio is proposing to use tourist tax dollars to fund the flagging streetcar system, owned by the city and county transit agency. The streetcar "has a strong connection to tourist development. There's no question about that," Iorio said. ...more

February 20, 2008