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Agency you’ve probably never heard of that never did anything calls it quits
The Tampa Bay Area Regional Transit Authority (TBARTA), the transit authority that oversees regional transportation needs in Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco and Pinellas counties has voted unanimously to dissolve the organization. “Fuck it,” said TBARTA Chairman Cliff Manuel Jr. “We out.” The agency, started by the state in 2007 but not having received funding from…
Read MorePinellas County School Board welcomes newly-elected totally non-QAnon affiliated member
The newest member of the Pinellas County School Board is Dawn Peters, a self-described “Florida native, a successful businesswoman and a devoted mother to two children” who is absolutely not a supporter of QAnon, an American political conspiracy theory and political movement that originated in the American far-right political sphere in 2017 and is based…
Read MoreThis week’s public school lunch menus
As a public service to the millions of parents to school-age children in the Tampa Bay region who read our site every single day, Tampa News Force proudly presents what the kids will be eating for lunch at school this week. You know, for planning purposes. Enjoy! CITRUS COUNTY Monday, October 3: Tater Thots Tuesday,…
Read MoreStraight guy refuses to ride gay bus to Gayville
St. Petersburg’s Gary Glanderson disrupted a Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) route briefly Tuesday afternoon when he refused to board a bus decorated in observance of the recently completed St. Pete Pridefest 2021. “Whoa, whoa, whoa! What the hell is this?”, Glanderson exclaimed when the rainbow-wrapped Route 9 bus pulled up to the stop at…
Read MorePolitical bickering between DeSantis and Kriseman hampering red tide relief efforts
A battle along political lines between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and St. Petersburg Mayor Rick Kriseman is creating an unnecessary delay in emergency funding from the state getting to the city to help deal with tons of dead sea life washing up on Pinellas beaches due to a red tide outbreak. Tampa News Force has…
Read MoreFlorida legislature takes steps to make roads more dangerous
SB 1194 allows Florida drivers to use hazard lights on roads with speed limits at or above 55 mph when the conditions create “extremely low visibility.” Seriously. Not a joke.
Read MoreMom’s good intentions wreck Christmas
In an effort to make this Christmas special for her three small children, daughter Daphne and twin sons Ryan and Bryan, Amy Flincher of St. Petersburg has inadvertently ruined the holiday for them. “This Christmas?? I’m worried they’re going to need therapy for the rest of their lives”, she said, distraught. “I am so bad…
Read MorePinellas County authorizes ‘hipster’ beards in lieu of masks
Sick and tired of people complaining about why they can’t and/or shouldn’t have to wear face coverings to prevent the spread of COVID-19, health officials in Pinellas County have offered an alternative. “You don’t want to wear a mask? Fine. You don’t have to”, says lead health official Dr. Goonay Guego. “As long you have…
Read MoreCoyotes want harassment in Pinellas County to stop
Coyotes, which have been a fixture in Pinellas County since the 1970s, are tired of being harassed and want government officials to enact hate crime laws in their defense. “We’re just like anybody else who’s moved here from somewhere else,” says a coyote. “We’re looking for a place where we can enjoy the climate, raise…
Read MorePinellas County launches anti-profanity initiative
In an effort to promote civility and decorum, Pinellas County government leaders have launched a new anti-profanity initiative. “It seems like we’re seeing folks directing more hostility and anger towards one another than ever before and we want to try to address that on a local level,” says county commissioner Pamela Rarebit. “I mean, we…
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