This is a very cool gym, run by trainer Aaron Avalos, who is not only producing champion boxers but also keeping kids from joining gangs or otherwise getting into trouble. Timothy happened to be in town one day, so he and I visited La Fe. Coach Aaron taped a pair of gloves on [...]

…explains why he is a Democrat in 20 seconds flat. More about Sarasota-Manatee Young Democrats: http://www.srqyoungdems.com/index.php

Sarasota Herald-Tribune’s Jeremy Wallace talks to former Florida Senator/Governor Bob Graham about the Obama-Clinton dustup and gets a non-commital answer; Creative Loafing’s Justin Richards asks 13th Congressional District candidate Christine Jennings a local solar energy question — and she didn’t know the answer, which sort of surprised me since the press conference where this was [...]

This is a rough “guerrilla video” shot hand-held with only the on-camera shotgun mic — but OTOH I also show you the leadup to the manufactured event (AKA “press conference”) itself, plus shots of the assembled pressies…

A brief message to her Manatee County supporters from Florida Congressional District 13 candidate Christine Jennings…

We grew to love you, then you started throwing off error messages instead of useful content. But now you’re back, and not only is our love for you reaffirmed, but we like your new, clean look a lot more than we liked the old version.
People who live outside of the Tampa Bay (Floriduh) region [...]

At 55, I am old enough that I am no longer considered desirable by TV advertisers, no doubt because by my age most people learn that advertising claims are not as reliable an indicator of product quality as their own — and their friends’ — experience. And it is my experience listening to American presidential [...]

Contractor Bryan Roberts is building Florida’s first Earthship right here in Manatee County — and if you’re a college student (or have part of this summer free, anyway), you can participate in a Greencamp and learn the ins and outs of Earthship building yourself.

(Recorded at the April 28, 2008 meeting of the Manatee-Sarasota Democratic Black Caucus)
It’s nice — and not nearly usual enough - to have electable Democrats run for local office around here!

I don’t get many telemarketing calls. I’m on every “do not call” list in existence, plus I use a Verizon service that intercepts phone calls from numbers with Caller ID disabled. But this call had a legitimate-looking number and name — “Intel Gateway, 538-6316″ attached to it, and since I write about technology and often [...]