Month: August 2017
Republican Heavyweights Now De Facto Owners of the Tampa Bay Times
Times Bows to GOP Bankrollers, Betrays St. Pete

By Jim Bleyer The Tampa Bay Times effort to woo more subscribers from the radical right has destroyed what little remains of its credibility and could embolden extremists and their racist followers to transform a tranquil, diverse, progressive St. Petersburg into a literal and ideological battleground. The …
Baker, Trump share base, biases, playbook
By Jim Bleyer Non-committal and nearly silent, mayoral candidate Rick Baker continued his passive campaign Sunday with another moral fail. He was seen standing on the fringe of a candlelight vigil at St. Petersburg’s Demens Landing that stressed community unity and condemned the white nationalist violence in Charlottesville, VA. …