I got what we call a 'TPD' call this morning around 4:45 am. called in by operator 49. I hate these calls; they are mostly trouble. What a TPD call is when the police decide they are not going to arrest someone and they turn their problem over to the taxi driver. Things can go downhill quick. Often, the fare has no money. That is why you must get the money up front with the cop watching. It is not unusual for them to go to an ATM, so make sure to go to the nearest one.
The guy this morning was driving an SUV and had been pulled over behind the AT&T store at Dale Mabry and Henderson. The guy was very drunk but for some reason the cop was not going to arrest him. That really pissed me off. I have often received tickets because my tire was two inches in the wrong direction or I was going ten MPH over the speed limit as I tried to keep a drunk from throwing up in the back seat. These cops HAD NO PROBLEM in giving me a ticket. They cost me money, time and inconvenienced me. I resent what they have done to me.
I believe this guy was somebody of power and the blond haired, muscular cop was cutting him a break. That is just wrong. I have no real idea, however, how they decide to give anyone a break.
I took the guy to the bank and he got forty bucks (which he gave me as a tip). I then, took him back to his car, as he requested. The cop was gone. He said he was going to call his girlfriend to come and get him. I doubt that. I left him there.
I should not, and will not do work for the Tampa Police Department. If this guy subsequently killed someone, it would be the blond cops ass not mine.
Tampa has played an important role in the JFK assassination. From the connection of Santo Trafficantie too Jack Ruby in Cuba, Tampa has been important in JFK lore.
Many of us drive by the University of Tampa every day and may never of seen this stature of the late President Kennedy. If we have, we may of wondered why there was a monument here in Tampa.
On November 18, 1963 only 5 days before his assassination JFK made a visit to Tampa! His limousine was unloaded off air force one at Mac-dill Air force Base and his motorcade traveled Thur Tampa.
The route proceeded up Dale Mabry, East on GRAND CENTRAL (Kennedy blvd was once called Grand Central. It was changed after his murder to honor the slain President) Into downtown, north on Franklin past the old Mass Brothers and Kress building, left on Tyler over the Cass Street bridge and ended up at the Armory on Armenia where he gave a speech.
Tony Zappone was a 16 year old high School student who took a series of award winning photos for his school project. He was chosen by the Tampa Tribune, given a press pass, and had access to the president.
The image on the right is haunting to me. Zappone's image is very smiler to the one taken in Dallas at the moment the shots rang out. Who knows, maybe in some alternative universe the assassination happened in Tampa!
As you can see presidents no longer travel in open air convertibles with cheering crowds on the sidewalks. To bad it has to be that way.
The image on the left is Franklin Street today taken from the very spot Zappone was standing. Some of the buildings are still there.
At UT there are several commemorative plaques that surround the statue of JFK and they have quotes from the late president. One of them I believe is relevant to us in light of recent events. It comes from his inaugural address:
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
Keven White once referred to himself as part of Tampa's "Black Mafia." Unfortunately, he had a few things backwards. He should 0f modeled himself after the Tampa Don himself - SantoTrafficante Jr.
The Trafficante family ruled the underworld in Tampa Bay for decades. The thing that set him apart from White was that Santo was known in mob parlance as "The Bank." He was the juice. People had to come to him to fulfill their needs. Keven White was dependent on others...bad mistake.
In 1959 the Feds brought SantoTrafficante jr up on federal corruption and illegal gambling charges stemming from a vast bolita operation throughout Florida. They had, what seemed, an airtight case. They had tape recordings of Trafficante offering payoffs to cops. They had a film of him giving money to law enforcement. How could they not get a conviction?
Does this sound familiar? it does, but Keven White did it backwards. He was the one receiving the money. That meant he was needy.
Trafficanate was not convicted in court; Keven White was convicted. White had no juice. Trafficante had the juice.
When you are the "Bank" very few people will testify against you and no jury will convict you (if they know what's good for them). Trafficante was operating from a base of power. This was something Keven White never bothered to develop.
It takes a lot to be the Teflon Don. Santo was never convicted of anything ever in a court of law. He essentially has no record and would be considered a first offender.
Remember folks, develop power first and operate from strength. Don't be a pathetic broke ass who is taken down by $5,000. Geeez, how weak.
Mike and Nancy are going to enjoy living in your house after you go to prison. Why? Because they built the juice first. A critical leason in life.
Ronald Reagan once saw a hippie holding a sign that said "Make love, not war." Reagan said to Nancy that he did not believe that man was capable of either. He was no threat, and either are the Occupy Tampa protestors.
I know harassment when I see it. I was driving by Curtis Hixon Park at six in the morning, on my way to the Howard Johnson's to drop off a fare. There were police lights in front of the park - where an hour earlier I saw protesters sleeping. They were not disturbing anyone. The police were now disturbing them.
They do this every morning. Lets just say they are an over paid wake up service. This is a shame.
I dropped my fare off and went right back and parked across the street and pulled my camera out. With all the humidity in the air, my lens fogged. Too bad. I go some great shots of the cops harassing the kids. Unfortunately, the images were too blurred to see anything.
After the cops finished their civic duty for the day, they left in a hurry. They know people have digital devices with them and they don't want any images going viral. Plus, it was a Saturday morning and that is when the cops like to set up speed traps to right cheap tickets to make their quota's. I wonder if these guys can actually earn their pay by having a shootout with a real criminal.
What Dennis told me was after the cops made them get rid of all their water and food Friday, they came back latter and said they could now have this stuff again. The cops are not following any city ordinances. They can't site any code violations. They are not civil rights lawyers. They are mealy people who are paid to screw with the public.
These kids will not be deterred. We have been dealt a bad hand, and they know it. These movements will not just go away. They were 'flyiing their signs' as soon as the cops left. It was cold; it was wet; I felt a little sorry for them. However, they are more determined then ever.
Mohamed Atta knew how to land a plane. In fact he had full instrument rating and could fly any plane. He also once had a hack license issued by the Hillsborough County Transportation Commission of Florida when he was in Florida training to be a pilot.
Atta never came back to pick it up. He had applied to work at United Cab of Tampa, but never showed up for work either.
My research shows he was living in the Tampa area for some time while taking flying lessons in Venice Florida and Jones aviation in Sarasota.
Most people were told that he only had a few hours on a simulator and was not interested in knowing how to land. This is not true.
The owner of Huffman Aviation in Venice said Mohamed Atta and a friend walked in the front door one day in late 2000 and wanted to know about getting pilots license and how much that would cast. They were told the cost was $18,000 with $1,000 down and $1.000 a week for the entire 18 week course. They paid with a check drawn on First Union Bank.
All did not go smooth as their first instructor found them arrogant and hard to teach. Atta and his friend often tried to take over the lessons and often spoke over the instructor. He was very irritated with them. They switched instructors and were able to finish the course and Atta earned his "Temporary Airman's license" with a score of 90 of a 122 possible points during a five hour exam.. This allowed him to rent out planes on his own which he did on many occasions.
Proof Mohamed Atta Know how to land and take off in an airplane
Atta did not stop at this, he went on December 21, 2000 he earned a full instrument ratting and a COMMERCIAL PILOTS LICENSE. ("airplane multiengine land/ instrument airplane/ private pilot privileges/ airplane single engine land"). (Source) He earned these credentials in a rather short period of time.
I believe he was running out of money and It was during this period that he applied for a hack license in Tampa. The TPC still has his license on file. It is unknown what his intentions were about driving a cab, considering he had goals of altering world history for ever. He flew planes to Miami from Venice and from Jones aviation to Tampa. He knew how to take off and land. Skills that he really would not put to much use.
It was from Tampa where he flew American Airlines to Spain to meet with representatives from Iraq.
If you live in south Tampa or drive North on Howard avenue at the intersection of Kennedy and Howard, you have seen this guy. He is doing what they call on the streets "flying a sign." In short, he is begging for money. He has been on this corner for over a year. That is ridiculous.
Hell, I remember last Christmas season he was wearing a Santa hat (What cedar chest did he pull that out of?)
He is out here all day long. he never misses a day. I know this for a fact because O never miss a day of work. If a guy can show up every day to do this, can he not hold a job? He is older then me, so I am sure he is getting a Social Security check. This must be his supplemental income plan.
His sign claims he is homeless, looking for work, hungry, and other things. None of this is true.
The Shell station on this corner has tried to get rid of him. He is aggressive with their customers. He ask for money and cigs. He won't leave people alone.
They have called the cops on this guy They do not want a permanent fixture in front of their store being this guy claiming to be a bum and in need of money.
HE IS NOT HOMELESS....HE LIVES IN A NICE APARTMENT IN SO HO...HE HAS A MAC IPHONE WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE ON HIS PLAN A(i know this for a fact..I'm a cab driver..I hear things).
He is running a scam. Plus, his is an asshole. He calls the Shell station and insults the people working there because they have had him tresspassed from the property.
He waves at people and smiles.he thinks he is being charming. I think he is high. I see this type of behaviour and mannerisms all day long as a cab driver.
There are real homeless people but he has a claim to the most lucrative corner in Tampa. This is wrong. I know for a fact construction and lawn service guys have offered him a job and he said he cannot work for ten bucks an hour. WTF!
The city of Tampa will be hosting the 2012 Republican Convention that will nominate Gov. Rick Perry of Texas.
The city of Tampa is very concerned with security, but they are making certain assumptions about the guest. They believe that many of the people who will be expressing their constitutional rights to assemble will be criminals. That is why they are installing cameras in secret because they don't want anyone to know they are there.
This is an outrage and I have a license to drive a cab and I have the right to NOT have a fucking camera aimed at me. This totalitarian thinking cannot be allowed. I hope the people assemble in mass.
I know that if a riot breaks out, they will want to be able to identify the perpatrators. Of couse, we all want that. But you can't put cameras up to film people without thier consent. Sorry Republicans, this is the United States of America and I have certain rights. Even Alex Jones on his website Prison Planet picked this story up.
"Whether it's the Republicans or the Democrats, conventions are almost always a flashpoint for police and protestors. At the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis in 2008, some 800 protestors, reporters and bystanders were arrested.
Our local law enforcement is hoping for much less conflict when the GOP comes to Tampa next summer. Toward that end, Tampa police will be employing a ring of surveillance cameras to be installed around downtown and the convention center.
"There are going to be a lot of people in downtown and we don't have enough police officers to keep eyes everywhere, so we think the cameras will assist us in keeping people safe by giving us more eyes to view what's going on," said assistant Tampa Police Chief, Mark Hamlin."
The problem I have with this is they are hiding the cameras and they are assuming that there will be trouble. It is a political convention and you have police and secret service patrol. The real reason for these cameras in downtown Tampa is to use facial recognition to shake down innocent citizens. The people of Tampa should be outraged and no more tolerate this then the "traffic" cameras they use to raise revenue.
Casey Anthony's defense attorney Jose Baez has dropped a bombshell in the courtroom by stating Caylee Anthony drowned in the family swimming pool and her parents covered it up. Children falling into swimming pools in Florida is common. It is very tragic.
Baez states that because of a dysfunctional family that included sex abuse, Casey is the victim. Baez claims that George Anthony repeatedly raped his daughter all of her life. Baez claims that even her brother abused Casey and the FBI was beleived he may have fathered his sisters baby, and had him submit to a paternity test. This is one screwed up family.
The look on Mr. Anthony's face in court looks like a man that is guilty (If anyone accused me of raping my daughter, I would hit hin the mouth, I don't care if it was in court or not).
Baez claims that the meter reader Roy Kronk planted the body close to the family in a wooded area that was repeatedly searched by the police. Mr. Kronk was banging Casey and I find it strange that he was the one that found the body when teams of cops with dogs could not. Mr. Baez is presenting a formidable case at this point to get his client off.
This issue is reasonable doubt in a court of law and Mr Baez seems like a master of constructing reasonable doubt. The accusations he is making are formidable in nature. He is claiming that Mr. Kronk carried the skull in his truck for months and he was the one that put the duck tape on the skull. Mr Baez is asserting that the police were complicit in framing this girl to cover up their terrible investigation.
If all this turn out to be correct, nobody shuold ever trust the police again and never talk to them at about anything. Thre were cops wanting to collect the reward! Orange County even hired an attorney for Mr. Kronk to protect him from Casey's lawyers. I can only say wow.
In a capital case, from what I am hearing, I see a not-guilty verdict coming on.
Former Miss Tierra Verde Meghan Brown Shoots Dead Home Invasion Ex-Con Albert Hill with 4 slugs. In nature the female of any species isdeadlier then the male. Again folks, why was thisscumbag with multiple arrest and incarcerations doing back out on the streets?
The fight between the two men broke the dining room table and chairs but, as they tussled, Miss Brown produced her pink gun from her bedside table. ‘I had my gun drawn, focused in on him – as he moved, my gun moved. I waited for my shot and when I saw an opening, I fired,’ she told the newspaper. Miss Brown said she was ‘glad’ it had been her, because not everybody else would have been as prepared as she was, MORE FROM THIS SOURCE….
Albert Hill was a life long criminal who only robbed people to make a living. His arrests and convictions include, Cocaine Sales-Dealing, Burglary, Resisting Arrest, Battery on a Law Enforcement Officer for which he got 10 years in prison and Grand Theft.
The Brown family is rich. That is good becasue they will be able to hire Barry Cohen or some other great lawyer to help them. This sounds like simple self defense. Look at how beat up Mr. Brown was after the fight with this dirt bag.
Angela Marie Finger disappeared from Las Vegas In June of 2006. She left behind a good job as a cage supervisor at the Mote Carlo Casino on the Vegas strip. She was young, beautiful, and her family misses her dearly. She may have been pulled into a life of internet porn, and possible human trafficking. She is considered a MISSING PERSON: ENDANGERED by the FBI. I photographed Angela in Phoenix at the Arizona Shootout (Arizona Model Photo Shoot) one year after she was missing. I was not aware of her status at the time.
Photo shot of Angela Finger at the Arizona Shootout April 2007
Angela Finger was coerced into leaving her job at the Monte Carlo Casino in Las Vegas during June of 2006. She had met a man on the internet through MySpace, who represented himself as someone he was not. Angela soon moved out of her condo in Vegas(furniture removed, electric cut off, phone discontected) and ran off with this man.
I received emails from Angela when I was setting up personal model sessions for the Arizona shootout of 2007, she contacted me with condolences about the passing of my girlfriend. She told me how sorry she was and that she would like to meet with me.
I met with her and her "husband" when I arrived and she let me take photos of her on Saturday and Sunday of the shootout. Angela told me she was a Phoenix model named "Angel the model." She signed the model release as "Angela Raether." That was not her name, but the alias last name of the man that was controlling her. His real name wasWILLIAM MATTHEW SMOLICH. He is wanted in several States for failure to register as a sexual offender.
Angela may be in danger. She has been on many porn sights that have been taken down since Smolich found out her parents were looking for her. He was pimping her out for imcome. If you were, or have been, associated with the Arizona Shootout in Phoenix circa 2007 and may know this girl, please come forward with information
MEDIA COVERAGE
Missing Daughter Shows up in Internet Porn, Family Uses YouTube to Find Her A Nevada mother turns to YouTube to locate her missing daughter.
May-12-2008 (SALEM, Ore.) - Michelle and Patrick Finger say they aren't going to stop trying to locate their daughter. She became involved with a man who turns out to be a wanted, convicted pedophile. Sadly, the only sight they catch of her now shows up on Internet porno sites.
Michelle Finger says that two years ago, her daughter Angela worked at the Monte Carlo in Las Vegas as a cage cashier, which was looked at as a solid job that had already brought her two promotions.
"She worked there for a little under 2 years. She was bright and sweet, and was very close to her family. That all changed in a heartbeat."
She says that through MySpace, two days before Mothers day 2006, her daughter met a man who said his name was Craig Raether. He said he was 27, and that his parents were killed by a drunk driver. His story didn't add up for Angela's parents, but she was interested and they seemed to have little impact on her decision to begin spending time around the man who used the name Craig Raether
It wasn't long according to Michelle, before Angela began acting odd. "She started dressing like a street girl, and acted rude to us all the time. We were fighting a lot. Fathers day came, and she took her dad out to eat, and bowling. We started talking about her brother's upcoming wedding, and I told her we would take her, I didn't want Craig there. Thats the last time I saw her. They left shortly after that not to be seen or heard from for the next year."
Angela Finger's parents said it made them crazy, and they began digging up whatever information they could. They learned that the man had a shady past and that much of what he had told them was not true. Then at the age of 46, Angela Finger's mother Michelle had a heart attack.
"I came home from the hospital more determined than ever. I put up a fake myspace with his picture, and the words 'have you seen me?' I also put his picture on classmates.com, hoping to get a hit."
She also wrote to Craig Raether on Classmates, urging that he get in contact with her. She says that three weeks later she received a reply from the REAL Craig Raether.
"He had looked me up after my email on classmates, and wrote me. He told me that the guy with my daughter and impersonating him was a childhood friend named William Smolich. I was floored, but, I did know something was off from the begining."
She says that over the next two days, they combed the Internet and found porno sites with their daughter, and movies starring her.
"I was devastated. In the weeks that followed, we called the Boulder police, who are useless, and said if I was going to keep investigating to let them know, so they wouldn't waste their time, he is wanted there."
She says she does hold the Boulder City cops responsible for this, at least in part. "He is a sexual predator they let out to do this to our family, and we want our daughter home. As of the last week, I have heard nothing, but, found more sites where she is the pin up girl. Any and all help would be so greatly appreciated! If ANYONE has any private suggestions that could help, or any questions, please let me know."
William Matthew Smolich, who also uses the name Shawn Odow and several others, is 39-years old. He stands five foot eleven and weighs approximately 195 pounds. Smolich is a white male with blonde hair and brown eyes.
Police urges anyone who sees William Matthew Smolich to call 911 and not try to apprehend this individual yourself.
His prior convictions requiring registration are Attempted Sexual Assault on a Child by one in a position of trust (F4); and Sexual Contact-no consent (M1). If you have information regarding this individual contact the Boulder County Sheriff Office at (303) 441-4444. You can also contact the FBI at 702 636-5033.
IN THE IMAGE BELOW YOU CAN SEE THAT SHE SIGNED THE MODEL RELEASE WITH ME UNDER HIS LAST NAME...RAETHER
IMAGES I TOOK OF ANGELA IN ARIZONA AFTER SHE WAS MISSING
ANYONE WHO WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ARIZONA SHOOTOUT IN COW TOWN IN 2007, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT MY E-MAIL IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION OF HER WHEREABOUTS. SHE MAY BE IN DANGER. PLEASE, IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING, CONTACT ME SO HER MOTHER AND THE FBI CAN HAVE THE INFORMATION
Dick Morris says that Rick Scott should be in jail, not in the Florida Governors mansion. Scott needs to leave the State of Florida or go to prison, I agree. I can not logically see any option that puts him in the Governor mansion...A 8' by 12' cell would be more appropriate.
Governor Crist, the citizens of Hillsborough County are a little bit unsafe tonight. It seems that Sheriff David Gee has allowed someone to get away with murder. He has charged the suspect with manslaughter, which is a lesser offense, only on political correctness issues.
The perpetrator is black and the victim is white (sounds like a hate crime to me). It took his office two days (after letting the man go home and go back to work before they did anything) for them to react only after much public outcry.
I'm sure you remember when Polk County sheriff Dan Daniels in 1987 (pictured) was on the verge of being removed by Governor Bob Martinez before Daniels resigned. His office was plagued with scandal, so there is a precedent for removing a sheriff by the Governor.
I hope you will look into this matter and understand how many people in Florida are for law and order *wink* You know what I mean with November being around the corner. They did not call you "chain gang Charlie" for nothing.
These photos are shocking. I found them on a news website that was linking to my blog. These images show Trevor Dooley smiling when being removed from his home and joking around with an Orient road jail employee. Why? Could he at least show some remorse for leaving a little girl without a father. I know the society he comes from has many fatherless homes, so whats the big deal right? He can be released on $50,000 bail. I say he is a flight risk. Keep his ass in jail.
Being led out of his house with a smile
Joking with a jail employee
I think what many people want is just some human emotion about the real and tragic harm this animal has caused. And to think he was driving around our children.
People have been sent to the electric chair with less evidence than the Hillsborough County Sheriffs department has. There was no credible motive for Trevor Dooley to shot and kill David James in Valrico during broad dayling when James was unarmed and only seconds earlier was playing basketball with his daughter. If the authorities can't figure it out, let me try:
Trevor Dooley had shown disdain and aggression in the past over a public park that HE has no oversight in.
Dooleys problem was with kids skateboarding - not anything that could cause HIM harm.
Dooley packed a loaded handgun to enter public property knowing he was going to perhaps get into an argument. Knowing that HIS pleaded case had been ignored in the past, the gun was a new bargaining chip.
Anger is not an excuse for murder.
A shoving match is not "fear for my life."
Dooley had a clear avenue of escape in 360 degrees.
Everything points to Dooley having the gun and shooting the gun at an unarmed man David James. I am a taxi driver, does this mean that I can now kill everyone I have an argument with or people who don't pay me?
Considering how badly Dooley wanted to kill someone and leave a wife with no husband and a little girl with no daddy, we should bring back the chair on special occasions.
This photo was from a botched execution in 1999 in Florida. It seems they used the wrong sponge, or something, and they had to inflict the jolt 3 times. This killer may have felt the torment that his victims did. Rot in hell asshole just like Dooley.
Cheap bar and restaurant in south Tampa will pad your credit card with extra charges and wait for you to complain. That is the claim made by the "Bubba The Love Sponge" show this morning. Bubba has an employee named 25 cent (a black guy) that went to the club and all kinds of extra charges were added, including the tip (there is a belief among servers that black people don't tip). This seems to be standard policy stated by the owner Tommy Ortiz on the radio show. If you don't catch it, you pay. If you are black, they will add the tip on top of the meal (he denied this). Overcharging credit cards is criminal. If I did that in my taxi cab, I would not only be fired...I would go to jail. Tommy Ortiz needs to be very careful. Look at all the important people and lawyers that go into his restaurant. None of them have complained? Who knows.
Amscot will not sell money orders to Tampa taxi drivers anymore. Cab drivers pay their companies a lease. Since the company will not take cash, we get money orders. Amscot financial offers free money orders to the general public - they have for years. They now tell cab drivers they can't offer that service to us. In fact, they are asking people if the money order is for commercial or personal reasons. Hum? Is that legal? Is it really any of their business? I got it. Money Laundering.
Perhaps some shady people have been using Amscot as a flip joint or clearing house for money you don't report to the IRS. Perhaps. I am only speculating. This was rather sudden and caught us off guard.
When you are in business, can you refuse service? I know as a cab driver I can only refuse if they have no money or they are very drunk. It is called DISCRIMINATION. Perhaps they felt emboldened by the court decision in Arizona. You tell me.
UPDATE: I am using Facebook now and have caught up with some old friends. My old chess coach from Warwick High in Virginia Tom Stroup are now playing a game on the internet. I have a new blog where you can follow the action. Chesspatzers.blogspot.com
Observe. Analyze. Verify. Be skeptical. You forgot pejorative and harassing. Scott Hamilton of the St. Pete Skeptics Society seems to have it in for me. He prides himself in being an observer in the mold of James Randi or Loren Coleman (whom he is critical of). Beneath the vernier lies something else.
Last October I had an outing in a SWIFMUD area that yielded some of my best results to date. I posted the findings on YouTube and initially on my successful blog Tampa Taxi Shots. The reason I choose Tampa Taxi Shots as my first avenue to show the world my finding was because that blog is linked in the Tampa Tribune, the St. Petersburg Times, Creative Loafing and many other news and blog sites. That is a fact unknown to Mr. Hamilton who seemed taken back by that.
This punk has been (dover) stalking me on on several of my cyber blogs and posting on other forums and blogs for the purpose of insulting me. This guy is scum, and I cannot wait to meet him in person, to have a real conversation with him and find out what his problem is. I went to the Tampa Police to report him to cyber crimes and they ran his IP address and found some interesting stuff.
Dontae Morris is looking at the death penalty. They don't fool around in Florida. Unfortunately, it will take about ten years for him to exhaust all of his appeals. Then, the needle. We used to have Ole' Sparky. The condemned man would fry like a sausage in a pan. He had NOTHING to gain by turning himself in. Morris would have been better off camping out in the woods.
The details of the 'third party' surrender are not known at this time. I suspect a responsible family member convinced him to at least do one honorable thing in his life and give some respect to the grieving families and turn himself in before the funerals Saturday morning. It looks like that is what happened.
The Florida Sentinel Bulletin thinks so. The Tampa black newspaper the Florida Sentinel Bulletin had an editorial today that hinted that Dontae Rashawn Morris may be a runaway slave. The article was by "The Sole-Man Speaks" and his logic was that every city in the south, including Tampa, has an area of town that most white folks never go into. In Florida it is called the Black Bottom. The best of the best, and the worst of the worst will risefrom these blighted neighborhoods. Unfortunately, it is usually the worst.
Dontae Rashawn Morris was raised in Jacksonville Florida in the worst black bottom there is. He is now suspected of killing two Tampa police officers. The Sentinel cited the incident in Polk County a few years ago when a black man killed a white police officer, and when he was arrested he was shot 68 times by the cops to the point that his body was not recognizable as a human being. That was wrong, but I think it had more to do with the rage of the police and the actions of the suspect himself. Somehow he was innocent in the Sentinels mind.
They say that black fathers are cautioning their sons not to be out at night because they may be killed by the Tampa Police. Fist of all, 70% of all black boys do not have fathers active in their lives, and the police are only looking for Dontae Rashawn Morris. Are you people still slaves? Is that what you really want to be? The last I checked the President of the Untied States and the Attorney General were black. They seem to be doing fine living in this racist country. Are we still living in "Mississippi Burning?"
The Sentinel writes:
"...Dontae Morris is Black. The officers he reputedly shot are white. Not that it matters, but somewhere down the craggy, putrid road of American History, it matters, dearly"
The only thing putrid is Mr. Morris. Clean up your own acts before you start blaming this on the Tampa Police you bastards.
"Our condolences go out to the slain officers' families. Our sadness embraces the accused assailants's mother and father. Our heart breaks to consider that we HAVE STILL NOT OVERCOME."
What they mean is that they have not overcome the white man. I hope it is a black police officer that greases this piece of human shit.
This is such a senseless loss. Two Tampa police officers were murdered because a guy had a warrant for a bad check in Jacksonville Florida. What was Dontae Morris so afraid of? He has been arrested 41 times in his brief 24 years on earth. Certainly the system is a joke and he would not remain in jail. I have no idea why he needed to kill. Now, the cops will either kill him or he will get the death penalty.
Also, Officer Jeff Kocab’s wife gave birth today to their first child. She was due next week, but went into labor within hours of her husband’s murder. For her, today is bittersweet. The birth of her first child and the loss of her husband. My heart goes out to the families of both victims. Maybe justice be served.
When Mr. Morris is captured we should have a "blow torch' party. Let people run a lit blow torch all over his body before a red hot pipe is stuck up his ass until smoke comes out his mouth, then hang him upside down, douse him with gasoline and light him on fire before tossing him into a wood chipper and let dogs piss on what comes out, take the remains mix it with dog food and feed it to alligators. Its time to get medieval on these scum.
The Tampa police know that the only day of the week that you can speed on Dale Mabry is on Sunday. That is why they set up a speed trap north of Mlk Just south of Hillsborough. Now this poor guy just because he was up early Sunday will now have to hire Ty Trayner or pay the fine or go to school. In short, his life is inconvenienced because of the Tampa Police Department being involved in revenue generation for the city of Tampa
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"The Ocean is just a barrier to getting the oil we need. Kill the oceans. Get the oil" - Tony Hayward - CEO of British Petroleum
Everyone that lives on the Gulf Coast of the United States will have their lives changed in ways that we can only imagine now. I live on the west coat of Florida and work in the tourist industry - I drive a taxi cab. Tourism is very important to me. People come down for our beaches, golf courses, and great defense (Bucs). If the white sugar sand of the gulf becomes black sludge, kiss it goodbye. What is sad is that this could of been over by now if we had a President that had actually had a job before he took the highest office in the land. Did you hear him last night? This guy can hardly speak without a teleprompter in front of him. REALITY IS WHAT YOU WILL SEE BELOW.
This is the Deep-water Horizon explosion. This should have gotten somebodies attention.
Within days giant sea turtles were washing ashore dead. Very sad.
Shrimp boat were out in the Gulf Of Mexico trying to bring in a catch. They had no choice. This is shrimp season and their families are depending on them.
These dolphin are trying to find flipper and wondering why their home is now full of oil
The Gulf is on fire. You would think that it would have got the attention of the President while he was in San Francisco at a fund raiser for Barbara Boxer.
Former Obama voters and supporters are directing their rage at Tony Haward of BP. It won't be long before their boy starts to get the blame.
If this don't make you sad, what would?
This looks like something out of the ANDROMEDA STRAIN with these guys in hazardous material suits running up to the beach while Nero played his fiddle.
There are NO WORDS for this photo
More Andromeda Strain Guys along the Gulf beaches
On day 10 Obama met with "God" himself Bono of U2 in the White House. I guess this man has all the answers. I would have been meeting with engineers and scientist...but what do I know? I am just a taxi cab driver.
Many ships are now dumping at sea to save cost. I was out at one of our local beaches Sunday and the stink was beyond belief. They say there is no oil here, but where did this shit come from? What is happening to our world right under our eyes? See this video I put on YouTube.
"...If Britain should survive for another thousand years...this will NOT be known as her finest hour" "Never have so many Americans owed their World Cup life to so few (one!) - Churchill rolling over in his grave.
I only know American sports. And in our culture shit happens. You have 'go to' guys that you depend on. If they don't perform on any given night, so be it. When you are the manager of a football team and days before a World Cup match you don't know who your starting goalie will be, then there must be flaws in all your goalies. The fact is that Rob Green was one of the best out of the Premiere league. So why the hesitation by the manager? Green must be VERY good or he would not have been in the line up. I would not expect another incident.
American football or soccer has come a long way. Way to go guys. Mr. Green - that was just the breaks of that game. Sorry, but we will take it.
In our sports we have batters that strike out...kickers that miss easy goals...quarterbacks that miss wide open receivers...basketball players that miss easy shots...things happen. England may still win this tournament, but the world is on notice that the USA can dominate anything we want to. Sorry if that bothers you.
If you go downtown on the weekends to party, you may have run into the guy above. His name is Tim Ireland. He runs a "free Cab" in Tampa Florida. The only question is - Why?
I don't know what you do for a living but if someone came along and told your boss they would do it for free, you might have a problem with that. If this person was just willing to work for tips when you have a mortgage and a family and responsibilities, you would actually be pissed. Many cab drivers in Tampa are.
The Hillsborough County Transportation Commission believes these free taxi cabs need to be taken off the streets. They really have never heard of such a thing. Who has? Working for free. Who is this Tim Ireland?
Tim Ireland of the Green free taxi is a scab. In this time of economic downturn, there is not enough business to support the taxi drivers that have been doing this for years, if not, decades. When somebody comes along and finds bums like Ireland to undercut taxi cabs (by law we must charge $2.25 a mile) He can give them a free ride. Why? Is he that desperate? How much can he make doing this? Most grown men would not do what this little, little, boy does. I guess he lives with his mommy and daddy. How else could he do this. He needs to go back to HCC with the rest of his nerdy friends and leave men alone who take the transportation business seriously.
If you want to be a taxi cab driver in Tampa Florida, United Cab is the finest cab company in Tampa. It is very good for new drivers because of the training program, scaled leases, voice radio dispatch which can help a new driver, and a stand system that puts you in social contact with other drivers who can offer advice. Be a real cab driver. You just need to get a 'hack' permit from the HCPTC and be cleared thru insurance, and you are on your way. Just don't let the free guys take your business from you.
Today was busy. Very busy. It was what I needed. The difference between what is going on now and 2008-2009 is we actually have good days now. We had NO good days during those two years. I am even seeing some construction going on around Tampa. I have not seen that in a long time.
I know Memorial Day is sort of stay at home backyard cookout kind of thing, but many people have family up north, so they were on their way to the Tampa International Airport. I did not wait long on stands either.
During all of this, I got a call that went way out Park ave near the Wagon Wheel Flea Market. This guy was going out to get his car and I really needed the fifty bucks. I have not been out this way in over a year Larry used to get calls like this all the time.
I crossed the Gandy Bridge and made a bid on a 33 from Gandy and Westshore. Hard to beat and I won it. Another ride to the airport. I actually made a hundred bucks today; its been a long time.
While I was at the red light I could see they have installed those red light cameras to catch speeders. They claim they are only placed at five intersections and the nearest one in Waters and Dale Mabry. They what is this thing doing here? Is it just a test run? I wish someone would throw a blanket over them; how funny would that be?
They like to screw with the law abiding public without having the police do it. You have no choice,
you must pay. At least with a real traffic ticket, you have options including taking it to court where you could win and have it all thrown out. You don't have that option with these things. That is why I am against them.
I was a witness in traffic court recently. Many of the tickets were dropped or reduced on technicalities. Often the police officer would not show up in court and the judge would throw it out. Often, because of a safe driving record the judge would reduce it to court cost. There is a tremendous amount of discretion in this process; all of that is absent with these cameras and you have no rights.
If we have an unsafe intersection, then have the police watch the corner. We are letting big brother invade our daily activities.
I saw the cop as I was coming over the bridge at MLK and the Hillsborough river (not to far from the pain management clinic). It was a Sunday morning and things were slow, so why not wait at a spot where some cab driver coming down an incline might pick up speed without knowing it. Before he sees the cop, HE'S NAILED! and Tampa has more money to work with. Just do a bake sale guys if you need money. Better yet, follow me and I will show you were the real bad guys are at...then do your job like a real man
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I know were all the speed traps are at in Tampa from being on the streets as a taxi driver. I will be sharing this information with my blog watchers soon. That will cut down on the amount of money Tampa is extorting from law abiding citizens.
I began to wonder about this place a couple of months ago when I started getting multiple rides a day to this clinic at 2137 West Martin Luther King in Tampa from all the low end motels on Dale Mabry. It is called Total Imaging and all of the fares were from out of State and said they had come to Tampa for 'Pain Management.' They all looked like 'crack heads.' They were all young, and none of them walked with a limp.
I would pull into the parking area and take them to the back (that is were the entrance is). The crummy looking people hanging out in the parking lot all had tattoos and were smoking cigarettes and it looked like the waiting room at the methadone clinic,
I finally figured out what was going on when I started taking people to a pharmacy in Temple Terrace which was the only one in Tampa that, at the time, could dispense large, massive, obscene quantities of opium based drugs. These people from out of State were not in pain, they were dealers coming to Florida for a large supply to take back to Ohio (most seem to be from there) and sell them street level.
Some days, it gets to the point, when you get a call from the Days Inn Stadium, Howard Johnson's Stadium, Best Western South Dale Mabry, Tahitian Inn South Dale Mabry, you tell your dispatcher in advance where you will be vacating at even before you pick up! You just know they are going to Tampa's new, great, tourist attraction. That is now what we are becoming known for. To bad we don't have real tourist.
How can places like this keep operating?
I do like the business from the drug dealers, but this has got to stop. One night I took these guys there around midnight, and the place was still open! People in the parking lot were smoking dope and drinking beer. I say the Florida Department Of Law Enforcement is doing a great job when a Tampa Taxi Shots Cab driver can find out more then they can. Did I leave out the Tampa Police Department.
If I were to give anyone advice about the internet, it would be you are not alone. Your friends aren't the only ones oohing and aahing over the bikini-clad beach photos you posted on Facebook: the most common activity on the site is men looking at pictures of women. Call it G-rated porn, writes Amanda Marcotte for the Daily Beast, who talked to men who say they aren't looking for smut—they just like to ogle photos of partying females. "You can stare as long as you want to," explains one guy, somewhat creepily. "I can print out, bookmark and/or download the images I see on Facebook to look at again and again and again.”
And in some cases, Facebook is becoming a replacement for other, dirtier sites. "Porn seems impersonal and gross," said a 29-year-old, who says eying photos of women on Facebook feels "semi-enlightened, in a way." And while "it’s hard not to feel optimistic if so many men are having fantasies about 'real' women," writes Marcotte, "there’s an undeniable ick factor to the idea of men getting off to pictures you posted for your friends to platonically peruse." So consider the "again and again and again" guy before posting anything provocative.
Court was a success today with all the witnesses showing up and this guy had no chance. Upon seeing the number of people ready to testify against his client, the lawyer changed the plea to 'no-contest.' Seemed fair.
Mr. Howard Romaine III did not even show up. Most of the witnesses believed he was either drunk or high when he ran the red light and almost killed us. He was not cited for anything like that.
One thing I noticed was the Lawyer Ty Trayner was representing several clients in court. His professionalism and skill was very evident as he worked hard on getting the most favorable outcome possible for this clients. This guy is very good and I would recommend him for any traffic type of offense.
Trayner even represented Hillsborough County Commissioner Keven White in a red light violation. White was set up by the Tampa cop who was just trying to screw with White. Mr. White was on his way to the hospital to see his father who was having heart surgery and should have been giving a break. Ty Trayner even had photographic evidence that the traffic control device was poorly placed. The Tampa cop tried to say the image had been photoshoped! What a joke.
Judge Raul Palimino did acknowledge that the 'no turn on red' sign was poorly posted and the city should be notified about repositioning it so people could actually see it. I believe that is why this cop was hiding there because he knew he could write a cheap ticket and avoid doing real police work.
The local government and police department are having an adverse affect on our tourism and local economic growth by turning us into a police State. Did you know that one out of every 31 men in Florida are in a State or Federal Prison. Home of the free?
To help understand the Texas Massacre by the follower of Islam and his behavior, look at this image. This image, and others, were sent to me by a photographer friend from Canada who took them in London. This shows the intent of Islam to destroy my country and the western world. There is no place for Islam in the modern world..It is primitive, and not worthy of respect..this confrontation has been in the works for several hundred years.
The pictures he sent me tell it all! Muslims have stated that England will be the first country they take over! DESTROY THEM FIRST! Pictures like this are not shown on American TV, the Keith Olberman or Rachal Maddow show or in American Newspapers (as they might help the war on terror), but were forwarded to me by my Canadian photographer friend who thought Americans ought to know!
These pictures are of Muslims marching through the streets of London during their recent "Religion of Peace Demonstration." Why would anyone think that we should be at war! with such nice, peaceful Muslims?! Americans need to Know - You need to forward this one to everyone in your address book! They are really not bad people...They only want to circumcise women, eliminate all civil rights, and kill anyone who does not believe that Muhammad was the great prophet. He was not.
His teachings have been discredited by MOST THEOLOGIANS. HE WAS NEVER MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE!!! HE WAS A FALSE PROPHET. That is why to this day Islam defames Jesus by declaring him a prophet of God. HE WAS NOT. HE WAS THE SAME GOD THAT GAVE THE TEN COMMANDMENTS TO MOSES. HE WAS ALLAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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