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Food Truck Rally parks at Ybor Saturday Market

• by Juliette Cassistre
Strap on those bibs. The food trucks are coming to Ybor this Saturday, Feb. 4, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Tags: Arts & Entertainment, Ybor City Saturday Market, Ybor, Tasting Tampa, food trucks, food, rally, farmers market

Outside the Tea Party debate, liberals make themselves heard

Have megaphone, will travel

• by Christopher Spata
Local Democratic groups took advantage of the national spotlight during last night's CNN Debate.
• Tags: Politics, Tampa, Tea Party, GOP, debate, republican, CNN, Florida State Fairgrounds, protest, rally, rainbow, push, coalition, Progressive Democrats of America, National Association of Letter Carriers, USF, SDS, Hillsborough DEC, Florida Consumer Action Network

"Awake the State" rally hits downtown Tampa as the legislative session begins

• by Elizabeth Graham
Unions come together in downtown Tampa on Tuesday afternoon to protest Gov. Rick Scott's budget and pension plans.
• Tags: Politics, News, Politics, News, kevin beckner, rally, unions, Mary Mulhern, Yolie Capin, Lykes Gaslight Park, Awake the State, teachers' union, Gov. Rick Scott, pension, Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association, Randy Pines

A real-life pilgrimage to an ironic political rally: Shannon Bennett at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

• by Shannon Bennett
It was adventure filled with bustle and mishaps, but well worth it.
• Tags: Politics, Activism, Arts & Entertainment, Events, Politics, Activism, Arts & Entertainment, Events, oprah, rally, Jon Stewart, stephen-colbert, Washington, drive, D.C., capitol, march to keep fear alive, Rally to Restore Sanity

The Green Community week in review: Clean energy rally, legalizing marijuana, BOTB Readers' Poll, and more

• by Katie Machol
Read what you might have missed last week from the Green Community.
• Tags: Green Living, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, clean energy, marijuana, offshore drilling, Tampa-Bay, Ybor, rally, The Ritz Ybor, Florida, Politics, House, Progress Energy, publix greenwise, green, cl, Mary Mulhern, stimulus, Sierra Club, governor charlie crist, Green Living, mexican drug cartels, goodwill, email, Nature, karl nurse, conservation, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, going paperless, creative loafing green community, earth, Hemp, solar, paper, energy, eco friendly, Whole Foods Market, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, 1Sky, Milton Friedman, Linda Saul-Sena, mother earth, Mayor Pam Iorio, environmentalism, organic food, Rick Kriseman, paper waste, st petersburg college, war on drugs, nature's food patch, alternative energy, energy consumption, energy use, illegal immigrants, CFLs, spc, St. Pete College, greywater, jason green, alternative energy source, rollin oats, energy waste, low voc, Best of the Bay 2009, BOTB, Best of the Bay Readers' Poll 2009, economic crisis, unemployment rate, health care reform, emotional connections, plants and animals, greenest politician, smart grid, south carolina north carolina, turbine, wind energy, us department of energy, doe, bill johnson, power plants, ibm, telvent, big oil, big energy, phil compton, email signature, digital signature, natural resource waste, natural resource consumption, natural resource, microsoft outlook, paper waste facts, paper waste statistics, please print only if necessary, please consider the environment before printing this message, email tag, informative email tag, informative email signature, organic food store, home renovation, venice CA, brooks avenue, bricault design, home addition, sincerely sustainable, Uncategorized

Clean energy and anti-offshore drilling rally in Ybor this Thursday

• by Katie Machol
Thursday, August 27th, join Sierra Club, 1Sky Florida, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy and other environmental groups for a real grassroots rally outside Big Oil’s staged gathering.
• Tags: Activism, Events, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, Tampa Bay Politics, Activism, Events, clean energy, offshore drilling, Tampa-Bay, Ybor, rally, The Ritz Ybor, Sierra Club, Green Community, Green Policy, Green Jobs, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, 1Sky, Tampa Bay Politics, big oil, big energy, phil compton, Uncategorized

Tits in the city: pics from NYC's 'Go Topless Day' Celebration (NSFW)

• by Miss Ginger Millay
I went to check out the action at "Boobstock" in Central Park, if only for the opportunity to feel the liberation of wearing just a miniskirt and flip flops on a hot summer day.
• Tags: Lifestyle, Sex and Love, Sex and Love events, Lifestyle, photos, rally, celebration, Sex and Love, play, City, Sex and Love events, summer, NSFW, Topless, tits, boobs, Boobstock, liberation, femininity, NYC, Hugging, National Go Topless Day, centralpark, equality, miniskirt, Uncategorized

Video of "Shame On 2" rallies across Florida

• by Alex Pickett
• Tags: Activism, Activism, rally, Amendment 2, gay marriage ban, wanee, The Wailers, Uncategorized

Moderate McCain voters face-off with anti-Obama right-wingers

• by Alex Pickett
After weeks of surprisingly vitriolic attacks on Obama from Republicans at McCain rallies, some McCainiacs confront the outright lies of protesters claiming Obama has ties to radical Islam.
• Tags: Politics, Politics, mccain, Election 2008, anti-Obama, rally, Islam, Uncategorized