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By McKenna Schueler and Ray Roa f you’re reading this, then you know who Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s staff and contributors are voting for in the presidential election (hint: his initials are J.B.). But the president ideally doesn’t directly guide budgetary decisions for the state of Florida, or develop policies that directly affect local infrastructure and the 5 p.m.). There are a few ways to return your social welfare of Tampa Bay residents. That mail-in ballot, but it must be returned no later job belongs to your local and state legislators. than 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The USPS recAnd besides, the road towards social and ommends returning your mail-in ballot no later economic justice for all—regardless of party than Tuesday, Oct. 27, a week before election affiliation—doesn’t begin or end at the ballot day. If you are voting by mail, please return the box. Grassroots organizing, collective acts of ballot right away. Do not wait to return your civil disobedience, pressure campaigns, and ballot. If you lose it, go early vote (see above), other forms of community advocacy are actions so you can get a new ballot and vote in person. that can be taken by and for the people during The USPS recommends returning your mail-in and beyond election years to enact meaning- ballot no later than Tuesday, Oct. 27, a week ful change. before election day. If the thought of sending But more so now than ever, we also have your ballot through the mail freaks you out, people across the state of Florida and here in you can place it in a secure dropbox (all 26 locaTampa Bay, running for office (or reelection) with tions in Hillsborough have one; Pinellas has 25 compelling visions for how we can promote the remote ballot drop-off locations, including five social and economic welfare of our communities, drive-thrus). protect our natural resources, and reform sys- Voting on election day (why did you wait so tems that have systematically failed to protect long??) the health, safety, and livelihood of our residents. If the most powerful people in America wanted Not every race down the ballot this election you to vote, they wouldn’t have scheduled eleccycle is equally as exciting, sure. Sometimes we tion day on a Tuesday in November. The concept might vote for candidates who are just best- of “Election Day” itself is a form of voter supsuited to retain or ideally advance progress pression—along with the whole registration that’s been made in areas of community welfare. process. But here we are. Election day, your last To help inform your decision-making prog- day to vote: Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. ress, here, in print, are some simple voting tips, You must vote at your designated precinct if you plus quick-and-dirty CL recommendations for wait until election day. At 7 p.m. on election day, races and referendums in Hillsborough and no more ballots are accepted locally. Postmarks Pinellas Counties. For deeper explanations on do not count. In order to vote a regular ballot, the races, plus links to more info, visit cltampa. voters are required to present both picture and com/news. Please also find the “ACLU’s guide signature identification. Voters who do not bring to voting in Florida while trans, non-binary, or both types of ID will be required to vote a progender non-conforming,” if needed. visional ballot. Early voting Creative Loafing voter guide: Hillsborough and The best option is early voting, which is on right Pinellas County now in both Hillsborough (26 locations) and Pinellas Counties (five locations) until Sunday, U.S. House of Representatives Nov. 1, from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. every day. District 12: Kimberly Walker You can vote in person whether or not you have District 13: Charlie Crist requested a mail-in ballot. In order to vote a reg- District 14: Kathy Castor ular ballot, voters are required to present both District 15: Alan Cohn picture and signature identification. Voters who District 16: Margaret Good do not bring both types of ID will be required to vote a provisional ballot. Florida Senate Voting by mail District 19: Darryl Rouson Believe it or not, you still have time to request District 20: Kathy Lewis a vote-by-mail ballot (the deadline is Oct. 24, District 21: Tony Eldon
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Florida State Representatives District 57: Scott “Mr. H” Hottenstein District 58: Cleo L. “CL” Townsend Jr. District 59: Andrew Learned District 60: Julie Jenkins District 62: Susan Valdes District 64: Jessica Harrington District 65: Kelly Johnson District 66: Patricia Plantamura District 67: Dawn Douglas District 68: Ben Diamond District 69: Jennifer Webb Sheriff Hillsborough: Choose your own adventure Pinellas: Eliseo Santana Tax Collector Hillsborough: Nancy Millan Pinellas: Joe Saportas Property Appraiser Hillsborough: Bob “Coach” Henriquez Pinellas: Trevor Mallory Supervisor of Elections: Dan Helm (Pinellas only) State Attorney Andrew Warren Hillsborough County Court Judge Group 7 Bill Yanger Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners District 1: Harry Cohen District 3: Gwen Myers District 6: Patricia “Pat” Kemp Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners District 1: Janet Long District 3: Charlie Justice District 7: René Flowers Hillsborough County School Board District 1: Nadia Combs District 3: Jessica Vaughn District 5: Henry Shake Washington District 7: Lynn Gray Pinellas County School Board At large: Laura Hine District 7: Caprice Edmond
Hillsborough Soil & Water Conservation District 2 — Doug Rivero District 4 — Sonja Brookins Local referendums Pinellas County school district special tax: Vote yes The Landings Golf Club light industrial office park: Vote no Justice of the Supreme Court: Vote no (please) Justice Carlos Muñiz had no judicial experience when he was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Ron DeSantis last year. Prior to his appointment, Muñiz served as the chief of staff to former Attorney General Pam Bondi, and more recently served as general counsel to the Trump administration in the Department of Education alongside enemy-of-public-education Betsy DeVos. Should someone who’s been complicit in state and federal corruption be retained in Florida’s highest court? It’s a no from us. District Court of Appeals: No on all but Morris Silberman Vote no on Judge Daniel Sleet, a Rick Scottappointee who wrote the recent decision for Florida’s parent-consent abortion bill, requiring minors to get parental consent in order to get an abortion. Vote no on conservative Judge Drew Atkinson—a member of the Federalist Society—and Judge Andrea Teves Smith who are also both Rick Scott appointees. Would DeSantis appointees be preferable? Probably not, but there’s no convincing argument to retain them. Although Silberman was appointed to the District Court of Appeals by former Governor “Please clap” Jeb Bush, he’s been described as a “moderate” who is preferable to a new appointee by the current Republican Governor DeSantis. Republicans also seem eager to vote him out. We recommend voting to retain. Amendments: Yes on 2; no on everything else Amendment 1: Vote no In short, Amendment 1 proposes a citizenship requirement to vote in state elections. However, all voters are already required to be United States citizens. This amendment is unnecessary, solely symbolic, and promotes only confusion and divisiveness. Amendment 2: Vote yes Amendment 2, also known as the Fair Wage Amendment, would gradually raise Florida’s minimum wage from its current $8.56 to $15.00
by 2026, beginning with an increase to $10.00 next September. The most prominent opposition to Florida’s Fair Wage Amendment, comes from the Save Florida Jobs PAC—largely funded by the National Restaurant Association PAC and Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association— which says Amendment 2 would be bad for business, resulting in business closure and job loss. Seems a bit rich coming from at least one of the board members of the National Restaurant Association, McDonald’s, whose CEO reaped more than $18 million last year. Supporters— like, actual low wage workers, along with Orlando attorney John Morgan’s PAC, Florida for a Fair Wage—say the amendment would uplift thousands of Floridians and their families out of poverty. Over 120 Florida business leaders from a variety of industries have expressed their support for a $15 minimum living wage, including several based in Tampa Bay. According to the Florida Policy Institute, a left-leaning independent public policy research nonprofit, passing Amendment 2 would increase
wages for over 2.5 million Florida workers, help close the gender pay gap, and reduce pay inequities experienced by people of color—particularly low-wage Black workers. If you believe the labor of all Floridian workers should be appropriately valued and compensated, vote YES on Amendment 2. Amendment 3: Vote no On its face, this proposed “top-two open primaries” amendment—allowing voters from all party affiliations to vote in primary elections for the state legislature, governor, and Cabinet—seems like a good idea. However, this amendment has been met with opposition from both of the major parties, with arguments that Amendment 3 would place greater emphasis on money in campaigns, suppress Black representation in elected leadership, and pressure candidates to run on more moderate platforms. The amendment would also advance the top two candidates with the most votes to the general election, which could very well lead to two Republicans (or two Democrats) on the ballot.
Amendment 4: Vote no Amendment 4—sponsored by the nonprofit, Keep Our Constitution Clean—would require that all future amendments to the state constitution be approved by voters in two elections (i.e. dual approval) in order to pass. This amendment would create an additional barrier to the implementation of ballot initiatives by dragging out the approval process and raise the cost of ballot initiatives. Amendment 5: Vote no Amendment 5 extends the amount of time Florida homeowners have to transfer their homestead exemption from two years to three years when moving from one homesteaded property to another. If passed, this amendment would reduce local property revenue available for municipalities (e.g. impacting the level of funding for local schools, public services, etc) by $1.8 million for the fiscal year 2021-22, and up to $10.8 million by 2025-26. Supporters of the amendment say it could provide a small relief to homeowners by
extending the amount of time they have to claim the tax benefit. Opponents say the tax breaks would disproportionately benefit the well-off and drain money from municipalities. Amendment 6: Vote No Amendment 6 is another property tax amendment that would transfer the homestead property tax discounts of deceased combatdisabled Florida veterans to their surviving spouses. Supporters of this amendment say it would help surviving spouses retain their homes. Opponents say this amendment is a nefarious attempt by the Florida legislature to chip away at the tax base of local governments by reducing property tax revenue, under the guise of supporting individuals in a time of grief. Opponents are also critical of adding property tax law to Florida’s constitution. Read a detailed version of this voting guide, and share it with your friends, via cltampa. com/news.
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POET’S NOTEBOOK
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There’s no real attacking someone like President Trump. By Peter Meinke
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JEANNE MEINKE
It’s come to this: A man too sick at heart to hold himself in check sucking up vinegar and bile like the kings who used to foil an imagined poisoner’s attack by taking sips of arsenic has tricked us nabbed us by the neck soiling America mile by mile It’s come to this: His wall is rising brick by bloody brick Believe it Get up Time to take it back He aims at strutting down the aisle wiping off your smart-ass smile We’ve come to this: He wants a wall like he wants a bigger dick — Peter Meinke is still Poet Laureate of Florida. His latest book is “Tasting Like Gravity,” U. of Tampa Press 2018.
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ISAIAH FOR HERNANDO
ISIAH, CAN YOU SEE: Isaiah Haddon knows why his opponent won’t debate.
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Hernando County Commission candidate calls for a public debate to no avail. By Christopher Cann
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saiah Haddon, a 20-year-old running for county commission in Florida’s Hernando County, took to Facebook last Wednesday to publicly ask his Republican competitor for a debate. “The 20-year-old Democrat would like to have a debate in the hopes of allowing our voters to make a more educated choice this election cycle,” he wrote. “After all, it should be in both my opponent’s and my interest to make our cases in such a manner.” Haddon is running against Beth Narverud for in the Nov. 3 general election. Haddon told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay that he attempted to contact Hernando County’s Republican Party through email and a Facebook direct message before making his public plea. He said that his opponent’s refusal to jump on the opportunity for a public debate suggests candidate insecurity. “I don’t think they have the utmost confidence in their candidate,” Haddon wrote in an email. “To me it seems they are worried that we have a high chance at winning and it is safer for them to not debate then to possibly slip more.” The proposed debate would include a donation feature, with proceeds going to a local nonprofit organization, wrote Haddon. It would also likely be conducted through Zoom as a coronavirus safety measure. Narverud did not respond to CL requests for an interview or a prepared statement after two phone calls and an email to her campaign. Hernando County residents seem eager about the possible event while questioning its likelihood. “It’s a great idea, but, I put the odds of them accepting your challenge to be between zero and none,” one commenter wrote. “As long as they feel secure they won’t risk debating you.”
By last Thursday, almost 22,000 voters had cast their vote-by-mail ballot, which is about 15% of Hernando County’s total eligible voters. About 10,000 of those early voters are Democrat and about 8,000 are Republican. With the general election less than three weeks away, Haddon said a debate would do nothing except inform voters. “A more educated voter base is essential to ensuring we are electing the best people for the job,” wrote Haddon. But in the days following his plea, it became evident that Narverud would not debate Haddon, so he issued a statement on social media criticizing his opponent’s donor base, her unwillingness to vote outside party lines and lack of plans when it comes to budgeting for law enforcement. “My opponent is a kind, strong, and smart woman and I noted this on her primary win earlier this cycle, but is not without many glaring flaws,” Haddon wrote. “If she is elected to the commission, you will see yet another local official who is driven by big company donors who make shady deals with politicians which is an issue that has consumed our county for years,” he wrote. “My opponent’s embarrassingly feverous adherence to party allegiance also undermines doing what is best for our county as a whole.” He noted how others have criticized Narverud for using her time in the school board as a stepping stone, and reminded voters of the negative mailer she sent. “She used scare tactics and gas-lighting to try to win votes but now is trying to backpedal by saying she wishes to represent us all,” Haddon noted.
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Law firm completes nearly 700 free living wills for Florida teachers.
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n July, a St. Petersburg law firm announced it would begin providing free living wills to teachers “involuntarily forced to return to the classroom.” In just two months, the firm completed about 700 living wills for teachers across Florida. Raytoyia Brooks, a Pinellas County business teacher at Lealman Innovation Academy, said she felt safer returning to school after completing her living will. “It made me feel a lot better knowing that my family would have that [living will] in case something happened to me,” Brooks explained. She is one of the millions of teachers who were forced to return to schools for in-person instruction at the start of the fall semester. Charles Gallagher, a Gallagher and Associates law firm partner, began this initiative in July after hearing a story on NPR about the experience of three Arizona teachers, who contracted coronavirus amid their return to school. Then, Florida’s Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran signed an executive order demanding that schools reopen five days a week for students who want a brick-in-mortar experience. Gov. Ron DeSantis also recommended that all Florida schools re-open to full capacity. According to the Tampa Bay Times, since reopening, “More than 1,000 cases of COVID19 have been confirmed among students and staff in the Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas county schools since students returned in late August.” Those numbers came across a four-district area with a combined enrollment of 411,598 (including 30%-40% of students learning remotely). Gallagher was horrified for teachers, so he offered the best thing he thought he could—free living wills. A living will—also known as an advanced directive—is a legal form that specifies what kind of medical care someone wants in the event that they become unable to communicate. Scenarios in which a living will becomes crucial include coma, terminal illness and life support. Without a living will, decisions on medical care including life-sustaining treatment, are left up to relatives, spouses and medical physicians, according to Harvard Health. Often, these people are unable to come to a consensus, sometimes leading to litigation. In the beginning, Gallagher said his law firm was overwhelmed with requests.
“There were days when that’s all we did,” he said. “I even set up my iPad over the weekend so I could get more done and so that the office didn’t get too bogged down.” Due to a large amount of attention, the firm received requests from people outside of the Sunshine State but unfortunately could not help them because Gallagher is only eligible to practice law in Florida. Gallagher said he sent many teachers to nearby law firms if they were looking for regular wills to avoid the presumption that he was financially benefiting from teachers. Gallagher noted that the frequency of inquiries has recently tapered off. He said none of his clients have used their living will so far. But, his firm was not the only one to run with the idea of assisting teachers with advanced directives. Rachel Wilson, a Georgia lawyer, began offering free-living wills in July as well. She started after several friends of hers, who are teachers, expressed concerns over returning back to school. “Some of them had preexisting conditions and they were very concerned and so I started offering these friends of mine free legal services just to soothe their minds,” Wilson told Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. “The schools and or the school systems had not provided them any direction on where to get these things.” Like Gallagher, she received requests from out of state, but Wilson was able to help them through the Five Wishes form, which is accepted in 43 states and Washington D.C. The do-ityourself form allows people to dictate the same information as Florida’s advanced directive. Spanning from Orlando to Virginia, Wilson helped about 80 people complete their living wills. She said she also gave away over 400 of the 500 Five Wishes forms she bought. Wilson urges everyone, not just teachers, to fill out an advanced directive. She referenced the lessons learned in the case of St. Petersburg resident Terri Schiavo. In 1990, after suffering a heart attack at 26, Schiavo was in what doctors described to the New York Times as a “persistent vegetative state.” In 1998, her husband Michael Schiavo petitioned to have her feeding tube removed. Her parents disagreed, thrusting the family into years of court battles.
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“It made me feel a lot better.”
STAY SAFE: Pinellas Safe School Rally in Largo, Florida on July 14, 2020. In 2005, then-Pinellas County Judge George Greer ordered her feeding tube be removed for the third time; Schiavo died two weeks later from dehydration, according to the Tampa Bay Times. The widespread attention of the Schiavo case spurred awareness of the value of living wills, and even led to the creation of nonprofit organizations like Aging With Dignity. Wilson later commented on the important role educators and her mother’s influence had
on her decision to begin giving away free living wills. “My mom worked in the school system for many years and we ask so much of teachers: their load is nearly unbearable on a regular basis and now we’re asking them to do even more with even less and most of them are doing it beautifully,” she said. “The least we can do is provide them with a little help in this department.”
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Tyranny of the minority, pt. 2 But ruthlessness cuts both ways. By Jeffrey C. Billman
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s a rule, whenever you hear someone confidently (and usually condescendingly) assert that America is “a republic, not a democracy,” know that you’re dealing with either a textbook example of the Dunning-Kruger effect or a disingenuous pedant. Utah Senator Mike Lee’s Twitter comment, midway through the October 7 vice-presidential debate, that “We’re not a democracy,” likely falls into the latter camp. His attempt at cleanup early the next morning probably sounded better in the original German: “Democracy isn’t the objective; liberty, peace, and prospefity [sic] are. We want the human condition to flourish. Rank democracy can thwart that.” Lee is said to be a 2024 presidential aspirant. He’s also said to be one of the sharper minds in the GOP Senate. I’m disinclined to assume that he’s firing off freshmanlevel Deep Thoughts based on a Wikipedia skim or a Dinesh D’Souza documentary. This isn’t ignorance. It’s more perverse than that. To be clear, I don’t think Lee is suggesting we start practicing goosesteps. In his mind, this isn’t about fascism versus democracy. This is about freedom versus democracy, which he thinks are irreconcilable. Lee and a not-insignificant proportion of the Republican Party believe that too much voting—or the wrong kind of voting—infringes on their inalienable right to impose their worldview on the rest of us. Phrased less generously, democracy threatens a comfortable, privileged status quo. OK, I’ll put it bluntly: They matter more than you. Their votes should matter more than yours. Since we’re here, let’s dispense with it: The “republic, not a democracy” trope is rooted in a superficial understanding of America’s founding. Yes, the framers distrusted “democracy,” by which they meant Athenian democracy—a plebiscite—not a democratic government. Just read James Madison’s Federalist No. 10: “From this view of the subject it may be concluded that a pure democracy, by which I mean a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person, can admit of no cure for the mischiefs of faction. … A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect, and promises the cure for which we are seeking.” Counter-majoritarian institutions such as the Senate, the Supreme Court, and the presidential veto existed not to overrule the majority
but to protect minorities from oppression. See Thomas Jefferson’s 1801 inaugural address: “All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.” Yet, as we discussed last time, ours is a system in which the majority’s will does not prevail. Quite the opposite. A strategic, oppositional, and radicalized GOP has turned the constitutional system against itself, shattering norms and using maximalist tactics to cling to power despite its diminishing popularity and looming demographic apocalypse. Last Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee will, on a party-line vote, send the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to the floor, where Senate Republicans will rush it to the finish line ahead of the Nov. 3 election, ensuring a far-right 6–3 Supreme Court majority for a generation. Never mind that five of those justices were
The administration prematurely pulled the plug on the decennial census, meaning areas with immigrants and poor people—i.e., Democrats—will have less congressional and legislative representation. Let’s acknowledge this for what it is. This isn’t about a principled (if esoteric) stand for republican liberty in the face of democratic oppression. This is about power in its rawest, purest form. This is about people accustomed to status and privilege using every lever at their disposal— some legal, others illegal only if the judges they appoint say so—to maintain that status and privilege in perpetuity. But ruthlessness cuts both ways. Mitch McConnell is putting Coney Barrett on the Court because he can, just like kept Merrick Garland off the Court because he could. He has power, and he’s using it. If come January 20, Democrats control Washington, D.C., they’d be fools not to do the same: eliminate the filibuster, make D.C. and Puerto Rico states, add seats to the Supreme Court, and expand and protect voting rights. Make our democracy more democratic—then pass a sweeping agenda and have voters judge you on the results. There’s nothing stopping them. Nothing, that is, except nostalgia for an era that is never coming back.
“This is about power in its rawest, purest form.”
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INFORMED DISSENT
appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote. Never mind that the last three will have been confirmed by a Republican Senate majority that represents a mere 45% of the population. A week or so later, the Republican president will probably try to cheat his way to reelection. That’s not hyperbole. All over the country— North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Wisconsin—the Trump campaign and its sycophants are waging legal battles to prevent absentee ballots from being counted amid a pandemic, while the president makes reckless, baseless, wild-ass accusations of widespread fraud on the daily. The stated goal—as in, they’ve said this out loud—is for President Trump to insist that the millions of ballots counted after Election Day are fraudulent, sue, and have the courts declare him the victor. That’s not an election strategy. That’s a coup. In Trump’s best-case (and most legitimate) scenario, he again cobbles together a bare electoral majority while losing the popular vote by three or four points, hardly a show of strength. Meanwhile, according to the FiveThirtyEight forecast, Republicans have a 27% chance of maintaining control of the Senate—a majority that would continue representing millions fewer Americans than the “minority.” They have almost no chance of reclaiming the House, but the GOP wants to game that system, too.
SEA OF RED: Are you ready for another four years of this?
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Blame game
UP OURS: By the time Trump is out, the U.S. will have had 32 years of baby boomer rule.
Millennials and Gen Z, it’s your fault if Trump wins. By Pete Kotz
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lease know this headline isn’t meant to incite. It’s merely a statement of statistical fact. By age grouping, millennials and Gen Z now compose the largest voting bloc in America. The country is yours for the taking. I understand your reluctance. It’s a bit like inheriting a crack house. We, the boomers and Gen X, have left you a nation in ruin. You might say we were never big on that whole “consideration for others” thing. We were left with a promising land. The World War II crowd—aka “The Greatest Generation”—made for America’s finest moment. It wasn’t perfect. In fact, it was still quite weird. But considering they fought through global war and depression, it was a stirring performance. Then they retired to Sarasota. Boomers and Xers threw a kegger to celebrate our promotion. Fifty years on, the house is now splashed
in blood and vomit. It must be rebuilt from the studs to make it livable again.Gen X will try to avoid responsibility. “The Boomers started it!” they cry. But they are responsible for guys like Ted Cruz. There is no court—here or in the afterlife—that lets you skate on the crime of Ted Cruz. Our crowning achievement was electing The Angry Creamsicle. With the nation lurching toward collapse, we hired a half wit megalomaniac to save us. His idea was to set the house on fire, then tell you the flames would save on the heating bill. At least boomers now see the error of their judgment. After decades of buying Cheeto-like products, they’ve decided a crack house doesn’t make for comfortable living. Among voters 65-and-older, the Screaming Carrot is now losing by 21 points. The same can be said for women—particularly white women. In 2016, a majority of the
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latter voted for a serial sex offender. They had no choice. His opponent had committed barbarous crimes involving… emails? Four years later, they’ve changed their mind. Trump is now losing the female vote by nearly 30%. It’s the highest margin since the advent of polling. The problem is white men. We’re what’s clinically referred to as “huge morons.” And since we are many, we represent a whole lotta stupid. For years our goal has been to destroy the country, then pretend it’s someone else’s fault. You may have seen us sputtering our support for Pumpkin Spice in the news. The words “tough,” “speaks his mind,” “doesn’t care about your feelings” are a recurring motif. In other words, we cheer his achieving the basic attributes of a caveman. Many of us were around When American Was Great. Back then, if Trump went to a bar behaving as he now does, there would be a line outside the door waiting to punch him out. Even at the fern bars. Unfortunately, our memory doesn’t stretch beyond what we had for lunch. A country club candy-ass now passes for a man. Which brings us back to you, dearest
Millennials. You have the power to rescue the country. Mitch McConnell? Lindsey Graham? That Third Reich Barbie who’s shrieking on your TV? You could do away with them in one fell swoop. But you suck at voting. Over the past 40 years, the 29-and-under crowd has broken the 50% mark just twice. We, your elders, can empathize. It’s much more pleasant to stay home and bitch. If you get good at it, you can even land a primetime slot on Fox News. But don’t think of it as saving us. Frankly, we don’t deserve it. Think of it as saving yourself. America may be a smoldering pile of debris. Yet there’s still an outside chance we could be something better. Maybe a little more equitable in race and income. A little friendlier to the sick and impoverished. A little less groveling toward those who’ve amassed so much. You have the numbers to erect a sign on America’s door: “Sorry, we’re trying not to be such assholes anymore.” Could you at least think about it? This article first appeared at our sister publication Cleveland Scene.
“The country is yours for the taking.”
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In what is perhaps the plot twist of the century, the Trump campaign holds a Pride event at Tampa’s Westshore Grand Hotel. “Donald Trump is the worst President the LGBTQ community has ever seen,” said Nadine Smith, Executive Director of Equality Florida Action, Inc. “This event is a pathetic attempt to hide his appalling record and it’s fooling no-one. We are tired of Trump’s lies and our community understands a second term would be devastating.”
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After going down 10-0 in the first quarter, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers spend the rest of the game delivering a shellacking to the undefeated Green Bay Packers. Tom Brady only threw for 166 yards, but he’s still gonna stick his buttcheecks through the fence at his Davis Islands rental so we can all kiss his ass after making fun of his fourth down gaffe against the Bears.
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Seven suspects face charges including racketeering, money laundering, and scheming to defraud, according to the FWC, which busted the turds capturing flying squirrels in Florida then using them in a convoluted million-dollar, international trafficking operation. Wait, what, Florida has flying squirrels?
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Florida Democrats take a large lead in early voting, but Republicans are still expecting big numbers. As of Monday morning, 2.5 million ballots had been cast by mail, with Democrats returning nearly 1.23 million, while Republicans had returned 757,696. Feeling good? Remember what happened in 2016 and go vote, twice if you have to (we’re joking about the second part, dummy). Tampa General Hospital announces plans to create a permanent $8.2 million COVID-19 unit. WFLA says the unit will have 59 fully-equipped ICU beds for the care and treatment of patients affected by coronavirus. “Permanent” and “COVID-19” were two words we weren’t prepared to see in the same sentence today. What kind of shit will today bring? Find out daily via cltampa.com/news.
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RESTAURANTS
RECIPES
DINING GUIDES
Melting pot
Local restaurant openings and other foodie miscellany.
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ow, this week’s lineup is mostly a hankering for what’s to come. Foundation Coffee plans on breathing new life into the former Bunker space, and Sparkman Wharf is soon to welcome a Michelin star chef. The Midtown Tampa development added two new concepts to its restaurant lineup—but you’ll have to wait until next year to get a taste. In other news, Tampa Bay Burger Week returns in a few weeks offering up deals from your favorite joints around town. Let’s eat. Opening Anani Bistro The smoothie and juice bar also offers sandos, salads and wraps. Organic coldpressed juices are made in-house and will cost you anywhere from $3.50-$7. Each juice has been dubbed a creative name like “Fire Melon” with watermelon, coconut water, apple, blue spirulina, and jalapeño. 3062 Beach Blvd. S., Gulfport. ananibistro.com Burger-ish Bar & Grill This July, aka smackdab in the middle of coronavirus madness, the concept made its debut. Not super new to the scene, but noteworthy nonetheless since it opened mid-pandemic. The menu not only consists of loaded burgers, but also LatinCaribbean fusion dishes like flautas, tostones, coconut shrimp, tacos and nachos. You can even snag specialty sandos and salads. 4755 Gulf Blvd., St. Pete Beach. en.burger-ish.com Flan Factory The artisan dessert shop and sandwich stand serves Latin-inspired dessert made with recipes by Joseph Palau’s abuela. Flan Factory serves about 30 flavors of flan including original Cuban style, guava, and cinnamon espresso Thai tea. Also on the menu are an assortment of small bites, sandwiches, coffees, and cold drinks. 1718 N. Nebraska Ave., Ybor City. flanfactorytampa.com Magnanimous Brewing Tampa Heights has a new brewery on the block. The tap list includes nearly 20 pours, some of which are available to-go in either cans or bottles. No matter what your beer-drinking style, Magnanimous has carefully brewed everything from double IPAs
to porters to sour ales. The brewery is also home to the second location of Ginger Beard Coffee. Come Saturday, Oct. 24 you can get your prebooze buzz on from 7 a.m.-noon daily. 1420 N. Florida Ave., Tampa. magnanimousbrewing.com Peterbrooke Chocolatier The concept is now slinging all things to satisfy your sweet tooth. From chocolate-covered strawberries and pretzels to scoops of ice cream, there’s something for everyone to nibble on. This weekend, the chocolate spot is hosting a grand opening event. Oct. 23-24. Noon-5 p.m. both days. 777 N. Ashley Dr. Skypoint Suite D2, Tampa. peterbrooketampabay.com Coming soon Foundation Coffee Co. The coffee shop is moving into the old Bunker location in Ybor City (which closed its doors after 14 years in July). Windows at the shop are now adorned with the logo of Foundation Coffee Co., along with “Coming Soon” messaging, and in an interview, reps told CL it should be open by mid-November. 1907 N. 19th St., Ybor City. foundationcoffee.co JoToro Come Nov. 4, Sparkman Wharf will host a concept run by Michelin star chef Joe Isidori. The eatery will focus on “Fine Mexican Provisions” alongside hand-shaken cocktails, craft-batched margaritas, and tequila flights. The full-service restaurant is stationed at the corner entrance of the Wharf and laced with rustic, industrialchic decor. With 220-seats, diners can escape the unpredictable weather by opting for indoor or covered outdoor seating. 615 Channelside Dr., Tampa. sparkmanwharf.com Kale Me Crazy The soon-to-be resident of Midtown Tampa is also the second Florida location of the superfood cafe with a mission to support a healthy lifestyle through the use of fresh, organic, and raw foods. The menu features juices, smoothies, salads and wraps. Kale Me Crazy will occupy 1,200-square-feet on the north side of The Commons. 3725 W. Grace St., Tampa. kalemecrazy.net
OPENINGS & CLOSINGS
METROPOLITAN MINISTRIES
By Jenna Rimensnyder and Alexandria Jones
THREE-PEAT: For the third year in a row, St. Pete beat Tampa at Food Fight 2020. Mandola’s Italian Kitchen On Monday, Oct. 26, the restaurant is making its debut in Riverview’s Summerfield Commons Shopping Center. The 5,500-square-foot fast-casual restaurant, decked out in stylish Italian decor, is set to host spacious indoor seating as well as a 1,000-square-foot patio space, a dessert station, and even a wine area. The concept prides itself on utilizing authentic recipes that have been in the Mandola family for decades using madefrom-scratch ingredients. 12926 U.S. Hwy 301, Riverview. mandolas.com Midtown Boba Another future resident of Midtown Tampa, Midtown Boba’s offerings include specialty curated teas by in-house mixologists delivering bubble tea with a twist. Future sippers can choose from an array of classic milk teas to more creative combos like strawberries and cream boba. 3725 W. Grace St., Tampa. @midtownboba on Instagram. Next Level Brands Holdings Tampa restaurateur Jeff Gigante has teamed up with real estate guru Andrew Wright to launch Next Level Brands Holdings. The duo already has its sights on opening a New American restaurant at Westshore City Center, with more on the way. 1111 N. Westshore Blvd., Tampa. nxtlevelbrands.com
ICYMI Olivia brunch The Italian eatery has reopened for brunch service. If your memory is a little hazy, Olivia’s weekend brunch offerings are stacked with sweet and savory eats like orange blossom pancakes, Maine lobster omelets and Calabrian chicken and waffle made with speck ham, fried eggs, soppressata gravy and rosemary honey maple. Brunch service is from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat.-Sun. 3601 W. Swann Ave., Tampa. oliviatampa.com Tampa Bay Burger Week 2020 Next month, burger enthusiasts will have access to 10 straight days of deals thanks to the return of Tampa Bay Burger Week. From Nov. 5- 15, locals can work their way around a slew of participating restaurants serving up beefy deals. Stay tuned, the entire lineup of participating restaurants is in the works. tampabayburgerweek.com Tampa Bay Food Fight 2020 For the third year in a row, a team of chefs from St. Petersburg defeated a competing Tampa squad to win Metropolitan Ministries’ Food Fight charity cooking competition. Due to COVID-19 regulations and to ensure the safety of participants, the event was streamed from Seminole Hard Rock and Casino. To make a much-needed donation to the Metropolitan Ministries’ culinary program, visit the nonprofit’s website. metromin.org
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MOVIES
THEATER
ART
CULTURE
Morean and more
A trio of St. Pete solo shows, plus other local A&E shorts. By Jennifer Ring
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he Morean Arts Center is one of my favorite “It was fun to see some of the diverse groups places to see art, mainly because it offers so of people coming in. There were a lot of older many opportunities for Florida’s contempo- people coming in while we were installing, lookrary artists to show their work. Emerging artists ing at Aurailieus’ work and kind of scratching often get their start in St. Pete submitting single their heads like, ‘What’s this robot?’” She laughs. works to the Morean’s themed pop-up shows. “So we would talk to them about it, and people Once they’ve created a larger body of work, they really liked it.” dream of solo shows in Tampa Bay’s art galleries. Cooper loves introducing St. Pete’s colorBut sometimes that doesn’t happen right away. ful characters, like Aurailieus’s Bob the Robot Many St. Pete artists create a following and Kosharek’s Gretchen dolls, to new audipainting murals and showing their work in ences, and it seems this trio of shows is already bars before they ever get their first solo show doing that. in a formal gallery setting. Jennifer Kosharek, For those unfamiliar with the work of Zulu Painter, and Aurailieus Artist are three Aurailieus Artist, Zulu Painter and Jennifer excellent examples of local artists who’ve taken Kosharek, these October art shows at the this path. Morean are a great introduction. Visit cltampa. “When we were putting up the show it com/arts to find links to the Morean’s website occurred to me that for all three of them, I’m for an online preview of the exhibitions with 99.9% sure, that this is their first solo show ever, artist bios. as Aurailieus put it, ‘that isn’t in a bar,’” says Creepatorium Morean Curator of Exhibitions Amanda Cooper. Things can get a little weird at the St. Yet these three artists are so prolific, most Petersburg Museum of History’s Odditorium St. Pete residents have probably already seen Gallery, home to a 3,000-year-old Egyptian their work by accident. If you’ve ever been to mummy and a two-headed calf. And this Emerald Bar or Bar 548, then you’ve probably month they’re getting even stranger, as the encountered Aurailieus’ Bob the Robot. It’s hard museum transforms the Odditorium into the not to notice Zulu Painter’s enthusiastic partici- Creepatorium thanks to a super creepy collecpation in Mize Gallery’s annual Black History tion of old dolls. art show each February. And Jennifer Kosharek “Dolls date from the early 1800s to the doesn’t paint in bright pink for us to ignore her mid-1900s and were made with a variety of matemany murals around town. rials, ranging from porcelain to papier-mâché, “These are artists who are well established from synthetic compounds to human hair,” the here, and they certainly museum—located at deserve to have a show,” 335 2nd Ave. NE in St. says Cooper. “They each Petersburg—wrote. have a good following; they Zulu Painter: “Conditions May Vary” The museum adds / Aurailieus: “Fairly Local” / Jennifer have murals around town, that the unknown oriKosharek: “Woman’s Work” and their work is very high gins of some dolls, like Morean Arts Center, 719 Central Ave, St. Petersburg quality.” a marionette of a jester, Open through Oct. 29. I was surprised to find makes them particuMeet the artists Thurs. Oct. 29, 5 p.m.-7 p.m. moreanartscenter.org out that there were people larly eerily. walking into the Morean Arts Center who’ve “Others are frightening by their features never seen Aurailieus’ "Bob the Robot" before, alone: sleeping eyes, ventriloquist mouths, and but Cooper assures me it’s true. The people outfits which call back to the Victorian and who chance upon artwork in downtown bars Regency eras in which they were made,” the are sometimes different from the folks who release added. And if that’s not enough, the actively seek out artwork in local galleries and Creepatorium also has a religious flail, blood art museums. elixir, human skull, a two-headed chicken and a “We kept the gallery open while we were Victorian mourning gown that invokes museum installing,” says Cooper. visitors from long ago.
VISUAL ART
SAY HER NAME: “Breonna Taylor” by Zulu Painter The Creepatorium is open on Friday nights in October, from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. More information is available via spmoh.com, and in regards to COVID-19 safety measures, Rui Farias— Executive Director at St. Petersburg Museum of History—said “We are monitoring developments and keeping in contact with city and county officials to ensure we do what is best for the health and safety of our members, visitors, and staff.” After your Creepatorium stop, get to know St. Pete’s dark side with St. Peter’s Ghosts’ tour, a 90-minute stroll through downtown St. Pete, stopping at three pubs and six historic sites. At the time I wrote this, there were only 12 spots left in the October ghost tours, so hurry up and get your ticket at stpetersghosts.com. Tours depart from the St. Petersburg Museum of History at 7 p.m. Adult tickets are $25; kids 12 and under free; price includes admission to the St. Petersburg Museum of History (redeemable at any time). Strange and spooky Tampa There’s a plethora of famous dead people with Tampa connections; BOTB-winning History Bike Tampa wants to show some to riders on Nov. 7 when it returns for its first ride since COVID19 shutdowns impacted every part of our lives.
“Florida is well known for its collection of ‘Florida man…’ news reports but we want to get down to Tampa’s own unique take on that,” organizers wrote on social media. “Drunken politicians, axe murders, grave robbers, pirate legends and more help make up the things that make Tampa both strange and somewhat spooky.” The “Strange and Spooky Tampa” tour, per usual, kicks off at 10 a.m. at Kahwa Coffee in downtown Tampa (arrive at the address, 808 N. Tampa St. at 9:30 a.m. when registration starts), but there is a caveat this time around. Only 40 rides will be allowed, and there will be no walkup registration. Links to reservations for the approximately two-hour ride are available via social media (facebook.com/historybiketampa), and you must pre-register to ride. What’s more is that helmets are required along with face masks during riding and at stops. “If you need to take a mask break please keep 6 feet distance between you and other riders,” organizers added. “Please self-check before the day of the ride, if you’re feeling sick please do not attend. If you have been around anyone with a confirmed Covid-19 result please stay home.” —Ray Roa
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Chick Corea plays his first in-person pandemic shows in Clearwater. By Ray Roa
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t’s amazing how much new information Chick Corea can give you in the span of half an hour. He does it in almost every interview, and he’s done it with me twice before. Our latest chat was different this time (read: Zoom), but in every other way it was the same as they ever are: warm, chock full of new developments and gateways to new music. This time, Chick challenged me to listen to composers like Chopin, Duke Ellington and Thelonious Monk in new ways, but he also shed light on when his Akoustic Band—with John Patitucci and Dave Weckl—would be coming to Tampa Bay to rehearse a Béla Bartok concerto then possibly play a few shows. He also opened up about his first in-person shows, happening in Clearwater this weekend, since coronavirus forced him, Christian McBride and Brian Blade to cut a European tour short. Below are highlights from our Q&A; I think Chick would like you to read the full talk via cltampa. com/music. These cabaret shows kind of go back to those Birdland days for you. The only thing that’ll be missing from the Birdland days will be the smell of the dirty carpet. And the smell of the smell of beer kegs in the back. You’ve been doing virtual shows, then you did Facebook Live for 30-35 days straight, interacting with fans. What did you miss most in the online format? When I got home—we were on a European tour, myself, Christian McBride and Brian Blade—it was weird, but I tried Facebook Live. I started practicing for people. Then I walked behind the iPhone, to see if anyone tuned in. A tremendous amount of people from all over the world were tuning in, I thought, “Oh, my goodness, I never knew this existed.” And people were very appreciative and asking questions, and I answered a few of them. It was like a conversation that would go on, so it became a thing all unto itself. But like you said, it definitely does not replace being in front of a live audience at the moment making music. On the new album you’re hearing conversations between Jobim and Bill Evans. Chopin is
there, so is Monk. Who was the loudest, and who demanded the most attention in your head? Oh, not any one, I would say, because in my mind, they’re all part of a lineage of composers who made a choice of a way to live your life. All these guys—from Mozart through Chopin through Duke Ellington through Thelonious Monk to Bill Evans—they were all pianists who loved to compose music, and who also loved to put live groups together to play the music that they wrote. That’s been the way I’ve kind of formulated my life. I’m basically a composer who plays the piano. I’m a composer and an improviser who uses the piano to get his ideas out. So that that lineage of composers is part of my growing up, it’s part of my learning music, my cultural life. That’s how I learned music, through Monk, Wyn[ton] Kelly and Herbie Hancock and Bill Evans and, and, you know, Bud Powell, Duke Ellington.
SCREENGRAB BY RAY ROA
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PORTRAIT, CHICK: Zoom-ed in with a 23-time Grammy-winner. all of the sanitation rules in as best as possible. How happy are you with the outcomes so far? All of these collaborations started out without a purpose other than to have a friendly contact and have some fun together, really. But then it turns out—because all of these guys are amazing artists and pros, and obviously have spent time in recording studios knowing how to record their instrument—the game has been, I’ll lay down a piano track, send it to my friend, then he lays down his instrument on top of that and sends it back. It’s virtually like being in a recording studio, in a way, and so the results can be pretty damn good if you have decent equipment, which all these guys have.
You’re continuing to work in the face of COVID19. Lately you and Steve Swallow are doing some duets. You’re writing new music with Bela Fleck, and then Hubert Laws is in the mix now, too. Yeah, I’ve been doing some music with Hubert. I’m making an album long distance with Terry Gibbs’ son Jerry Gibbs who’s a drummer [dad is a vibraphonist in his mid-90s], and he’s doing an album for his father. I’m writing and doing some stuff for him. I just finished a trombone concerto for Joe Something that gets lost Alessi and the New when we talk about tours York Philharmonic. getting canceled is the I’m about to begin effect that these lost Chick Corea: Solo piano writing a percusdates have on the folks Fri.-Sat. Oct. 23-24, 8 p.m. $160-$275 for tables of four. sion concerto for behind the scenes. Has Kate Tiedemann and Ellen Cotton Cabaret Theatre there been anxiety about the Philadelphia at Ruth Eckerd Hall, 1111 McMullen Booth Rd., Clearwater. having to cut back work Orchestra. These rutheckerdhall.com composing tasks for some of those peoare where my pasple who might be able sion is. to bring money back to the families by being And the Elektric Band—we’re getting started involved with your tours? again. I’m going to bring John Patitucci and Dave Without a doubt; that’s why, from my own perWeckl down around the area, and hopefully do sonal team around home, I’ve been trying to some gigs here in this area. We’re also going to do do as much creative creativeness as we can to a live concert to Budapest in December because I exchange with the world, so that we can keep promised them a concerto that I wrote for them, going. One of the things I began doing was putbut I never was never able to deliver it. So I’ve ting together Chick Corea Academy, which my got all kinds of stuff going, meanwhile, keeping team helps me put together.
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That was one way to keep everybody working. I’m beginning to use the studio to do more live shows, and as far as my musician friends go, what I’m trying to do to keep our spirits up is just book as many gigs as I can next year, and put them on the calendar. I’m trying to get everybody to just put the future on the calendar. As a matter of fact, the name of the new Elektric Band release that we’re making now is called, ‘Future Is Now.’ You know, don’t don’t think that this is going to last forever. It’s a struggle for some who don’t easily get work, but most of my guys and my friends are pretty productive on their own. They have all kinds of all kinds of projects going online. I want to ask you about this Cab Calloway gig at the showroom in Boston; there’s a sidelight of that gig, which was getting a piano lesson every night from Herman Chittison. Have you ever been somebody else’s Herman Chittison? In truth, that relationship works the other way around. I don’t choose them; they choose me. But I have a lot of young friends like that, who I’m in association with, and who I perform with. The trick is they think they’re learning from me, and actually I’m looking at what these young guys are doing and copping all their licks. Truth, trust, politeness, kindness—those are tenants for you. That said, Where do you cast your vote from in an election? Do you vote from Florida? Have you already voted? And will you say who you voted for? I reserve my right to remain silent.
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Jeremy Gloff w/Jeff Brawer On paper, Gloffy and Jeff Brawer make strange bedfellows. One is a Tampa pop icon with about two dozen albums under his belt while the other writes working class acoustic punk songs at whatever pace he goddamn well pleases. In real life, however, the boys are pretty close to BFFs, and it’ll be cool to see them both onstage at Ella’s Americana Folk Art Café, a Seminole Heights eatery which has long figured out how to hold live music events under the odd and always-changing rules the Sunshine State is imposing any given week. Reservations are required. (Ella’s Americana Folk Art Café, Tampa) C Jon Ditty w/Stick Martin On Monday, I received an email listing off about 30 concerts set to happen at New World Brewery through Feb. 28. The message kicked the run of shows off with this one featuring Dunedin rapper, and multiple Best Of the Bay-winner Jon Ditty joining songwriter-producer Stick Markin for a hip-hop show in the NWB music hall. Coppertail is going to give away free beer to the first 20 people in the door, and staff at New World has a message for anyone who thinks they can skirt COVID-19 precautions at the gig: “In a continuous effort to maintain as safe as an establishment as possible, we are keeping our capacity to 25% with all tables spaced appropriately and guests must be seated to be served. We require masks to be worn at all times unless seated and consuming food or beverage (yes, this includes trips to the restroom),” NWB wrote. “Tables, chairs, menus, checkbooks, pens, glassware and anything else touched is immediately sanitized and
DJ Casper allowed to properly dry before it is used again. Masks are required for performers when not onstage.” (New World Brewery, Tampa) DJ Ku In the beginning of the pandemic Charles Ku was adamant in his belief that DJs should do whatever they could to not promote the spread of coronavirus. The longtime Tampeño has since returned to work—and gets regularly tested for COVID-19 each week— and he lays down a very chill vibe (think Rhye, Sault, Sade) at this Friday night, rooftop residency where partygoers (all 21 & up) can soak in M. Bird’s menu and what are arguably downtown Tampa’s best views of the Hillsborough River. (M. Bird at Armature Works, Tampa) Row Jomah: Originals + The Talking Heads & The Flaming Lips Row Jomah certainly occupies the rock spectrum when it comes to the band’s sound, but other than that, the outfit has largely escaped classification. On Friday, however, fontman Joe Roma & co. make decision making easier for music fans on the fence on where to go by doing covers and a dual cover set featuring the songs of David Byrne (Talking Heads) and Wayne Coyne (Flaming Lips). Per the new usual, Crowbar will feature a 100-person max capacity, seating requirements, temperature checks, and, you guessed it, livestreams for anyone not ready to come out to play. (Crowbar, Ybor City) Psych Montano: ‘Psych 101’ album release w/Kat the Dutchess/Gon’Git/Jay Ma/Albert J/DJ Dfaz Psych Montano—a Tampa-based rapper who arrived here by way of Long Island—puts a lot of the life he lived as “a Puerto Rican living in white suburbia” on tape, and on Friday he releases a collection of thoughts in the form of a new album. He’s joined by a supporting cast anchored by one
of Tampa’s best emcees, Kat the Dutchess, at this no-cover gig. As you’ve come to expect at The Bricks, a mask is required for entry. (The Bricks, Ybor City) Akiva: Fundraising with Funk Last we saw Akiva, the funk and pop band was sociallydistancing while waiting to play its set as part of a summertime, livestreamed, audience-free 10th anniversary celebration for Rock the Park Tampa. On Saturday night, however, the fusion trio is asking fans to come catch a buzz (coffee, Angry Chair beer) and help the band release its new album. Music, food, merch and COVID-19 rules are all on the agenda from 6 p.m.-9 p.m. at this show happening on the Spaddy’s patio. (Spaddy’s Coffee Co., Tampa)
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C Fangsgiving III w/Jeff Brawer/ JT Brown/Tom DeGeorge and the Silver Beard Band/Jeremy Gloff/more Fangsgiving has always had the feel good vibe of telethon worth supporting, and in 2020, thanks to COVID-19, it’ll look kind of like one, too. Going forward, shows at Crowbar will feature a 100-person max capacity, seating requirements, temperature checks, and, you guessed it, livestreams. Those unable to get in the door in-person this weekend can tune in via Tampa Sessions, who’ll give anyone a chance to take in the all-star talent—including local songwriters, Americana favorites, a legit string ensemble and even a band featuring Crowbar co-owner Tom DeGeorge—do cover sets all night long. You can also count on concert organizers to give viewers plenty of chances to support a philanthropic effort that boosts music education in Tampa Bay. (Crowbar, Ybor City)
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C Rehab: A live jazz brunch On the second and fourth Sundays of the month, drummer Natalie Depergola and harpist/multi-instrumentalist Seth Adam Lynn bring an ensemble to this Tampa Heights vagina-forward shuffleboard bar and restaurant for an extended, five-hour set (with breaks). Depergola, who plays drums in genre-defying trio Prince Tanuki, is an in-demand local musician, so it’ll be interesting to see who she and Lynn are surrounded by at these Sunday residency gigs where the music happens outdoors (weather permitting) and socially-distanced, of course. (Shuffle, Tampa)
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C Motown On Mondays™ w/DJ Casper Last month, Ybor City-based collective FWD Thinkers and DJ Casper (pictured above) teamed up to bring Motown on Mondays—a global party that works with more than 100 DJs, musicians and producers—to Tampa, making the Bay area one of 33 cities across the globe to host the shindig (Miami is the only other Florida host). COVID-19 precautions are in place, and a press release says a portion of the proceeds and bar sales every week go to the Sulphur Springs Museum and Heritage Center. Admission is free; the party goes from 7 p.m.-11 p.m. (The Bricks, Ybor City) In Phase 3, Gov. Ron DeSantis theoretically opened bar/music venues. Some spots already found ways to bring live music to patrons, but CL will ease into bringing Music Week back by highlighting a handful of shows. Check with these establishments for details on COVID-19 protocols. See more via cltampa.com/music.
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I have one job that keeps me financially safe and provides healthcare, but every morning I feel a pit of despair in my stomach on the way to work. My other job gives me joy and freedom, and would allow me to return to school and dive deeper into my passions, but puts my health and financial security at risk. I want to start working at the second job regularly, but I don’t feel ready to take the leap. How can I prepare myself for this transition? —Not ready for change Cards: King of Swords, Page of swords, High Priestess, Chariot. I should start this off with a warning: I cannot in good conscience tell you to chuck your insurance in the middle of a pandemic without some deep preparations first. I know a bad job can be soul-sucking, but I can’t say “quit tomorrow!” though I’d love to. For job one, I pulled King of Swords. Is your boss a shitty, hypercritical dude? Is your job serving an oversized ego? Are you being treated like you’re bad at it? This is not a card that suggests you’re being supported and allowed to grow. First things first: You’re not going to impress your boss at job one, so stop trying. Start pulling your energy back because you’re going to need it to make your escape plan. So what to do now? We have The High Priestess, AKA intuition. You’ll know when it’s time to boogie. Apprehension might mean “not quite yet.” To move on, you have The Chariot. This card is essentially an armored car; you’ll have to smash through some concrete barricades, so you’ll have to prepare. Right now is such a difficult time financially for everyone, so I won’t say, “save up three months of expenses!” because that’s disingenuous and useless. But you should talk with job two about insurance. While they might not cover it, would they be able to split it? Do they offer any compensation for it? Open enrollment for ACA starts soon (maybe?), so look through the marketplace and figure out if you can get enough savings to cover a few months of insurance (Try REALLY HARD not to get COBRA insurance because it’s so, so, so expensive). It would help if you also were talking with job two about its plans moving forward. Are they able to take on people full time? Are they an industry that’s been affected by the pandemic? If there’s another wave, what would that look like for them? Is there a chance you’d be laid off? If it seems you can expect to work for them full-time with little possibility of layoffs, start making your moves.
With the same energy that keeps me from telling you to quit tomorrow, I also need to say that surviving this pandemic is a long con. As someone who lived through Katrina, I can tell you that not all of the victims died from the physical storm itself. Plenty of people died from the mental stress that followed. If we all want to make it on the other side of this pandemic, we’ve got to keep an eye on mind, body, and soul. While you have insurance, it might be beneficial to start seeing a therapist discuss this transition and these changes. The rest of 2020 and 2021 are complete mysteries to what can happen (How much worse can things get? How much better?), so having any sort of anchor in terms of a therapist might help you make this jump. Good luck, my dear! Hi! I draw erotic art comics, and I’m starting to build my own brand. I’m wondering if this month is a good time to start business ventures, specifically if I should just launch what I have finished or wait a couple of months to develop a more rooted business plan? —Mrs. Fantasy Cards: Justice, Eight of cups, The Magician. (Also: Knight of Cups, 10 of wands, Three of wands, all reversed.) I have good and slightly bummer news. The good news is, I think you should launch this month. We have two major arcana cards for this spread—Justice and The Magician. With Justice leading the spread, you want to make sure you have all your ducks in a row legally speaking. Got all your LLC paperwork in order? Got copyrights on your images? Do you have a boilerplate contract you can use for freelancing or licensing? If you can, I’d recommend speaking with an intellectual property lawyer (particularly one that specialized in art/digital media if you’re looking to build the brand online.) They’ll be able to tell you if there’s anything you’re missing and make recommendations to go forward. The Eight of Cups is a lady in red fleeing all she knows. This isn’t something you’ve done before—it can be scary! But you should feel confident to dive in because we end the spread with The Magician. The Magician is the master of all the elements—swords, cups, coins, and wands. It’s a deeply powerful card, and it means you can absolutely make this happen. You have what you need. Go ahead and launch (pending the OK from the lawyer!) That’s the good news. The bit-of-a-bummer news is this: it’s not gonna be easy, and it’s not gonna be quick. Moving forward, we got both 10 of Wands (awful burden) and Three of wands (patience waiting for growth.) It might suck for the first six months— you ain’t moving to Davis Island just yet—and it can feel like all effort/little reward.
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But keep going. You got this. You’re the Magician. You also might be the Knight of cups—the champion of love and eroticism. It’s going to be hard—I’m not going to sugar coat that—but you got this. This seems like your calling. So go forth! Draw your divinely dirty art! Hawk it to the world! Best of luck!
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Borrowing Gen Z’s love for labeling everything, I’m a 46-year-old homoromantic asexual Canadian faggot. For me that means I’d like to love and be loved by another man, but I’d hate having sex with him. To add a vexing complication, I also need some sort of power imbalance. Ideally, I would fall somewhere between being a man’s sub and being his slave. I’ve been searching for this since I came out in my early-20s. I’ve tried everything. Online, bars, hobby groups, friends, hookups. Vanilla relationships, single masters, dominant couples, sex workers. I’ve spent thousands of dollars on both men and therapy, but here I am busted, miserable, and alone. The point is that no one—and I mean absolutely no one— wants what I want. My dream dude doesn’t exist. It’s easy to tell someone to move on, that there are other fish in the sea, etc., but sometimes your sea is a puddle and you really are the only guppy. I’m considering ending my life before the end of the year. I can’t shake the deep sadness and disappointment and misery that I feel—and this isn’t even touching on my current unemployment or newly-chronic health issues. What would you do if you were in my shoes? How does one switch off the built-in romantic drive? —Sought A Dom Accepting Sad Singlehood I’m sorry you haven’t found your ideal man, SADASS, or the right dominant couple or a vanilla guy you could love, and a dominant sex worker you could see on the side. Not everyone finds their ideal mate/position/situation, despite our best efforts, which is why it’s important that we build lives for ourselves that are rich and rewarding while we look for our dream dude(s). Because then even if we’re unhappily single—or we find ourselves unhappily single again—we would still have meaning and pleasure in our lives. And that makes it easier for us to live in hope that, should all the planets align, it could still happen for us or happen for us again. (Please note: I’m qualifying “single” with “unhappy” here not because all single people are unhappy— which is absolutely untrue—but because this single person, SADASS, is unhappy.) I have to assume it has happened for you once or twice, SADASS. While none of your relationships with any of the vanilla guys, single masters, dominant couples, or sex workers you’ve met along the way turned into long-term connections, there had to have been some good times and real—if not lasting—connections over the years. Instead of seeing those relationships as a string of failures because they all ended, SADASS, you should see them as a long series of successful short-term relationships. And while you may regret that none lasted for years or
I’m bisexual man who works on a military base with so many hot men. But how the hell do I even get a quick cock to suck without getting fired for coming on to the wrong guy? Or beaten up? How do I approach someone who could be interested? It’s been forever since I’ve had a guy! Don’t tell me to try Grindr. I already did, and most of the guys on there are not my style and the two that were blew me off. I wish I was totally straight or totally gay cause the bisexual world is really depressing! —Basically I’ve Got Unfulfilled Yearnings
JOE NEWTON
Don’t give up
decades, there’s nothing about being partnered that immunizes a person against regret. If you were still with one of those vanilla guys, you might always regret not meeting a master; if you were with a master or a dominant couple, you might regret—from time to time—not having a more egalitarian relationship. Although you say you’re not be interested in having sex, SADASS, your interests are erotically charged. If your erotic-if-not-sexual fantasies are causing you distress—if you want to switch off your built-in romantic/erotic drive—anti-depressants often lower and sometimes tank a person’s libido. For most people that’s an unwelcome side effect, but you may find it a blessing—at least for now, SADASS, while you’re dealing with your health and employment issues. It’s an extreme move but it’s far less extreme than the one you’ve been contemplating, so it might be worth discussing with a sex-positive, kinkpositive, reality-aware therapist. Finally, please don’t end your life. The world is a far more interesting place with you in it. And while finding a romantic partner is never the solution to our problems—it’s only the start of a whole new set of problems—I’ve heard from countless people over the years who found something close to what they were looking for in their 50s, 60s, and even 70s. But it can’t happen for you if you aren’t here for it. Crisis Services Canada maintains a 24-hour suicide-prevention hotline: 833-456-4566. In the U.S. please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255.
or Recon or all of the above—and if they’re on there too, send ‘em a message. If they’re interested, they’ll write back. If they aren’t, they won’t. And if you’re worried a guy won’t let you suck his dick if you tell him you’re bisexual and you don’t mind blowing guys who might be biphobic, don’t disclose your bisexuality on your profile and stick to, “Sup?” and, “Looking?”, when you message them. And you know… back when men picked each other up in bars… you had to make eye contact with a lotta guys before you locked eyes with the right guy. If you made eye contact with a guy who wasn’t interested—if you weren’t his style or his type—he wouldn’t make eye contact with you again. That’s essentially what a guy is doing when he “blows you off” on Grindr: he’s taking a quick look, deciding you’re not for him, and looking away—the exact same thing you’re doing to guys who aren’t your style or type. Guys who left the bar after two guys looked away never got to suck a dick, BIGUY, so don’t give up after a couple of guys blow you off on Grindr. Just keep looking around.
SAVAGE LOVE
Totally gay guys get blown off on Grindr and Sniffies and Recon all the time. Totally straight guys get blown off on Tinder and Farmers Only and Christian Mingle all the time. I’m not minimizing the unique challenges bisexuals face by bisexual men and women—biphobia is real—but everyone faces rejection, BIGUY. And while some gay guys don’t wanna date bi guys, you aren’t looking for a date. You’re looking for a dick to suck. So get back on Grindr. When you see a hot guy on the street, on the subway, or your military base, quickly open Grindr—or Scruff or Sniffies
I’m a 60-something straight woman. A few years ago, a longtime male friend and I, both in very unhappy relationships, did what I’d never done in my life: We cheated on our partners. We both ended our other relationships, and the resulting
two years have been wonderful. My guy is smart and funny and the sex is very, very, VERY good. We don’t live together and see each other on weekends. Now for the problem: I think he voted for Trump. While he’s a political conservative, he’s not crazy and he has some reasonable viewpoints that I can tolerate even if I disagree. But not Trump. I don’t think a good person votes for Trump. Practically speaking, it doesn’t matter, because we live in solid blue Washington state, and all our electoral votes will go to Biden, but I’m not sure I can fuck someone who voted for Trump. But if I end things with him there’s a good chance I’ll never have sex again. I don’t think there are many opportunities for 65-year-old average looking women, even ones with healthy libidos. Thoughts? Update: Before I could even hit send on this email, Dan, I found out that, yes, he voted for Trump. I’m sickened that this person I care for voted for Trump! Do I end it?!? —OH FUCKING HELL Yes you do, OFH, and you tell him why: elections have consequences. Better a trusty vibrator than an unworthy Trump voter. Contact mail@savagelove.net, Follow @fakedansavage on Twitter and bookmark savagelovecast. com.
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