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Sorry for the strange appearance of the site if you are using Firefox as your browser. We are in the process of changing homeports and the transfer isn’t going as smooth as I thought. OBVIOUSLY!
We should be back up and I will be back at the helm soon.
  

Watch the door behind the field reporter.

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The amendment seems very honorable. It permits counties to raise the Homestead Exemption [...]

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YouTube - Black Bush
  

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Marcy Ringdahl has been named as a finalist for Florida State Teacher of the Year. She is a teacher at Summerfield Elementary in Riverview. I have known her husband Jason since we were kids and I am sure he couldn’t be prouder. We are all proud of Marcy and hope [...]

YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet=YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet||{};Thanks to the hard work of Joe Kaufman with American’s Against Hate, CAIR (or the Council on American Islamic Relations) will not be speaking to CENTCOM on January 17th as was originally planned. The Executive Director of the Tampa branch of CAIR, Ahmed Badier, was scheduled to speak on topics such as jihad, martyrdom and [...]

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I have some more videos I am posting. Our troops are still fighting an endless war and I want them to know they are respected and NOT FORGOTTEN!! These are some of the Tampa Pirates favorites. There will be a Navy slant… Why? Cause the Navy Rules….LOL

YouTube - Fighter Fling 1998

YouTube - US MARINES in [...]

I received a request from one of my readers to re-post the F-14 Tribute video made by a friend of mine. Jim and I were in the Navy together along with my best bro Alan Russell. Me and Jim were Operation Specialist, but we controlled F-14’s on intercepts. I probably have worked with or controlled [...]