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Wayne Garcia – Political Editor

Wayne has spent more than 25 years in Florida journalism and politics, both reporting on campaigns and public affairs stories and running them as a consultant for nine years. Hence the name of his column. But he’s firmly back in the journalism camp, writing about local, state and national issues and personalities that make a difference in our lives here in Tampa Bay.

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Wayne Garcia's Latest Entries


PoHo is moving! (Just over to Daily Loaf)

Posted on Aug. 21, 2009, at 5:00 am

St. Petersburg Times endorses an anti-evolution, anti-gay candidate for mayor (yes, it’s Bill Foster)

Posted on Aug. 20, 2009, at 3:51 pm

St. Petersburg mayor’s race, as depicted in TV commercials (video)

Posted on Aug. 20, 2009, at 3:06 pm

Live-blogging the St. Petersburg mayoral forum at the Palladium tonight

Posted on Aug. 19, 2009, at 3:35 pm

Shelton Quarles will step aside as chairman of TBARTA regional transit agency

Posted on Aug. 19, 2009, at 3:16 pm

Michelle Obama’s shorts: Damned if I write, damned if I don’t

Posted on Aug. 19, 2009, at 10:52 am

Political Whore Podcast #19: Electric taxi corruption, death panels and the blood of patriots

Posted on Aug. 14, 2009, at 6:16 am

PoHo on Studio 10 this morning, talking health care reform

Posted on Aug. 13, 2009, at 7:01 am

Public Transportation Commission vote puts electric vehicles out of business in downtown Tampa

Posted on Aug. 12, 2009, at 4:08 pm

New video of the scrum at Kathy Castor town hall on health care reform in Tampa

Posted on Aug. 12, 2009, at 2:03 pm

St. Petersburg mayor’s race: Deveron Gibbons releases second TV ad

Posted on Aug. 12, 2009, at 6:22 am

The mystery of Facebook Lite

Posted on Aug. 12, 2009, at 5:58 am

TBO.com turns 15 years old, eligible for learner’s permit

Posted on Aug. 11, 2009, at 2:00 pm

Will Lakeland town hall on health care reform be a repeat of Tampa?

Posted on Aug. 11, 2009, at 9:20 am

Hillary Clinton Congo meltdown video: ‘My husband is not the Secretary of State…’

Posted on Aug. 11, 2009, at 8:14 am

Irony Watch: Anti-ObamaCare protester Kenneth Gladney injured in town hall fight has no health insurance (video)

Posted on Aug. 10, 2009, at 2:04 pm

Fired gay South Florida TV news anchor gives his side in Daily Beast blog post

Posted on Aug. 10, 2009, at 10:45 am

Hippies commemorate Woodstock in Daytona Beach (video)

Posted on Aug. 10, 2009, at 9:47 am

Excessive force video? Police officer slams little old (knife-wielding) lady into Walmart asphalt

Posted on Aug. 10, 2009, at 9:43 am

Mayoral morass: What’s wrong with the St. Petersburg mayor’s race

Posted on Aug. 9, 2009, at 11:21 am

Florida’s Mel Martinez resigns from Senate; here’s his old freshman report card

Posted on Aug. 7, 2009, at 11:32 am

Tampa health care reform town hall turns into a near-riot, national spectacle (video)

Posted on Aug. 7, 2009, at 6:35 am

Political Whore Podcast #18: Bill Clinton in North Korea, Florida overrun by pythons and BayWalk’s sidewalks

Posted on Aug. 7, 2009, at 5:00 am

Follow Creative Loafing’s St. Petersburg mayoral campaign coverage with our new widget

Posted on Aug. 6, 2009, at 9:11 am

It’s War!! Florida vs. Burmese python snakes, with a possible pet ban

Posted on Aug. 6, 2009, at 6:37 am

St. Petersburg mayor’s race: …And the rest

Posted on Aug. 5, 2009, at 3:41 pm

Political Whore Podcast #17: St. Petersburg council candidate Angela Rouson on cops being reined in, St. Pete Pride

Posted on Aug. 4, 2009, at 1:45 pm

IRS says Hillsborough power broker Ralph Hughes owed not $69 million in back taxes, but $300 million

Posted on Jul. 31, 2009, at 10:41 am

Political Whore Podcast #16: Blue Dogs, PETA’s sea kittens and Brian Blair’s comeback

Posted on Jul. 31, 2009, at 6:54 am

Scientific research proves it: it’s better to be sure than to be smart

Posted on Jul. 30, 2009, at 10:22 am

Final showdown in Creative Loafing bankruptcy ownership will be Aug. 25

Posted on Jul. 29, 2009, at 2:40 pm

Judge set to review rules for equity auction in Creative Loafing’s bankruptcy

Posted on Jul. 29, 2009, at 9:47 am

Brian Blair says beating arrest could form foundation of new political campaign

Posted on Jul. 29, 2009, at 7:14 am

Most St. Petersburg mayoral candidates blow off transparency request

Posted on Jul. 28, 2009, at 2:16 pm

William Shatner performs Sarah Palin; Vanity Fair red-pencils her farewell speech

Posted on Jul. 28, 2009, at 11:21 am

LAT ad critic raves ‘boffo’ about Scientology’s new TV ads that are part of PR pushback

Posted on Jul. 28, 2009, at 9:40 am

Separated at birth: Paul Tash vs. Tosh.0

Posted on Jul. 27, 2009, at 8:37 am

Straight Dope: Can you squeeze coal into a diamond — with super strength?

Posted on Jul. 26, 2009, at 11:38 am

Five must-reads on Sunday: Reservoir cracks, Crist whores, the Jersey 44, whale impalement & expensive toys

Posted on Jul. 26, 2009, at 11:31 am

Audio from Judge Stringer’s Hawaiian home closing with stripper (NSFW)

Posted on Jul. 24, 2009, at 12:36 pm

Political Whore Podcast #15: Blasting Today Show, porn scandal in Fort Myers Beach and the PoHo of the Week

Posted on Jul. 24, 2009, at 8:59 am

Dr. David McKalip apologizes for Barack Obama-Witch Doctor e-mail

Posted on Jul. 24, 2009, at 6:38 am

A lawmaker asks: Why don’t we have a renewable energy standard in Florida?

Posted on Jul. 24, 2009, at 5:30 am

St. Petersburg anti-tax activist David McKalip sends out Barack Obama-as-witch doctor e-mail photo

Posted on Jul. 23, 2009, at 3:27 pm

Fort Myers Beach town manager marries porn star, is fired by angry councilmen

Posted on Jul. 23, 2009, at 2:40 pm

Take our poll: Who is the Tampa Bay public official about to fall in a corruption case?

Posted on Jul. 23, 2009, at 10:29 am

Updating the HoCast: What political topics do you want dissected this week?

Posted on Jul. 23, 2009, at 10:00 am

The Today Show, GMA ‘acted stupidly’ in coverage of Barack Obama’s health care reform newser

Posted on Jul. 23, 2009, at 8:34 am

Facebook Status Update of the Day

Posted on Jul. 23, 2009, at 8:01 am

Another police union endorses Bill Foster for St. Petersburg mayor

Posted on Jul. 22, 2009, at 4:42 pm

The not-so-green Charlie Crist also proves not-so-good at European biz development

Posted on Jul. 22, 2009, at 3:42 pm

Gun nuts fail in Senate: narrow loss for allowing concealed weapons permit portability

Posted on Jul. 22, 2009, at 2:37 pm

Tampa Tribune parent turns corner, reports profit (because of severe job cuts and furloughs)

Posted on Jul. 22, 2009, at 10:05 am

Creative Loafing CEO Ben Eason explains how he hopes to compete at upcoming bankruptcy equity auction

Posted on Jul. 22, 2009, at 8:12 am

President Barack Obama’s 500 Promises Deck, the new PolitiFact card set

Posted on Jul. 22, 2009, at 5:30 am

Slate video envisions today’s media covering the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing

Posted on Jul. 21, 2009, at 4:04 pm

Minority youth voter participation in 2008 election soared for Barack Obama, newspaper’s analysis shows

Posted on Jul. 21, 2009, at 6:54 am

Charlie Crist 3 new appointments to water board likely to bolster US Sugar-Everglades deal

Posted on Jul. 21, 2009, at 6:44 am

Who is the other governor that a New York hooker claims paid her for sex?

Posted on Jul. 20, 2009, at 1:29 pm

High-flying Lt. Gov Jeff Kottkamp will run for Attorney General

Posted on Jul. 20, 2009, at 1:00 pm

Political Whore Podcast #14: Tampa council candidate Seth Nelson and I break down Sonia Sotomayor, health care reform and Walter Cronkite

Posted on Jul. 20, 2009, at 10:49 am

Mark Sanford vs. Mark Foley: the love letters (Bill Maher video)

Posted on Jul. 20, 2009, at 8:44 am

Tampa Bay news & politics: Week in review

Posted on Jul. 18, 2009, at 6:30 am

Charlie Crist, Sarah Palin star in Democratic attack ad ‘Quitters’ (video)

Posted on Jul. 17, 2009, at 12:50 pm

Jim Norman gets endorsement from 3 top senators, boost to fundraising

Posted on Jul. 17, 2009, at 6:58 am

Fix it how?? Six ways we can fix Tampa Bay’s political mess

Posted on Jul. 16, 2009, at 2:53 pm

A gay former Tampa Tribune writer on the mixed signals he got on GLBT issues from Media General

Posted on Jul. 16, 2009, at 1:55 pm

Former Tampa Tribune columnist Dan Ruth has a new blog

Posted on Jul. 16, 2009, at 1:24 pm

Straight Dope: Was all that we-must-fix-Y2K money wasted?

Posted on Jul. 16, 2009, at 11:04 am

More than 100 protest News Channel ‘H8′ in gay-rights rally in Tampa (video)

Posted on Jul. 15, 2009, at 8:53 pm

Ralph Hughes name could be stripped off Moral Courage Award

Posted on Jul. 15, 2009, at 10:10 am

News Channel ‘H8,’ the logo, and today’s gay-rights protest

Posted on Jul. 15, 2009, at 9:57 am

Media whore: Talking health care reform on Fox 13 noon news show

Posted on Jul. 15, 2009, at 9:38 am

Economic report: With a really bad financial outlook, Florida is ‘a state in trouble’

Posted on Jul. 15, 2009, at 5:00 am

Gov. Charlie Crist names former school superintendent Earl Lennard as Hillsborough elections chief

Posted on Jul. 14, 2009, at 12:01 pm

Jeff Sessions questions Sonia Sotomayor on being prejudiced: Pot, meet kettle

Posted on Jul. 14, 2009, at 11:50 am

Outing Charlie Crist: documentary film Outrage set for one-night Tampa showing

Posted on Jul. 14, 2009, at 11:04 am

The hateful speech directed against Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor

Posted on Jul. 14, 2009, at 8:22 am

Political Whore Podcast #13: St. Petersburg mayoral candidate John Warren

Posted on Jul. 14, 2009, at 7:31 am

Breathing heavy to the oldies, with Sarah Palin (video)

Posted on Jul. 13, 2009, at 1:54 pm

Bankruptcy judge sets auction date for ownership of Creative Loafing alt-weekly chain

Posted on Jul. 13, 2009, at 1:38 pm

The Logan canal flood: When manmade water structures go bad (video)

Posted on Jul. 13, 2009, at 9:15 am

Shadowy 527 group unloads YouTube attack ad against governor candidate Alex Sink (video)

Posted on Jul. 13, 2009, at 8:39 am

St. Petersburg Sierra Club endorses Karl Nurse, Steve Kornell and Scott Wagman on the environment

Posted on Jul. 13, 2009, at 8:13 am

Charlie Crist cuts Hillsborough elections chief list to six for interviews

Posted on Jul. 10, 2009, at 6:18 am

Civic engagement for college, high school youth at first Lawton Chiles Leadership Corps conference

Posted on Jul. 9, 2009, at 2:48 pm

Deveron Gibbons releases first campaign TV commercial in St. Petersburg mayor’s race (video)

Posted on Jul. 9, 2009, at 1:40 pm

Florida Supreme Court approves another step for Florida Hometown Democracy growth ballot initiative

Posted on Jul. 9, 2009, at 12:41 pm

PoHo to fix Tampa Bay politics in Greater Pinellas Democratic Club speech tonight

Posted on Jul. 9, 2009, at 9:25 am

Political Whore Podcast #12: US Senate candidate Kendrick Meek on the stimulus, health care and why Crist is jumping ship

Posted on Jun. 30, 2009, at 12:39 pm

A final video tribute to Billy Mays

Posted on Jun. 29, 2009, at 3:05 pm

St. Petersburg mayoral race qualifying ends at 5 pm; restaurateur John Warren gets in at 11th hour

Posted on Jun. 29, 2009, at 1:57 pm

Scott Wagman: Fourth-place poll finish in St. Pete mayor’s race is actually good

Posted on Jun. 29, 2009, at 1:41 pm

Fox 13 morning anchor Russell Rhodes won’t face DUI charge

Posted on Jun. 29, 2009, at 12:58 pm

Preliminary results in Billy Mays autopsy set to come at noon news conference

Posted on Jun. 29, 2009, at 10:22 am

Florida’s black media tells Republican Party: It’s pay for play

Posted on Jun. 29, 2009, at 9:45 am

Rhino PAC political mixer in St. Petersburg brings strong messages, open minds

Posted on Jun. 28, 2009, at 7:17 pm

Weekend Rewind: Chapter 3 of the curiously-like-Charlie-Crist The Governor’s Mistress

Posted on Jun. 27, 2009, at 6:00 am

Political Whore Podcast #11: St. Petersburg mayoral candidate Larry Williams

Posted on Jun. 26, 2009, at 4:44 pm

Phyllis Busansky’s funeral draws nearly 1,000 mourners, including Gov. Charlie Crist

Posted on Jun. 26, 2009, at 3:20 pm

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