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A Day in the Life of Bill McBride and Alex Sink, 1989! FLORIDA BUSINESS
(Former Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bill McBride died suddenly today, December 23, 2012. It saddened me greatly as I always enjoyed interviewing him and just being in his company over...
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R.I.P., Jon Rock n Roll Anthony
(I used to write a bi-weekly column, “RadioRadio,” for Players magazine in the Tampa Bay area. The following story about the late Q105 DJ Jon ‘Rock & Roll’ Anthony, originally appeared there in...
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Food Fight! Sweetbay to Publix: “See If You Can Guess What I Am Now!”
Maddux Business Report, October, 2005 By Bob Andelman (This story originally appeared in the October 2005 issue of the Maddux Business Report, published in St. Petersburg, Florida. The story below is...
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Profile: Legendary Tampa Bay sportscaster Chris Thomas! PLAYERS 1991
By Bob Andelman (Originally published in Players, August 1991) The green blinking light is pressed. “Bobby from St. Pete, you’re at bat. Take a swing!” “Okay! I was at the airport the other day and...
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“Wrap That Rascal!” Tampa Bay Weekly cover story, April 6, 1988
“Wrap It Up!” cover story of Tampa Bay Weekly, by Bob Andelman, about Dunedin, Florida company promoting safe sex with t-shirts, etc., under the brand name “Wrap That Rascal.” (Thanks to Robert...
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Lynne Austin: The Original Hooters Girl! INTERVIEW
(This story was written in June 1989. I believe it appeared in Tampa Bay Life later that year. I also believe that some of the original text was lost due to computer incompatibility.) By Bob Andelman...
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Swingtime Saturday Night: Sex with the Couple Next Door in Tampa Bay
THUMBING THEIR NOSES AT THE PROSPECT OF CONTRACTING AIDS, A SURPRISING NUMBER OF MARRIED PEOPLE UNABASHEDLY PURSUE SEX WITH OTHER COUPLES. IT’S A LIFESTYLE, THEY INSIST, THEY’RE NOT ABOUT TO FORSAKE....
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King, Queen & Subject: The Snell Isle Murder of Joan Amos
(“The Snell Isle Murder of Joan Amos” was originally published in Tampa Bay Life, Spring 1991) Sgt. William T. “Bud” Blackmon Jr. broadcast the second BOLO on the alleged fleeing murderer of a wealthy...
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The Unknown Man: College official, bank robber William Strawn
(The following story appeared in Tampa Bay Life in 1989.) Rosie Owen just wanted to cash a check. What she got that clear November morning was a few minutes of sheer terror that will last a lifetime....
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Bungle in the Jungle: Remembering the late Sam Hall (JUMP)
When the Tampa Bay Times published the obituary of Sam Hall on September 4, 2014 (he died August 11, 2014), I was reminded of a Q&A interview that Connie May Fowler–then still going by her...
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Q & A: Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman! MADDUX REPORT 1991
(This interview with Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman was recorded in March 1991 for the Maddux Report.) Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman Sandy Freedman’s fingerprints are all over her city. In typical big city...
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Ironman triathlon’s roots are in the Tampa Bay area! INTERVIEW
(UPDATE: This story, originally written in May 2009 and published in the Maddux Business Report in July 2009, became worth posting online for the first time when the Tampa Bay Times reported on August...
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Meet long-time Tampa Bay Rowdies owner Cornelia Corbett! INTERVIEW
(Originally published in Florida Business/Tampa Bay, 1989) Dick and Cornelia Corbett, Tampa Bay Rowdies (Photo by Craig Fossett) Before her, Cornelia Corbett’s team, the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Behind her,...
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Thomas Huggins. He knows people. People you should know. PROFILE
Thomas Huggins, founder of Tampa-based Ariel Business Group, featured on the cover of the Maddux Business Report. Story by Bob Andelman. By BOB ANDELMAN Written September 17, 2005 Maddux Business...
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RIP Lance Ringhaver, Tampa Bay business and baseball leader BOOK EXCERPT
Lance Ringhaver (Lance Ringhaver, a prominent Tampa Bay businessman and once a member of the Tampa Bay Baseball Group, died in a car accident on Tuesday, April 5, 2016. I profiled him in my 1993 book,...
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Profile: Oba Chandler’s defense attorney Fred Zinober by Bob Andelman
Attorney Fred Zinober (Originally published in Pinellas County Review, September 1994) They call it the Oba Chandler Room. In it, more than 75,000 documents and 300 pieces of evidence are stored,...
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WTVT Ch. 13’s Kelly Ring: The Reluctant Anchor in Tampa PROFILE
Kelly Ring (WTVT, Tampa Bay, Ch. 13) (Originally published in Tampa Bay Life in 1991) By Bob Andelman Call her the reluctant anchor. She’s knock-down beautiful, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed stunner, the...
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Ringling Museum of Art: Old Masters, New World (Visit Florida)
Ringling Museum of Art (Bill Serne for VISIT FLORIDA) Story by Bob Andelman; Photographs by Bill Serne The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota is anything but a circus, despite its...
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A Tour of St. Petersburg’s Murals (Visit Florida)
Frida Kahlo mural, St. Petersburg Florida, (Photo by Bill Serne for VISIT FLORIDA) Story by Bob Andelman, Photographs by Bill Serne As outdoor murals have multiplied across St. Petersburg, it seems...
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Elizabeth Kovachevich The Judge is a Lady (Tampa Bay Life)
(Originally published in Tampa Bay Life in 1989) Judge Elizabeth Kovachevich, right By Bob Andelman “If I had any respect left for Elizabeth Kovachevich, that disappeared when she locked me up. She had...
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