We may need another look at Buddy Johnson

County mayor proponents in Hillsborough are pushing hard to get their initiative on the ballot through petition (www.countymayor.com), but if they fail we'll look back at how former Supervisor of Elections Buddy Johnson handled (or mishandled) the initial 2008 petitions.

It could be another sad part of Johnson's troubled legacy. …

Memo to bikini bar owners: If you're going to violate St. Petersburg's strict laws, you might consider an establishment that's not within walking distance of the Police Department. …

Housing and job opportunities, health and wellness information, and door prizes will all be a part of the Corporation to Develop Communities open house from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at 1907 E Hillsborough Ave. in Tampa.

Promise me you'll go for more than just the door prizes. …

Seen on a bumper sticker: Ordain Catholic Women. …

I always tell people you haven't lived in Tampa Bay until you have danced barefoot in the sand at Skipper's Smokehouse. And the Christie Lenee Project provides a perfect opportunity on Friday evening. The Blake High graduate brings her guitar and group down from her new home in Philadelphia to share the bill with jam band Buffalo Strange. …

Here's another nightlife tip: If you're among those jazz/R&B fans missing the Fox, check out the band Hard Groove on Friday nights at Pelagia Trattoria inside the Renaissance Hotel at Tampa's International Plaza. They've created a buzz since starting Memorial Day weekend. …

I look at the oil spill reaching the Panhandle beaches of my childhood, and I know how the tearful American Indian felt in those old pollution commercials.

That's all I'm saying.