June 4, 2010
TI WEATHER   |  OIL SPILL UPDATE   |  COMMISSION MEETING 6/15/10

As the Earth continues to barf crude into the Gulf of Mexico, after the awesomely-named "top kill" failed, after BP tried to use junk like golf balls, hair, and bits of tire to plug the leak (think of your sink after you haven't done the dishes in a while), it finally appears that the giant scissors worked. And the talk of using a nuclear bomb  ... well, there's certainly nothing that could wrong with that, right?  (Although after looking at satellite views, the Louisiana coastline looks just a bit slimmer today. Dressing it in black really did the trick. Thanks, BP!) There is good news, though: the spill was a financial windfall for the golf-ball industry. And if you work for Dawn Detergent's advertising department, you are high-fiving. Even though the oil slick is nowhere near Pinellas County Beaches (it's still about 300 miles away), volunteers are needed, you know, just in case.


Summer 2010 was officially born with Bands on the Sand 2 this past Saturday. This means that in just 12 short weeks it will be Labor Day, so take advanatge of summer in Treasure Island, which, don’t let anyone convince you is not great, because it is. We're producing Photoshop-quality summer sunsets (doing it on a daily basis, for the record) and celebrating with Saturday Sunsets on the Trail, a late-afternoon stroll on our beach trail, filled with arts and crafts vendors, some music, and some street performances - just like Key West, except without the blur and slur. We're doing the sunset celebration this Saturday, June 5th from 5 to 9pm on the beach between 104th and 108th Avenues and again on June 19th, July 3rd & 17th, August 7th & 21st and September 4th. And you can park all day on the beach for just $10 or for $5 on the Community Center lawn or for $4 in the Community Center lot (where our new pay stations accept credit cards).


Sure, government meetings are like watching sausage being made, but it's fascinating and you get to grill the sausage (it says so, right in the Constitution ... the Sausage Amendment, we believe). Right now, Treasure Island is in the midst of a huge meat factory of meetings: the Charter Review Committee (the Bratwurst of Meetings) meets Tuesdays at 2pm at City Hall and will serve up some piping hot amendments for you to chew on; the hot dogs of the Local Planning Agency talk about off-street parking regulations on Wednesday, June 9th at 3:30pm; and the Vision Steering Committee fires up the Big Gas Grill of the Future on Thursday, June 24th at 5:30pm in the Garden Room at the Community Center. Bring your tongs and take a juicy bite of delicious local government!