Penny For Your Thoughts, Nickel For A Streetcar

The Tampa Tribune Published: October 10, 2008 TAMPA - Bring your nickels Saturday. Streetcar rides will be 5 cents all day in downtown Tampa in recognition of the TECO Line streetcar system's six-year anniversary. The annual Streetcar Fest includes coupons for children 10 and younger to eat free at participating Ybor City restaurants, plus $5 off admission to the Florida Aquarium. Tours of the streetcar barn in Ybor will be provided. Rich Shopes St. Pete's Baker Is Mayor Of Year ST. PETERSBURG - Call him the best in the business. Mayor Rick Baker, who has led the city since 2001, has been chosen America's Mayor of the Year by Governing magazine. Baker, 52, was selected from than 20,000 mayors across the country for the annual award, which the magazine created in 1994, the city announced Thursday morning. Previous mayors... [read full story]