
Craig Pittman
@craigtimes
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WELCOME TO FLORIDA now available! Other books: NYT bestseller OH, FLORIDA! & CAT TALE. Columnist, Florida Phoenix. Florida man.
St. Petersburg FL
Joined August 2009
Nothing like opening the Sunday edition of #Florida's largest newspaper and seeing this piece about my new book THE STATE YOU'RE IN occupying nearly a full page in the features section. via @colettemb
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It's "Oh, #Florida! The Newsletter," exploding into your TL like a batch of fireworks set off by a lightning bolt!
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Sunday afternoons are a GREAT time to catch up on the "Welcome to #Florida" podcast. In recent episodes we've explored the "super-trees" that could replace citrus, "White Trash Cooking," the explorer behind "Abandoned FL" & Biscayne Bay. Dive in!
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Column: A big #Florida developer tried to build houses in a flood-prone area & county commissioners told him a word he'd rarely heard before: NO! My latest for @FLPhoenixNews also includes shout-outs to Handel, "Hamilton" & the Wizard of Oz.
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For our latest "Welcome to #Florida" podcast, we chatted with @MikeGrunwald about his new book WE ARE EATING THE EARTH & especially the part where he describes "super-trees" that could bail out the embattled citrus industry.
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It's "Oh, #Florida! The Newsletter," leaping into your TL like a shark jumping up from the waves to head-butt a surfer dude!
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Sunday afternoons are a GREAT time to catch up on the "Welcome to #Florida" podcast. In recent episodes, we've delved into "White Trash Cooking," crocodiles, "Abandoned Florida," pioneering photographer Julian Dimock & Biscayne Bay. Dive in, y'all!
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Opposition grows to #Florida Gov. Ron DeSastrous' "Alligator Alcatraz" detention center in Everglades as enviro groups sue to stop the work. via @ParksTraveler.
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RT @jhauserman: Thanks to @craigtimes for providing the essential backstory on the #Florida Everglades site the state seized this week with….
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Press release: #Florida enviro groups sue to protect Everglades from Gov. Ron DeSastrous' reckless detention center project he's calling Alligator Alcatraz. Suit points out the plan has gone through no environmental review & public has had no opportunity to comment.
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Column: #Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz" ignores both Everglades environment & history. My latest for @FLPhoenixNews also features shout-outs to "The Simpsons," John D. MacDonald and "Airplane!"
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For our latest "Welcome to #Florida" podcast, we talked to @michaeladno about the author of the bestseller "White Trash Cooking," a dyed-in-the-wool Florida man whose work owed a lot to his backwoods upbringing & mama, Edna Rae. Dig in, y'all!
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It's "Oh, #Florida! The Newsletter," busting into your TL like a burglar who breaks into a roadside zoo to frolic with the goats!
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Sunday afternoons are a GREAT time to catch up on the "Welcome to #Florida" podcast. Recent episodes have highlighted the "Abandoned FL" website, Biscayne Bay, pioneering photographer Julian Dimock & crocodiles. These shows have some real snap!
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Column: Sewage spills are popping up all over #Florida but the money for testing our waterways for their pollution is drying up. My latest for @FLPhoenixNews also features shout-outs to SpongeBob Squarepants, Buddy Rich and "Jaws."
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On our latest "Welcome to #Florida" podcast episode, we talked to the "urban explorer" who snaps photos inside old prisons, schools and mansions for the Abandoned Florida website. Trespassing is fun!
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It's "Oh, #Florida! The Newsletter," rolling into your TL like a manatee statue stolen by a guy on a skateboard!
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Sunday afternoons are a GREAT time to catch up on the "Welcome to #Florida" podcast. In recent episodes we've talked about Biscayne Bay, the early 1900s photos of Julian Dimock, the important but little-known Lake Wales Ridge & crocodiles. Jump in!
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TODAY IN FERNANDINA BEACH! Come to the Story & Song bookstore to share some laughs & some lunch as I yak about my new book WELCOME TO #FLORIDA! Dress code is casual so even tho tickets are $55, you don't have to wear your Sunday go-to-meeting flip flops!
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TOMORROW IN FERNANDINA BEACH! Come share some laughs & some lunch with me at the Story & Song bookstore, where I'll be yakking about my new book WELCOME TO #FLORIDA! Tickets are $55 but your emotional support iguana can get in free -- if it's on a leash.
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