Dishing with Mark & Carrie 10-23-13

Posted on October 23, 2013 by admin

NO Fence in Ybor this Year!!!

Halloween Celebrations in GaYBOR/Ybor City

Three Cheers for NO FENCE in Ybor City this year. This years Halloween Events are going to be over the top FUN!!! Saturday during the day there will be events for children. A 500 pumpkin patch in Centro Ybor and The First Annual “Bed Races'”. The Best place to watch the Bed Races will be on Hamburger Mary’s Balcony with Tea Cup. There are many organizations and clubs coming together for an incredible time. See you all in GaYBOR/Ybor City

Letter to Tampa City Council

(In the Tampa Tribune Today)

It is come to the attention of ALL citizens in Tampa that the Tampa City Council has proposed that ALL Tampa establishments (bars, clubs, restaurants, convenience stores, movie theaters) that sell liquor close at midnight. Some may stay open with stronger added permit regulations. Council states this is because of at closing violence at Club Manilla, just east of Ybor City and Club Empire on 7th Ave. Both have self imploded and are gone. Numerous clubs have the same audience, yet maintain a good neighbor standing in the community.

The idea that changing the closing to midnight to reduce after bar closing violence is totally wong & will actually increase violence. At midnight in Ybor City there are 30 times the people here than at 3am. That would mean 30 times more violence. No matter what the closing time is, people will power drink 1 hour before closing. The violence will be unbelievable and totally out of control. Tamp City Council should take a close look at how the Hard Rock Casino on the Seminal Indian Reservation in Tampa City limits, handles bar closing violence. There is no bar closing!!! They stay open 24 hours a day 365 days a year. There is no problem of power bing drinking. There is no problem of everybody at the same time being pushed out into the street. There is no problem of everybody driving away at the same time. There is no increase of police at closing.

It’s time Tampa leaders adopt a policy for the gem of Tampa, Historic Ybor City similar to the Historic French Quarter in New Orleans and allows liquor sales 22/7. 2 Hours for cleaning. It is also time for Tampa to adopt an open container policy in Ybor City Historic District like the one in Historic Savannah, Georgia. How many time have we all been in a club and people rush to finish a drink because their friends wanted to go to a different club.

It is time for the Tampa City Council to rethink and work on this issue and stop punishing all the honest hard working club owners & staffs. It’s time for Tampa City Council to help level the playing field. It’s time to allow Ybor City to fairly compete, not only with Savannah, GA & New Orleans but the local Hard Rock Casino.

Mark Bias

Owner of MC Film

1901 N 15th Street

Ybor City, FL 33605

Week 3: The Tampa Citizen Police Academy

Posted on October 23, 2013 by admin

Week 3: The Tampa Citizen Police Academy

The Mark & Carrie Experience

Helicopter, Horses, Dogs & more

It was another exciting week at the Police Academy. The police cadets moved the parking cones off the lot and down came the police helicopter. Officer & pilot Dave Denison gave a great tour of the beautiful machine. There are 6 full time pilots and 6 assistants on the force. The copper are in the skies over Tampa about 10 hours per day. The cost to run the coppers is $1,000 to $1,500 per hour. Our Tampa force has 2 large choppers at a cost of 4-5 million each. There is also a smaller one. They are equipped with some very high teck things. One of the impressive new items is…the officers and dogs on the ground now wear LED lights that only the choppers can see. This is a huge aid in observations from the sky. After a fun photo of the chopper made a dramatic exit .It was kinda like Glenda the Good Witch leaving OZ.

Officers Tim & Kelly introduced us to the horses. Coming from Ybor City we both recognized the horses. “Tank” is a very big horse and “Termite” is always chewing. There are 8-10 horses in service. 4 full time officers and 10 other that are qualified to ride.. All the horses are donated from the public. Each horse wears rubber boots 9 this helps protect them from broken glass. the riders all use English saddles. this give the officers more control. The horses are especially effective in crowd control. The demonstration was impressive as how gentle yet effective this horse are. The officers said that when they ride up on a horse and ask you to move, don’t get upset. What the officers are really saying is “Your a potential victim and need to get out of here.”

Officers Ryan & Ray introduced us to their partners & buddies “Razo” & “Chestney”. These police dogs are the best of the best. They are purchased from breeders at a cost of $10,000+ each. they then go thru 600 hours of training over 3-5 months. There are 14 dual purpose dog that do regular police work and 1/2 narcotics and 1/2 bomes sniffing. The dogs understand English and some Dutch & some German too. When the dogs retire the ofice get the first chance to adopt them Most of the dogs remain with the officers. Did you know that in the Air Force Carrie was a drug dog trainers? At home later this same night there on TV were Ryan & ray doing a demonstration at a local water park. All our Police Officers work long days!

The night ended with a quick tour of the Forensics Truck. Officer Alicia Kaufman explained the big truck comes with a generator that runs large LED outside lights. There were hard hats, shovels and tons of other things to collect evidence. It was interesting that metal paint cans are used to put cell phones in. Once placed in a can or wrapped 5 times with foil. The phones can not be de activated.

Next week It’s Specialty Teams including TRT/HNT Demos & EOD Demo & Specialty vehicles & Marine -Dive Team. We can’t wait!!!

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Congratulations Hamburger Mary’s Clearwater.

Posted on October 23, 2013 by admin

The New hamburger Mary’s in Clearwater held the official grand Opening Oct 17th. Clearwater Mayor George N. Cretekos and his wife were present for the ribbon cutting ceremony. Following the ribbon cutting mayor George delighted the guests by cutting & distributing smaller pieces of the ribbon. The party moved inside to toast with champain and sample items on the menu. Miss Hamburger Mary & Miss Stephanie Shippae’ were there to meet & greet the Party People. Later in the night there was a wonderful show. Become fans today so you don’t miss out on any of the fun.
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Bear Party

Posted on October 23, 2013 by admin

The Bear movement is taking a strong hold on GaYBOR. there is the once a month party at the Ybor Social. Now every Sunday there is a Bear arty at Bradley’s on 7th. Coming soon will be a monthly Military Uniform at the R.Bar in GaYBOR. See all the photos here.

You Can Not make this Up.

Posted on October 23, 2013 by admin

Winner of the First Bradley’s on 7th Chili Cook Off.

In 2011 was the very first Chili Cook off at Bradley’s on 7th. The regulars all thought they had the very best chili in town. Mark came up with a very different idea. He made the Asian dish congee (see video below) then added lots of chili powder and white beans. Presto it was a strange white chili. The day of the event and there were many different kinds of chili. All of them really looked & tasted great, even the chili from the can Bud brought in. As luck would have it the contest was on a Sunday afternoon. A big group of our Asian sisters had just come from Thai Temple. We told them they all had to go and try the chili. The guys all laughed at us and said “We no eat American chili!” We laughed back and told them they had to try each one. Of course they liked the Asian one. The winner of the very first cook off went to Mark & Carrie . An now you know the rest of the story.