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THE CITY Photo by Camille Pyatte Critics Picks BEST GAME OF THE YEAR (SO FAR) USF vs. West Virginia at Raymond James Stadium BEST BABY-FACED POLITICO Kelly Kirschner BEST UNDERDOGS April Sheffield and Andrea Daniels BEST SUCCÉS DE SCANDALE Robert Bartolotta BEST MUNICIPAL SCARE Property Tax Cuts 2007 BEST REVOLVING DOOR Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall BEST NIGHT TO BE IN ON THE JOKE Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me at the Van Wezel BEST IMPRESSION OF MICHAEL BROWN Kathy Dent BEST LOCAL HERO John Rivers, North County Commission Action Task Force BEST MIDDLE-SCHOOL TEACHER Joanna Hapner BEST HIGH-SCHOOL DRAMA Booker High BEST INFAMOUS CELEB Tim Donaghy BEST MALAPROPIST Norman Jewison BEST HATER Michael Stoops Best RUM-DINGER Ron Klineschmidt BEST HOME IMPROVEMENT Sarasota Memorial Hospital BEST 1,200-FOOT MOVE Florida House Learning Center BEST BANK NAME The Bank of Commerce BEST KARAOKE NIGHT Friday Night at Memories Lounge BEST HOOCHIE HANGOUT Blu 1266 Lounge BEST RUMP SHAKING DIRT BEST LGBT ROMPER ROOM Tea Dances at Esca BEST PARTY VENUE Bishop Planetarium BEST ESCAPE Ybor City BEST PARK FOR KIDS Arlington Park and Aquatic Complex BEST EXERCISE THAT MOST CLOSELY RESEMBLES MEDITATION/SUICIDE Jogging over the Ringling Causeway / Biking over the Ringling Causeway BEST PROCRASTINATION DEVICE Office Basketball BEST ALIENATION DEVICE Screaming Flying Monkey BEST BLOGGER Jaden Hair, steamykitchen.com BEST PODCASTER Latisha Gray BEST TV REPORTER Bruce Asbury BEST WEATHERMAN Justin Mosely BEST USE OF THE WORD “BRO” Andrew Meyer BEST USE OF THE WORD “GROIN” Kurt Schultheis, The Observer: Longboat BEST WAY TO DEVALUE HUMANITY SRQ’s Human Capital BEST TYPO 800-733-2777 BEST OBLIGATORY MENTION Nicole Kaney Readers Picks BEST LOCAL POLITICIAN (Tie) Vern Buchanan, Ken Shelin WORST LOCAL POLITICIAN Vern Buchanan BIGGEST WASTE OF TAXPAYER MONEY Ed Smith Stadium BEST LOCAL NEWSPAPER REPORTER Mary Catherine Coolidge (Pelican Press) BEST LOCAL TV REPORTER Linda Carson (WWSB-Channel 7) BEST RADIO STATION WSLR BEST RADIO DJ MJ (WFLZ) BEST BUCS PLAYER Mike Alstott BEST RAYS PLAYER Carl Crawford BEST LIGHTNING PLAYER Martin St. Louis BEST CELEBRITY YOU LOVE TO HATE Jerry Springer BEST CELEBRITY YOU HATE TO LOVE Jerry Springer LOCAL HERO George Generoso LOCAL ZERO Katherine Harris BEST NEIGHBORHOOD: SARASOTA Southside Village BEST BEACH Siesta Key BEST GOLF COURSE Bobby Jones BEST PARTY DISTRICT Siesta Key BEST SPORTS BAR The Sports Page BEST DANCE CLUB The Five O’Clock Club BEST LOCAL BLOG The 941 BEST-KEPT SECRET The Cock & Bull Pub BEST CHARITY EVENT Giving Hunger the Blues BEST THING TO SHOW OFF TO OUT-OF-TOWNERS Beaches |
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