Ron Cunningham

Don’t leave Tom Petty Park out of the Sweetwater Greenway Loop. About five years ago, a handful of like-minded GNV folks came up with the idea of developing a Sweetwater Greenway Loop through the h…

Sometimes you just gotta get the hell out of town: Minnie Driver, Gross Point Blank. Autumn is bursting out all over. Long story short. I got outa town. Next thing I know I’m in Primrose, N.C. with…

Sooo last century Every time I vote in Alachua County I wonder about our last-century ballot technology, And then I dutifully take up the proffered magic marker and proceed to mark my candidate pre…

Quick, what put GNV on the map? A tree? A factory? A canoe? An old building? I would not call GNV’s official city logo a “choo-choo train. That seems to me rather churlish shorthand intended to den…

Saturday, be there or be square. Hey, waddya doin on Saturday GNV? Yeah, I know. The Game. But let’s face it, this next Gator game is likely to be damned depressing. Like the last two. So why not d…

No, these really aren’t the same guys who beat Auburn and Ole Miss. Listen, I’m not the kind of guy to say ‘I tole you so.’ But I tole you so, Gator Nation. I tole you so in my recent post ‘I see a…

Remember that time Gov. Reubin Askew called a special session of the Florida Legislature because we were killing our children in the dark? Apparently nobody else does either. It was in the winter o…

By 2013, the St. John’s River To The Sea Loop will become the longest paved, off-road loop trail in the American southeast. That same year will also mark the 500th anniversary of Spain’s colon…

Ron Cunningham says GRU, city should work together on Power District, avoiding costly lawsuits and ensuring the property’s future benefits Gainesville.

Listen, friends and neighbors. I ain’t one to traffic in troubling omens. But I’m troubled. A portent of Gator good? Or a sign of bad times a comin’? As it happens, I was at a friend’s beach house …

Wait! What” Glenn Terry is retiring? Say it ain’t so. Great news. GNV isn’t done with flying pigs. Not by a long shot. There was some concern that last year’s third annual Flying Pigs Parade throug…

The biggest challenge in a divorce is arriving at a fair division of assets. The shoddy law firm – aka the Florida Legislature – that handled the extremely messy divorce involuntarily s…

A cure for what ails you. Like I told you all before, friends, neighbors and loyal readers (all three of you) I am a reluctant gym rat. Normally, I drag myself to Planet Fitness three times a week …

Just who is Mayor of Tampa anyway? Listen, I’ve already posted a “This Is Ron’s Florida” blog about Tampa’s splendid Riverwalk. But I had these striking images left over and couldn’t resist showing…

Tampa reimagined a derelict waterfront and created a place for people to live, work and play. John Lennon pointed the way. Which I thought was very nice of him. Lennon was loitering outside my hote…

Before we go any further, I think it’s important that we scotch a particularly insidious rumor making the rounds. About Banksy, Andy…and me. The Art Of Banksy Exhibit at Tampa’s Straz Center For Th…

In which my cycling/DEI cover is well and truly blown. My all time favorite reader complaint during my 30 years as Sun editorial page editor arrived in the form of a short and sweet e-mail. Ron Cun…

The land of dancing water. Like I told you all before, friends, neighbors and loyal readers, reality ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. And even though Iceland is a breathtaking island in its own rig…

Hey, look! A Floridian. How can you tell a Floridian in Iceland? He’s the one posing his reflective sun glasses on an ice floe in an attempt to get a killer shot. On a more serious note. Iceberg La…

The lost tribe of Iceland. Listen, you know me, friends, neighbors and loyal readers. I am anything but judgmental or critical. Heck, I recently looked up “open minded” in the dictionary just for g…