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friendly forest homes

Flowers bloom as the sun rises through the trees at Bay Hills Circle, Thonotosassa, where hometown dreams mean inexpensive but creatively enhanced houses in the woods.
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mattmedia archives

memoir, mission statement

introducing mattmedia
April 2004
On March 4, 2002, Matt Lorenz lost his job for the first time. He stayed on projects eight more weeks, solidifying his position as The Last Tampa Bay Devil Rays Director of Publications.
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political humor

A plea for democracy in Florida
November 2004
The following was to have been faxed to New York and Atlanta during the buildup to President Bush’s reelection.
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political comment

Reprising a theme, pursuing a dream
July 2004
The speeches of John Edwards and John Kerry at the 2004 Democratic convention echoed the basked-in-cheers words of the party’s most recent president and greatest living success.
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news release

Bush parody attends Yale graduation
May 2004
Not wishing to cause “a distraction,” President Bush announced this month that he would not attend daughter Barbara’s May 24 graduation from Yale University, but his likeness showed up to amuse the celebrants.
 

 
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ORDERING INFORMATION >>

sports comment

Unpremeditated roster, Devil Rays
submit Yankees to early field trials

April 2004
ESPN put the Yankees on trial April 8. That Harvard lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, befriended the suddenly salary-cap-happy Boston Nine by leading prosecution of The Empire Team from The Empire State.
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the art of living

The hidden treasures of Ranchero:
Resort residency minus tourist cost

To own the Tampa Bay lifestyle, you can buy a condo or townhouse "from the 200s," "from the 400s" or, in the case of Tampa's Trump Tower, "from the 700s." You can buy an average in-ground house for $168,400.

Or you could own a solid, spacious, attractive home for what you might pay in taxes somewhere else. Migrate seasonally, play landlord part of the year, or turn a vacation resort into your fulltime address. If you're 45 or older, you can find premier residential resort buys at Ranchero Village, a community of 945 manufactured homes just north of St. Petersburg and just south of Clearwater.

Ranchero offers limited access — gates at Belcher and Ulmerton roads — but almost unlimited advantages. It's scenic, social and secure. It's not Malibu — where CBS reported that manufactured homes sell for more than $1 million each on lots leased for $2,500 per month — but is central to water, located midway between the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay itself. Ranchero buyers pay the low five figures instead of the low sevens, and their monthly leases average $428.

As the information on this and linked pages shows, Ranchero's lifestyle value sets a standard difficult to match.

Look westward: Ranchero Village's own shady Fifth Street
leads toward the Hacienda Clubhouse, the tennis courts,
and one of the three heated pools.

Ranchero Village. 7100 Ulmerton Road, Largo, FL 33771

· 3 social centers, 3 heated pools, 4 tennis courts, fitness room, sauna
· Computer center, billiards room, workshops, on-site office
· Full array of clubs, full calendar of observances and events
· North and west entrances; wide, safe streets; controlled night access
· Low maintenance — lawn care, tree care and trash removal provided
· Lakes, palms, pines, fruit trees, gazebo gardens and home flowerbeds

For two outstanding Ranchero home buys, see details below
For more about the community, call up rancherovillage.com

>>A special invitation to Coquina Key Arms residents>>

 

 

senior savings

Locals, Northerners find haven in North Pinellas

Citizens and U.S. visitors 55 or older experience inexpensive but charming, safe and social living at Palm Harbor's Tarpon Lakeview Mobile Home Park, a mile south of Tarpon Springs. CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS AND FACTS ABOUT SALES, LEASE OPTIONS AND RENTALS.

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