Tarpon settles suit for $17,500
By CANDACE RONDEAUX Published April 6, 2005

TARPON SPRINGS - Advisers to the city have settled a legal claim over an arrest two Tarpon Springs police officers made nearly five years ago, agreeing to pay a Tarpon Springs business owner $17,500.

Last week, the Florida League of Cities decided to settle a lawsuit filed by Tarpon Springs resident Eddie Mullally in U.S. District Court in Tampa. The League of Cities handles liability claims against the city, and Tarpon Springs pays a $25,000-per-case deductible.

Filed in April 2004, the lawsuit contends that Tarpon Springs police officers Tara Pavlyshin and Charles Kondek violated Mullally's civil rights when they arrested him at the bar he owns in Tarpon Springs nearly five years ago. Pavlyshin has since left the department; Kondek still works there.

Pavlyshin arrested Mullally, 42, on Oct. 29, 2000, after finding his bar, the Neptune Lounge at 13 Safford St., open after 2 a.m. Under city and county ordinances, businesses that sell alcoholic drinks must close by 2 a.m. Pavlyshin arrested Mullally at 2:03 a.m., according to a police report. Mullally also was charged with resisting arrest the same day.

The Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's Office declined to pursue both charges against Mullally in September 2001, saying the case did not warrant prosecution.

James Yacavone, the attorney who handles federal lawsuits against the city, said police officials were disappointed in the league's decision, but it would have cost the city more to fight Mullally's lawsuit in federal court than to settle it.

"Any settlement under $25,000 is cost-effective compared with what it would cost to litigate a case in federal court," Yacavone said. Yacavone added that Pavlyshin, 32, was not enthusiastic about participating in a trial for Mullally's lawsuit. Pavlyshin, who now lives in St. Lucie County, was hired by the Tarpon Springs police in July 1999. She left the department in August 2001, according to police records. Kondek, 36, has worked for the police department since March 1997.

Tarpon Springs police Chief Mark LeCouris declined to comment on the case, referring questions to attorneys for the city.

Mullally said Tuesday he was relieved the league agreed to settle his lawsuit.

"I never should have been arrested in the first place," Mullally said.

His lawsuit was one of more than a dozen that have been filed against Tarpon Springs police officers since 1998. Last year the league settled two legal claims against the police department for a total of $125,000.

In one case, the league agreed to pay $75,000 to the family of a New Port Richey man who brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the Police Department in 2003. In the second, the league paid a Tampa police detective $50,000 after Tarpon Springs police made mistakes that led to his arrest in 2003.

Mullally's attorney, John Shahan, said his client's claim is indicative of a pattern of such errors at the police department and poor training. "I think it's another issue with the police department where they need to have more training so their officers know what probable cause is and when to arrest someone," Shahan said.

Yacavone disagreed. He said the police department's record is not unusual for a city the size of Tarpon Springs. "I think their officers are as fine as any others," he said.

Copyright 2002-2005, St. Petersburg Times

The article below was taken from The Weekly Planet :

TARPONFEST
Tarpon Springs venue The Neptune Lounge has been throwing an annual March shindig for four years now; the club has provided a nurturing environment for emerging young Bay area bands for quite a while, though recently national underground touring acts have graced the stage with increasing frequency. While Saturday features the daylong bill (starting at 2 p.m.) that is the meat of TarponFest, there are four days' worth of notable shows going on here, so we'll list 'em all for your edification. Fri., March 18: Variety Workshop/Chubby Tuff/Synergy/Effusion/Hot Metal Sat., March 19: Uprise in Tragedy/Caius/Until Eternity/Car Full of Midgets/The Farce/Bomb Rockets/Noise for Heroes/Eugene/The Secret Handshake/The Homecoming/Brotha Mello Sun., March 20: Mason (West Palm Beach)/Echo Me Astronaut (West Palm Beach) Mon., March 21: Verona Burning (NYC)/My Hero is Me (NYC)/Greenhaven/Down Falls the Morning (Orlando) ( Neptune Lounge, Tarpon Springs )

December 2008

Dec 26 2008 8:00P
-CONCISE

November 2008

Nov 8 2008 8:00P
-PINEHILL
-STILL LIFE
-PELLETS ON TARGET
-FOR ALL THE UNHEARD

Nov 15 2008 8:00P
-THE LONG JOHNS
-THE SELLOUTS OF SKA
-ONE WAY
-CHUPASKABRA

oct 2008

Oct 4 2008 8:00P
-JOHNNY UNITE US
-NO LOVES
-RUDE SQUAD
-SURLY

Oct 6 2008 8:00P
-FROM THE PAWN
-THROUGH THE FIRE
-CHAOS ARCADE
-CLOSING THE HARBOR
-SET THE SIGHTS
-WHOM SHALL I FEAR

Oct 10 2008 8:00P
-ROMANCING THE HEARTLESS
-SECOND GLANCE
-LIFE LIKE THE MOVIES

Oct 12 2008 8:00P
-T13C
-THE ABSENTEE BALLOT
-THE WOODWORK

Oct 17 2008 8:00P
-AGO DECORUS
-ALVIRA, ATLANTA BURNS
-DENOUNCE THE BETRAYER

sep 2008

Sep 13 2008 8:00P
-ALL EYES BEFORE US
-SET THE SIGHTS
-CHAOS ARCADE
-A BREATH BENEATH US

Sep 19 2008 8:00P
-CURBSIDE

Sep 20 2008 8:00P
-FINALLY SETTING FIRE
-SET THE SIGHTS
-STERGTHEN WHAT REMAINS
-LATE NITE GLORY
-TAME THE SKY

Sep 26 2008 8:00P
-FLM
-ALL EYES BEFORE US
-AXE GANG
-MUGGED IN MEMORIAL

Sep 27 2008 8:00P
-VARIETY WORKSHOP
-SELECT START

Aug 2008

Aug 8 2008 8:00P
-ONE WAY
-LIMIT 57
-SHOWDOWN(LAST SHOW)
-SEVEN CITY
-CONCISE
-OH CLEMENCY

Aug 10 2008 8:00P
-WHOM SHALL I FEAR
-XTITANX
-REMEMBERING THE PILOT
-OH CLEMENCY

Aug 15 2008 8:00P
-RADIO OFF

Aug 16 2008 8:00P
-THE GREYS
-PROJECT MAYHEM X
-ISN’T SHE LOVELY
-THE DESTROID

Aug 17 2008 8:00P
-SELECT START
-CALLAHAN
-FINALLY SETTING FIRE
-BANALITY
-SET IT OFF

Aug 23 2008 8:00P
-UNTIL ETERNITY
-THE FLYING DUTCHMEN
-CLOSING THE HARBOR
-MOSCOW’s ON FIRE
-SIGHT THROUGH BLIND EYES

Aug 29 2008 8:00P
-HIGH FIVE GO

Aug 30 2008 8:00P
-FIRST NAME BASIS
-BETTER BY THE DAY

MAY 2008

April 2008

August 2006

July

[Fri] 7:
-- Valetta
-- Magnetic North
-- Faint Hearts and Fair minds

[Sat] 8:
-- Trial By Stone
-- Covet
-- Must Not Kill
-- Abatu

[Wed] 12:
--Meltman
--Bam Kag Rock
--Blue Print Democracy

[Fri] 14:
-- Crypt Creepers
-- Via Segovia
-- Berwick
-- The Denots
-- Asshole Party

[Sat] 15:
-- New Season,
-- The Modern Day Saint
-- KRiTiKaL ReSiStaNcE
-- Last Day Alive
-- Split 50

[Tue] July 18:
-- This Painted Red
-- Malison
-- Sea Turns Red
-- Broadmoore

[Wed] July 19:
--Shed For You
--Dinosaurs Roam
--Crypt Creepers
--Via Segovia

[Fri] July 21:
-- Elysium
-- Civil Tongue
-- The Blackened

[Sat] 22:
-- Thoreau
-- Farewell to Finley
-- Last Bulb Burning
--The Northside

[Sun] July 23:
-- New Heart
-- The Spinlight Letter
-- Perfuma

[Thu] July 27:
--This Will Be Remembered
--Social Lies
--Marty's Prayer
--This Day They Fear

[Fri] July 28:
-- Courtney's Birthday Bash
-- Until Eternity
-- Broken Wings
-- The Spinlight Letter

[Sat] 29:
-- Arm The Poor
-- Stuck Lucky
-- Jake and the Leftovers

[Sun] 30:
-- Trenton (CD Release)
-- Hot Vegas
-- A Love Like Pie

[Mon] 31:
-- Amberly Drive
-- Until Eternity
-- Marigold

[Sat] 3:
-- New Heart
-- Broken Wings
-- The Spinlight Letter

[Fri] 9:
-- New Heart,
-- TBA

[Sat] 10:
-- Civil Tongue
-- High Jinx

[Fri] 16:
-- Forgiving Silence
-- Comedy of Error
-- Backlash

[Sat] 17:
-- This Flawless Mind
-- Admorata
-- Calamity AM
-- Social Lies
-- Spectrum

[Sat] 24:
-- The Same
-- Anabellum
-- The Dark Romantics
-- Mouse Fire

[Mon] 26:
-- This Will Be Remembered
-- The Storm
-- Blood Soaked Memory
-- Motionless In Flight
-- Thoreau

May

[Fri] 5:
Cinco De Mayo Party:
-- Arm the Poor
-- Safety
-- Death Count Rising
-- Nothing in the dark
-- The Bomb Rockets

[Sat] 6:
-- Tres Bien
-- The Same
-- Disco Nap

[Fri] 12:
-- Belmont Place,
-- Arthur Front and The Money Makers

[Sat] 13:
-- Paradigm,
-- Affix
-- Thrash Jazz

[Fri] 19:
-- Arm The Poor
-- Hopesick
-- No More
-- Jake and the Leftovers

[Sat] 20:
-- Valetta
-- Dial 834
-- Noreen
-- Spectrum

[Sat] 27:
-- The Show,
-- TBA

[Sun] 28:
"The Death Count Will Rise No More Show"
-- Death Count Rising (Last Show)
-- Meltman
-- Blueprint Democracy

April

[Sat] 1:
-- Scav Squad
-- Spectrum

[Fri] 7:
-- Suburban Lockdown
-- Moral Decline
-- Arm The Poor
-- Bomb Rockets
-- Chapter XI

[Sun] 9:
-- Tator Junktion
-- Via Segovia
-- Cryptkeepers

[Fri] 14:
-- Valetta
-- Belmont Place
-- The Wreck
-- Social Lies

[Sat] 15:
-- Small Talk Death
-- My [left] Uterus
-- And I Dreamt of You
-- Lyndixon

[Sun] 16:
-- Tator Junktion
-- Straitlaced (Philadelphia, PA)
-- Kiss The Girls

[Fri] 21:
-- AA Dropouts
-- Forgiving Silence

[Sat] 22:
-- Yesterday Is Gone
-- Inkblot
-- Slander

[Fri] 28:
-- Magdi and the Smokin Crew
-- Chumley's Toy (Acoustic)

[Sat] 29:
-- Spectrum
-- Alfred Front and The Money Makers
-- Social Lies

March
[Fri] 3:
-- Exodus 2017,
-- Anastasis
-- Last Bulb Burning
-- Broken Authority

[Sat] 4:
NPG Presents,
-- Atlas
-- Matchmaker
-- Forgiving Silence
-- Wilson Avenue
-- Pig Pen

[Tue] 7:
-- Forever Endeavor
-- Were All Broken
-- Patent Pending

[Fri] 10:
-- Death Count Rising
-- Arm The Poor
-- Meltman
-- Asshole Party
-- Forewarned Injustice

[Sat] 11:
-- Glorified Bums,
-- TBA

[Fri] 17:
-- Social Lies
-- Last Bulb Burning
-- Late Nite
-- Exodus 2017

[Sat] 18:
NPG Presents: Cry Me a River,
Featuring:
-- Trenton
-- Something Like Simon
-- Engines Sleep

[Fri] 24:
-- Avernus Road
-- E-Merge
-- Burn Theory

[Thur] 30:
-- Exodus 2017
-- Broken Authority
-- It Live's Throughout
-- Soul Struck

[Fri] 31:
-- Wally Frazier
-- Inertia
-- Autotron
-- Carson

Febuary
[Fri] 3:
--The Lastt
-- Nefarious
-- Team Dude Fucker
-- Broken Wings
[Sat] 4:
-- New Heart
-- D.C. North
-- Last Bulb Burning
-- Social Lies
[Fri] 10:
-- Forewarned Injustice
-- Death Count Rising
-- Bomb Rockets
-- Arm The Poor
[Sat] 11:
-- Finding Mulder
-- Here B4
-- Mr. Bella
[Fri] 17:
-- This Flawless Mind
-- Thoreau
-- Scavenger Squad
-- AA Dropouts
[Sat] 18:
-- Via Segovia
-- Stimulant
-- Noise For Heroes
[Sun] 19:
-- Arm The Poor
-- The Upsiders (Orlando Ska Punk)
-- Slander
-- Nothing In the Dark
[Fri] 24:
-- Fox Fallen
-- New Season
-- First Thing First
-- Time and Distance
[Sat] 25:
-- Magdi and the Smoking Crew
-- Belmont Place
-- The Sacred
-- Estancia
-- Tragic Ending From a Perfect Start
-- Seven Ways To Sundown


January
[Mon] 2:
-- Arm The Poor
-- The Go Aways
-- Longshot Heros (PA)
-- Skantly Prepared
[Wed] 4:
-- Look Mexico (Tallahassee)
-- Mants
[Fri] 6:
-- Death Count Rising
-- Meltman
-- Asshole Party
-- Nothing In The Dark
-- Arm The Poor, 7pm $5.00
[Sat] 7:
-- Sewn Apart
-- Rash Of Stabbings
-- TBA
[Thur] 12:
-- Magdi and the Smoking Crew
-- Spectrum
[Fri] 13:
-- Tator Junktion
-- Berwick
-- Forgiving Silence
[Sat] 14:
-- Moral Decline, CD Release
-- The Horror
-- Forewarned Injustice
-- Suburban Lockdown
[Sun] 15:
Rachel's Birthday Bash!
-- Death Count Rising
-- Arm The Poor
-- Bomb Rockets
-- Meltman
[Mon] 16:
-- Kind of Like Spitting (Barsuk/Hush Records)
-- Swayze (Arkain Records)
-- Warren Hixson (Arkain Records)
[Wed] 18:
-- The Count To Ten
-- Kiss the Girls,
-- Disco Nap
-- Hey can that Ten fit on the Bed
[Fri] 20:
-- Valetta
-- Tator Junktion
-- Noise for Heroes
[Sat] 21:
-- Madgi and the Smoking Crew
-- Dream til Tuesday
-- Seven Ways From Sundown
[Fri] 27:
-- Exodus 2017
-- Fall Empire Fall
-- Inkblot
-- Yesterday Is Gone

December
[Fri] 2:
-- Sleep When Your Dead
-- Carry Your Ghost
-- The Denots
-- Dial 834
[Sat] 3:
-- At the Court of Atilla
[Fri] 9:
-- Pulling Birds
-- Swayze
-- Revere
-- Will Quinlan
[Sat] 10:
-- New Heart
-- D.C. North
-- Providence
[Fri] 16:
-- Valetta
-- Thoreaux
-- High Five Go.
-- Eversfield
[Sat] 17:
-- Johnny Utah and the Funk Bastards
-- No Recess
[Thur] 22:
-- Make It Snow Tour 05'
-- The Same
-- Antebellum
-- The Comedy Of Error
-- Noise For Heroes
[Fri] 23:
-- Where's My Mind? Volume 2
-- Growing Season,
-- Arm The Poor,
-- Slander
-- The Lastt
[Thur] 29:
-- Aural Ammunition
-- John Saxon and the Immudables
-- Jake and the Leftovers
-- Nambia
[Fri] 30:
-- Andrew Mertes
-- Michael Mosely
-- Peter Hussey and friends
[Sat] 31:
CarlFest, featuring,
-- Revere,
-- Finding Findley

November
[Fri] 4:
--Jyme CD Release with Special Guests. Show Starts at 8pm, $5 All Ages
[Sat] 5:
-- Arm The Poor
-- Death Count Rising
-- The Bomb Rockets
-- Revere
[Fri] 11:
-- Dial 834
-- Malayne
-- Preson
[Sat] 12:
-- Forgiving Silence
-- Hazard Factor
-- Johnny Utah and the Funk Bastards
[Fri] 18:
-- Valetta
-- Iota Grey
-- Berwick
[Sat] 19: The Dead Fish Handshake Tour
Tickets are $7
Featuring:
-- Delusional 3
-- Scared Cell
-- No Recess
[Fri] 25:
-- Gulf Coast Riot
-- Synthetic Awakening
-- Slander
[Wed] 30:
-- Nambia
-- The Homecoming
-- The Sloppy Meat Eaters

October

[Sat] 1:
-- Sewn Apart
-- Dial 834
-- The Denots
$6 for under 21
$5 for over 21
Show starts about 8:30pm
[Fri] 7:
-- Carry Your Ghost
-- The Lastt
[Sat] 8:
-- Project 13
-- TBA
[Fri] 14:
-- Death Count Rising
-- Nothing in The Dark
-- Forewarned Injustice
-- Moral Decline
[Sat] 15:
-- Via Segovia
-- Still Looking Back
-- The Denots
[Fri] 21:
-- Gulf Coast Riot
[Sat] 22:
-- The Satsukos
-- Dead end Kids
[Fri] 28:
Arm The Poor Halloween Party (Costume Contest)
-- The Dead Popes
-- Hopesick
-- Kill Roy
-- Arm The Poor
-- Forewarned Injustice
-- The Bomb Rockets
[Sat] 29:
Halloween Fest '05 (Costume Contest)
Doors: 2pm
Price: $8 all day re-entry
*$3 domestic and New Castle
*$4 Imports
-- DJs Harold and MOD.... playing the best shit you have ever heard throughout the day and in between bands. Dance! Drink!! Dance!!!
-- Cody and the Condiments 2:30-2:50
-- Worldwide Zoo 3:00-3:30
-- Go-Go Pod 3:45-4:05
-- A Fall Affair 4:20-5:00
-- The Girls Named Lourtis (Englewood, FL) 5:15-5:40
-- The Mosaic 5:55-6:20
-- Mants 6:35-7:10
-- Yip Yip (Orlando, FL) 7:25-7:50
-- Dooms de Pop (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) 8:00-8:30
-- The Same 8:45-9:25
-- Sayonara Tokyo (Miami, FL) 9:40-10:20
-- Tres Bien! 10:35-11:15
-- Shed For You 11:30-12:00
Costume Contest! (following Shed For You) The winner will be judged by the bands and must stay til the end and will be decided by best dressed costume. The prize will be a package of merch from every band.
[Mon] 31:
Final Halloween Bash
-- Sewn Apart
-- Dial 834
-- Pig Pen
-- Berwick
-- Belmont Place

September
[Fri] 2 :
-- Paradigm
-- One Perfect Minute
-- MT40 (Naples)
[Sat] 3 :Starting at 7pm