The local mainstream media don't follow his campaigns or lawsuits anymore. Kelly, akin to a noisy bulldog, who relentlessly barks when he senses threats, has never been one to let mainstream snubs silence him. In high school, the British Columbia native says, his anger at a teacher prompted him to write a profound term paper arguing that Isaac Newton invented calculus after his theories of gravity. Needless to say, he didn't graduate. Everything I ever wanted to learn, I've probably already studied.
Money is a language everyone understands.
And Kelly obviously has some, although he is guarded about its origins. Over the past 10 years he has bought more than eight full-page ads in the St. Petersburg Times , The Tampa Tribune and the Washington Post to espouse his discontent with politics. Kelly also keeps the copy stores rich. Just the copying charges have got to get expensive. He points to the site of his first battle with City Hall, the Maas Brothers building.