NextGen Florida Calling Out Brian Mast

"Representative Brian Mast is standing by silently as families are torn apart and children are held in cages. His behavior is reprehensible, and shows he has no business representing this state in Congress." - Carly Cass, Florida State Youth Director

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Ybor Paparazzi

Carlos Jose Angel Hermida

THE PAYDAY LENDING INDUSTRY HAS BOUGHT FLORIDA’S POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT

Of the $2,556,457 given to Florida politicians and political parties by payday lenders since 2009, more than one-third of the money ($970,050) came from members of the Florida-based MacKechnie family and their payday lending company, Amscot Financial. Amscot was founded in 1986 to provide borrowers a bank-like alternative to a liquor store or pawn shop, said company founder 
Ian MacKechnie. 

The company has 239 locations across Florida, focusing in areas where banking options are slim. In 1998 Amscot Financial plead guilty to civil racketeering charges and as part of the plea agreement stemming from these charges, the company’s founder, Ian MacKechnie, Sr., was banned for life from selling auto insurance in Florida.

Here are your Democrats who have taken money Payday Lender Lobbyists

Candidates for U.S. House & U.S. Senate (2009 - 2016):

ALCEE HASTINGS $110,700

KENDRICK MEEK $72,800

PATRICK MURPHY $51,000

DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ $50,600

CHARLIE CHRIST $29,000

RON KLEIN $27,400

KATHY CASTOR $17,000

TED DEUTCH $14,500

SUZANNE KOSMAS $14,000

ALLEN BOYD $14,000

GWEN GRAHAM $7,700

ALAN GRAYSON $10,300

JOE GARCIA $12,000

LOIS FRANKEL $10,000

ALEX SINK $9,750

BILL NELSON $5,000

GERALDINE THOMPSON $2,700

DARREN SOTO $2,000

LORI EDWARDS $1,000

Candidates for Florida State House & Senate (2009 - 2014)

that you may just know:

Oscar Braynan II $2,500

Janet Cruz $2,000 

Arthenia Joyner $2,000 

Rick Kriesman $1,500 

Daryl Rousson $2,000

 Betty Reed $500 

Jeremy Ring $2,000 
Sean Shaw $1,000 
Alex Sink (governor's race) $4,500

By Beth Eriksen Shoup

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AMSCOT was a sponsor of the 

Hillsborough County Democratic Party's 

 Spring Fling

Wanted: Better Choices for Tampa Mayor

I feel like Commissioner Gordon who resorts to sending up the bat signal in times of distress.

And I’ve got plenty of company.

The six candidates who have declared to run in 2019 for mayor of Tampa just cannot be the best a city of 385,000 has to offer.  I have resided in Orlando, Tallahassee, and Sarasota.  Frankly, the Tampa slate’s lack of quality is quite shocking. more

By Jim Bleyer

Florida Dems Banned From US Concentration Camp

Sen. Bill Nelson and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz were denied entry Tuesday into a federal facility in Homestead housing immigrant children. The company operating the facility granted a tour but the Department of Health and Human Services blocked them. here
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 "HHS just blocked us from entering its facility in Homestead, Florida to check on the welfare of the children being held here. They are obviously hiding something, and we are going to get to the bottom of this." 

Senator Bill Nelson

Florida GOP Awful Report Card

In 2018, which Florida state legislators actually voted to put people first instead of powerful special interests? here

Marco Rubio Defends Trump's Inhumane Child-Separation Policy

Rubio spent the weekend defending Trump's policy and, absurdly, blaming President Obama for the scenes playing out along the border. here
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Call Him 202-224-3041

Andrew Gillum Tampa Fans

Wayne and Scott in Ybor

Richard Corcoran, Endorses Aakash Patel

Florida GOP State Rep. Richard Corcoran, speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, has endorsed Aakash Patel for Hillsborough County Commission. here

Olivia's Campaign Kick-Off Party!

In Sarasota. info

Constitutional Amendment #9

#9 

PROHIBITS OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DRILLING; PROHIBITS VAPING IN ENCLOSED INDOOR WORKPLACES. 

here 

Knock On Doors With Tampa DSA

Saturday, June 23 at 2 PM

Seminole Heights Library

info

Florida Treasure Bianca Jazmine

A singer-songwriter from South Florida with an insightful message to advocate for peace, empathy, and unity. She hopes to encourage everyone to embrace their individuality, and use our unique personalities and ideas to help others and bring the world together. here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Pho Bowl

At Asiatic in Ybor City

Andrew Gillum Tampa Phone Bankers

June 20 at 6:30 PM

East Tampa
info

More Jane Castor Disaster: Her Racist Policies

Attorneys knowledgable with civil rights law assert that Jane Castor’s admission of racial profiling under her regime as Tampa’s police chief opens up the city to a bevy of lawsuits.

Damages could run into the millions if every victim of Castor’s “biking while black” targeting comes forward and becomes a party to legal action.

Castor has filed to run for 
mayor of Tampa!

By Jim Bleyer

more

Miami's Attack On Mass Transit

In the past year, Miami-Dade Transit cut service on 39 bus routes, affecting one in two local bus riders. here

Exposing Local Phonies

I have been reading a lot on Facebook about how much people care about ICE locking up children in cages. Image above was taken in front of the ICE office in 
Ybor City in protest of those practices. 
Where was everybody?

Ybor Paparazzi

Walter Smith

Andrew Gillum Tampa Fans

Weekly sign waving at

Dale Mabry Hwy & Kennedy Blvd - Tampa

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Help him here

Alan Grayson 2018

Gio Rice Of Bay City Tattoos In Ybor City

Apparently Bay City Tattoos in Ybor employs an individual who thinks migrants and refugees getting assaulted, traumatized and murdered by US Border Patrol is totally fine, having made the below post in the Vigil For Victims Killed By Border Patrol event. Would be a real shame, I guess, if Geo Rice's employer were made aware of their despicable racist views, and/or if folks decided to boycott the place...

Andrew Gillum: "It's Time We Pay Teachers What They're Worth."

Vigil For Victims Killed By Border Patrol In Ybor

Debbie and Susan

Justin

Z and Kara

Scott

Wayne

Gonzo

TPD

ICE - Ybor City, Florida

Visit them HERE

Ybor City Homeless

Meet Abe

Keep Alejandra Here: Call The ICE Office In Miami

954.236.4909

Calling All Florida Berners

Remember what we did

for Bernie 2 years ago?

Lets do it again for Andrew.

Endorsed by OUR REVOLUTION!

Join us here

291 Floridians With Guns That Shouldn't Have Them

Republican Adam Putnam, Florida Ag Commissioner and candidate for governor, answers questions about foulup of concealed weapons permit processing in his office. Says all background checks actually were run, but what employee did wrong was not put names flagged as problematic in database, meaning meaning 291 got permit 
they shouldn’t have‬.

You Vote Florida?

For Hillsborough County, Florida 

Primary Election: August 28, 2018

General Election: November 6, 2018

Eligible individuals can register to vote at any time. The deadline to register in order to participate in an upcoming election is 29 days before the election. The registration deadlines for 2018 are:

Primary Election: July 30, 2018

General Election: October 9, 2018

If you aren't registered as a Democrat or a Republican you can't vote in the primary. Please register and please vote - it is your country!

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