Sunday, January 31, 2016
Hillsborough County Animal Shelter: Just Let Them Go
Animal lovers in Hillsborough County, are sick and tired of a county shelter that is not doing its job. For months, volunteers have been going public about serious issues with the shelter, the biggest issue being that with the new shelter director, Scott Trebatoski,
it's all about the numbers and
NOT about the welfare of the animals. here
it's all about the numbers and
NOT about the welfare of the animals. here
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Chopped Steak
With Mashed Potatoes and Cole Slaw
At Maw's Vittles in Brooksville
Visit them here
Eat Local!
Saturday, January 30, 2016
Draft Linda Saul-Sena For Senate
“I’m flattered when people approach me, but I’m eager to see some fresh faces.”
She believes the Senate seat is definitely
viable for her party.
She’s just not interested at this point in her life in going for it.
. “That’s the seat where we need to find a great Democrat for,” she says. “There’s a lot of conversation about a lot of people, and I’m personally trying to think of wonderful people.” She’s now involved in efforts to try to stop The Florida Department of Transportation’s
Tampa Bay Express project. here
She believes the Senate seat is definitely
viable for her party.
She’s just not interested at this point in her life in going for it.
. “That’s the seat where we need to find a great Democrat for,” she says. “There’s a lot of conversation about a lot of people, and I’m personally trying to think of wonderful people.” She’s now involved in efforts to try to stop The Florida Department of Transportation’s
Tampa Bay Express project. here
This week in Floriduh
Florida GOP voted to:
--allow open carry of guns
--ban all abortions
--prevent local governments from banning fracking
--prohibit citizens from accessing public records
Aren't you proud?
Aren't you proud?
Open Letters From Mayors Of 15 Florida Cities To Marco Rubio And Jeb Bush
Urge both would-be presential candidates to acknowledge the reality of anthropogenic climate change, and to take urgent action to remediate it. here
Friday, January 29, 2016
FBI Wants To Question Tampa Activist Jessica Schwartz
Tampa anti-war activist Jessica Schwartz says a family member handed her an FBI agent’s card. The card was stuck in the front door of the family home and belonged to FBI Special Agent A. Brett Fears. Schwartz found another card stuck in a car window on the driveway and she says, “My brother let me know the FBI left a message on our home phone asking me to contact FBI Special Agent Fears
for an interview here, on Facebook
for an interview here, on Facebook
Medical Marijuana will be on the 2016 Ballot in Florida
The Florida Division of Elections has confirmed that United for Care has turned in the 683,149 valid petitions to qualify for the ballot. With a petition drive that began in the summer of 2015 and ended at the New Year, over 1 million people in Florida signed a petition to put medical marijuana back on the ballot. here
Florida Frackers Win
The Florida state House passed a controversial measure to regulate fracking, despite significant opposition from Democrats who said the practice could harm the state’s natural resources. here
Michael Schiavo: Jeb Bush ‘Put Me Through Hell’
Michael Schiavo knows as well as anyone what Jeb Bush can do with executive power.
He thinks you ought to know too.
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He is slamming a pro-Jeb Bush super PAC for invoking her in an ad touting the former Florida governor's record as a social conservative. In an interview with POLITICO, he repeatedly calling the ad “disgusting.” “It sounds like it’s a last-ditch effort to get the right-wing constituents,” here
He is slamming a pro-Jeb Bush super PAC for invoking her in an ad touting the former Florida governor's record as a social conservative. In an interview with POLITICO, he repeatedly calling the ad “disgusting.” “It sounds like it’s a last-ditch effort to get the right-wing constituents,” here
Florida GOP Rene Garcia Of Hialeah - Gut Sunshine Law
The Florida GOP approved a bill that would weaken public records law by stripping out a guarantee that people could recover legal fees if they won court fights to obtain records.
The bill was sponsored by state
Sen. Rene Garcia of Hialeah. here
Thursday, January 28, 2016
Marco Rubio Does Not Support Policy Aimed At Curbing Climate Change
Deborah Newell: She’s An American Girl
Nicole Sandler Show
On most Wednesday mornings, I’m joined by my friend Deborah Newell for a segment in which we make fun of our state, which we knowingly refer to as FloriDUH. But if you listen carefully, you’ll hear that Deborah has a distinctive accent which sounds nothing like the variety of accents.
That’s because, although she’s lived here for many years, attended college in Gainesville, is married and has raised her three boys here, she never went through the process to become a citizen…. until now.
As she told us this morning, Deborah always said that if Bernie Sanders were to run for president, she would become a citizen. He is, so she did and is now an American citizen! We celebrated this morning! here
Ban Fracking In Florida: Support Rep. Evan Jenne
Rep. Evan Jenne,D-Hollywood, is sponsoring legislation that would ban fracking in Florida. He condemned House Republican leaders. He said the election-year push for more fracking was designed merely to placate the oil and gas industry, a steady GOP contributor. Jenne said the House will “do anything, if it’s going to help their backers make a buck.” here
Florida GOP Always Trashing Obama
Jeb Bush says the Obama administration has "gutted" every weapons system in the U.S. military's inventory.
FACTS
Money spent on weapons modernization is on par with the George W. Bush administration. The military cuts were approved by Republicans and Democrats. The military budget is being squeezed by the insistence of lawmakers in both parties that money be spent on bases and equipment that the Pentagon says it doesn't need. here
And the government spends roughly 1,000 times more on the armed forces than on Planned Parenthood.
Stop Giving Your Money To Disney
They are laying off American workers and replacing them with immigrant workers. here
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Florida DINOS Back Hillary over Bernie
Alex Sink and Other Conservative Florida Democrats Who Have Been Losing Statewide Races for Years Back Hillary over Bernie. here
Their leader had this to say:
"It's okay to be right, but it's more important to win. And if you don't win, you can't govern. When all is said and done — certainly in Florida — Hillary has a much, much better chance of prevailing than Sen. Sanders." Bob Buckhorn
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Garlic Parmesan Wings
Just the right size and awesome flavor.
At WING KING Chicken Shack In Englewood
Florida GOP Carlos Curbelo owes Planned Parenthood an apology
"A DISGRACE"
"CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR"
"DISCONCERTING"
"ABUSING THEIR POWER"
"TAKING ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE IN VULNERABLE SITUATIONS"
"ASSAULT ON HUMAN DIGNITY"
That’s how Congressman Carlos Curbelo talked about Planned Parenthood in an official press release.
A grand jury investigating the outrageous accusations against Planned Parenthood rejected all charges. And now: the anti-choice activists who created the slanderous videos accusing Planned Parenthood of selling fetal tissue are facing felony charges.
Carlos Curbelo owes Planned Parenthood an apology. Here
Carlos Curbelo owes Planned Parenthood an apology. Here
Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Pack Tampa City Hall for Marijuana Decriminalization
Please come show your support to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana in Tampa. Let's have a rational conversation about drug enforcement in our communities.
Florida's Right Wing Infestation: Charles Van Zant
Rep. Charles Van Zant, is the bill's sponsor. here
Vélo Champ: Heights Vibes #StopTBX Bicycle Ride
Starting at Vélo Champ on Central Ave. #StopTBX bike rides is a casual, informative bicycle ride through the Seminole Heights, Tampa Heights and the V.M. Ybor neighborhoods. The ride is intended to help realize a brick-by-brick understanding of just how destructive the proposed Tampa Bay Express (TBX) interstate expansion plan will be. The ride will visit key properties, streets and areas that will be impacted, demolished or completely eleminated by FDOT's plan to further expand I-275 and I-4 interstate systems. here
Florida INC. Welcomes Polluters
Dump hazardous materials
No Fines
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is not enforcing laws against companies responsible for hazardous materials pollution or collecting the fines it could from polluters, according to a study released Thursday by an environmental group. here
Monday, January 25, 2016
SUPPORT THE COMPETITIVE WORKFORCE ACT!
Jeb Bush: Rick Synder Is A “Great Governor For Michigan”
Jeb Bush said Sunday that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder should not have to resign for how the state handled the contaminated water crisis
in Flint. here
Florida GOP On Climate Change
Marco Rubio “We are not going to make America a harder place to create jobs in order to pursue policies that will do absolutely nothing, nothing to change our climate, to change our weather, because America is a lot of things, the greatest country in the world, absolutely,”
Jeb Bush "President Obama’s climate rule, is “irresponsible and ineffective,” and private-sector innovation is “the source of a lot more solutions than any government-imposed idea.”
Rick Scott’s Corporate Welfare Plan Doused With Cold Water
Rick Scott’s push to secure $250 million
in economic incentive money this year
was doused with cold water,
as one of the state’s top economists said alternative plans would create more jobs and come with a
higher return on investment. here
Sunday, January 24, 2016
Rick Scott Points Florida in Same Direction as Flint, Michigan
Public clamor for a veto and against Florida Governor Rick Scott's signing, of a new "water policy" bill lands in the governor's bubble like a muted, padded sound. Scott doesn't see and he doesn't hear, except through the filter of political ambition. Motivated by the same set of drivers that helped propel Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder to the governor's office in Michigan in 2010: strip environmental rules and regulations that are enforceable and replace them with lawyerly garbage. here
Pam Bondi's Millennium Laboratories Scandal
Someone should be going to prison in the Millennium Laboratories fraud scandal that was aided and abetted by Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office. here
DWS Has The Skin Of A Gator
"The party chair is going to absorb criticism from any candidates, partisans, and it's just the way it is,'' she said after a press conference on guns in the Florida Capitol. "These are people that simply are expressing the normal, understandable frustration over what they think is a sinister thing over every corner. I have to just block that
noise out and focus on doing my job.
I'm from Florida.
I'm from Florida.
Rick Scott's Corporate Welfare Package In Trouble
Tumbling financial markets are further clouding Gov.Rick Scott's push for $1 billion in tax cuts as the Legislature deals with a suddenly less rosy financial outlook and less money to divvy up. here
Saturday, January 23, 2016
After All The Shit! Floridians Still Want Alan Grayson
Grayson still holds a 7-point lead after months of negative press generated by the Patrick Murphy campaign throwing everything including the kitchen sink at him, while the former South Florida Republican has endured virtually no critical attention from the media. here
Florida Frakers: Ddisaster For The Everglades
Environmentalists are warning of a potential ecological disaster for the Everglades if state lawmakers approve a measure that would open the door to fracking in the sensitive wetlands. here
No Publix At USF
University of South Florida students, community members tell university administration: “Publix can’t set up shop on our campus until they respect farmworkers’ human rights!”
And they want you to help! Here’s how…info
Friday, January 22, 2016
Pam Bondi: Florida GOP Pawn
Bondi is a party pawn intent on carrying out partisan agendas through selective
legal enforcement Her failed political causes have mounted:
Taking a gay marriage challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court, fighting tooth and nail against medical marijuana and Obamacare, and even punting on taking on the banks responsible for Florida's historic foreclosure crisis. Her quixotic battles have made her a national darling of conservatives. She scans as a smart, sane version of Sarah Palin. here
"She is the most substantive attorney general we have had in recent memory," says state Rep. Dana Young, a Republican lawmaker from Tampa
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"You get the sense that rather than being the watchdog for the state, she is a mouthpiece for national political organizations," says state
Rep. Jose Javier Rodriguez, a Democrat from Miami
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"You get the sense that rather than being the watchdog for the state, she is a mouthpiece for national political organizations," says state
Rep. Jose Javier Rodriguez, a Democrat from Miami
Florida What’s So Bad About Fracking?
Besides leaking methane under and above ground, which makes people sick (ask Los Angeles), wasting millions of gallons of valuable water (ask California), causing earthquakes (ask Oklahoma), contaminated waste water no one wants, explosions that kill people (ask lots of places), there is one more big effect of fracking: undisclosed toxic chemicals put into our earth. here
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The current bills in our Florida legislation purport to “regulate” fracking, but as one representative stated, it is nothing more than a “welcome mat” to
promote fracking.
Thursday, January 21, 2016
The Peasants Of Florida INC.
With its low incomes and comparatively high cost of living, Florida ranks No. 5 on a list of states whose residents are most likely to live paycheck to paycheck.
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Florida trails only
Hawaii, California, New York and Alaska
on the list compiled by Go Banking Rates. here
Let's Get To Work
Hawaii, California, New York and Alaska
on the list compiled by Go Banking Rates. here
Let's Get To Work
Susan Smith To Talk Policy With Alan Grayson
"I'm very excited that Congressman Alan Grayson invited me, Nancy Carola Jacobson and Brook Hines to attend the Progressive Congress Strategy Summit in Baltimore next month. It's a great opportunity to network with other progressives and talk policy. Thank you, Congressman!" Susan Smith
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