2011 Florida Netroots Awards Run-off Voting Now Open"I vote for the The Ybor City Stogie. The Stogie is not the most complicated, in-depth site, but it is unabashedly progressive and it is wonderfully local. The Stogie’s ongoing series’ ‘Tampa Bay Homeless‘ has, with its haunting minimalism, developed into the most thought-provoking ongoing series published on Florida’s blogosphere.".......Peter Schorsch
"I nominated the Ybor City Stogie for the Progressive Courage Award. Look at that description again:
Florida politician or political activist who has been a leader on a particular progressive issue in the last year, making a difference in the lives of Floridians.
I nominated him for the amazing work he continues to do highlighting the issue of homelessness in the Tampa Bay area. He does this by keeping what amounts to a running photo journal of homeless people, up close and personal, right there on his blog. When you see these folks face to face, it's really breathtaking. And it is exactly the kind of work progressives should be doing.
And in a number of ways, it is courageous. Thus my nomination. I hope you'll look at the work from the Ybor City Stogie, and I urge you to vote for him."......Benjamin Kirby
"Run-offs are taking place this week. Go vote for Stogie for Best Local Blog."...... Re/Creating Tampa
Thanks to everyone who got me this far.
Best National Blog
The Spencerian
Best Writer - Best Use of Twitter
Benjamin Kirby
Vote Local
Tampa Do-Gooder - Out In Left Field - Litbrit - Leilani Polk
Re/Creating Tampa - Saint Petersblog - SOG City Oracle - The Spencerian
Pushing Rope - The Buzz - The Mitch Perry Report - Greater Pinellas
Progress Florida - Ybor City Stogie
Across the Tampa Bay Blogosphere
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The governor, a proud bearer of the Republican Party’s deregulation standard,
has spent his first half-year in office decrying government waste:
He’s laid off thousands of Sunshine State employees, slashed their benefits, turned down (most of) the federal government’s health care dollars, and put extra financial pressure on Florida retirees and Medicaid recipients.
But Scott and his dependents pay one-fifth what a janitor in the state Capitol pays for health insurance… and less than 3 percent of what a retired state trooper pays for life-saving coverage.
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At The Spencerian
I wonder when we'll get to a place where someone can say "hey, we need mandatory public service by all young people in America." Doesn't have to be the Armed Forces.
How about teaching? How about the Peace Corps?
How about rebuilding our country?
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Washington Post’s List Of Best State Political Blogs
Here is their list of locals
Saint Petersblog - The Spencerian - The Buzz
With special thanks to the FPC for keeping us all together.
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Peter Schorsch's Future Smokin' Hot Wife Michelle
St.Petersblog
The Stogie is looking for a liberal atheist who enjoys long afternoon walks in the inner city.
High-Speed Rail Blues: The SpencerianScott Rejects High-Speed Rail: Re/Creating Tampa Tea Party governors to America: The Reid Report Rick Scott Rejects High-Speed Rail Money: Pushing RopeLet's Not Get To Work!"We are in uncharted territory where the ideologues are successfully dictating policy.".......Kathy Castor
Congratulations!
Free Flow Of Information - End The EmbargoLet me offer a bit of hopeful prognostication: someday the embargo will go away. Probably not tomorrow, not the next day, not next week, probably not even next year. The embargo hurts the people of Cuba, not the terrible regime (even a kid can understand this concept)."......The Spencerian
China already has thousands of miles of railroads — including the world's longest network of high-speed rail, which is 4,000 miles long. That total is set to double within two years, giving China more high-speed rail tracks than the rest of the world put together.
infoThose Pesky Commies Sure Know How To Do Things Right! "Imagine Washington DC to Orlando in four hours. Just think what we could do in Florida. It'd be a whole new state.".......Benjamin Kirby
Make It Right
"The people are doing it themselves. Doesn't anyone feel any shame that Brad Pitt is more effective than the entire force of the federal government, or even the State of Louisiana, the City of New Orleans?"......Benjamin Kirby
I'd mention the drilling thing. I'd mention the public option thing. I wouldn't understand his explanation of why, but I'd mention the Afghanistan build-up. I'd mention that it's probably a shitty idea to fire people before you know what the full story is......here
I know, I know. I can hear it as I type these words: how dare I call last Saturday’s event a sham. Those who attended will tell you it was a beautiful demonstration of … well, something. I’m not sure what. I know that everyone there seemed pretty passionate about stopping drilling off Florida’s coast......hereThe Spencerian: Why Hard Candy is Wrong
