Tampa DINOS

In a move initiated by Commissioner Mariella Smith, the board walked back a vote at a workshop last Thursday approving a guiding document for creating “a balanced approach to community building.”

The vote to rescind the approval fell along the same lines as the initial workshop vote with Smith and Pat Kemp voting to overturn the vote and Commissioners Kimberly Overman, Ken Hagan, Stacy White, Sandy Murman and Les Miller voting against. HERE
UPDATE: HERE

Les Miller on the Stogie

HERE

Florida Attorney General Moody pushing to keep assault weapon ban off ballot

Florida Dem AHole of the month

A ferry company made him an offer 

he couldn't refuse, and he did. HERE

Andrew Gillum Has Been Assimilated

He was at USF with Terrie Rizzo,  Ione Townsend, State Sen. Darryl Rouson and State Rep. Fentrice Driskell.  He gave $100,000 to the Florida Democratic Party. HERE

---
He has joined the hive. 
He is  officially part of the Collective. 

Resistance is futile! HERE
---
My post from Feburay 1, 2018 HERE

84,000 Images Of Nikki Fried On Florida Gas Pumps

Florida GOP doesn’t want the only statewide elected Democrat’s smiling face plastered on thousands of gas pumps.

Some conservatives on social media weren’t happy to see Fried’s portrait greeting them at the pump. HERE

Glad I Ride The Bus!

Proud Capitalist Florida DINO Stephanie Murphy

She is offended by socialism

 She published a column in the Washington Post explaining why she’s “offended” by socialism and calls herself a “proud capitalist.” HERE

Tampa Bay's Asphalt 6

Tom Lee - GOP

Ed Hooper - GOP

Jeff Brandes - GOP

Bill Galvano - GOP

Darryl Rouson - DINO

Janet Cruz - DINO

INFO

Congratulations Janet Cruz and Darryl Rouson

Congratulations to

 Janet Cruz and 

Darryl (More highways less bongs) Rouson 

on their membership!

 Kelly Benjamin

Is Joe Citro Trying To Pull A Guido?

Tampa City Council - District 1

Our other choice

The real Progressive 

(So we thought) WMNF guy 

just got endorsed by the Straz lady.

WTF?

Kathy Castor Co-Sponsor Medicare for All

The Democratic establishment — deep in the pockets of the health industry, are Undermining Medicare for All. HERE

Alex Sink Gaslighting

The perennial loser and Florida DINO said Democrats would have won the governorship had they nominated former Representative Gwen Graham, who narrowly lost to Mr. Gillum in the primary. “What would they have pinned on her?” asked Ms. Sink, alluding to Mr. Gillum’s left-wing politics and to an F.B.I. investigation into potential corruption in public real estate development in Tallahassee under Mr. Gillum. HERE

---

My post on October 6, 2018

Florida Dem Al Lawson's Bloody Hands

He is among five House Democrats to side with Republicans, voting for a bill that quells the prospect of halting U.S. aid to Saudi-led forces in Yemen. here

Tampa DINO Frank Reddick

Tampa City Council Chairman Frank Reddick, a Democrat, has endorsed Tampa Republican state Rep. Shawn Harrison in his re-election bid against Democrat Fentrice Driskell. here

Hillsborough Progressives Reject Janet Cruz

When the Democratic Progressive Caucus issued its endorsements this week, one prominent name was omitted: Janet Cruz.

---

Call it payback for the term-limited Cruz’ reprehensible power play last February when she muscled progressive Bob Buesing out of the race to challenge Republican 
State Sen. Dana Young.

---

This most recent gut punch to the Cruz campaign culminates her fruitless quest to regain the trust of the Democratic Party’s progressive wing. 

---

Priot to Cruz’ heavy handedness, Bob Buesing had already raised an ample war chest and hit the campaign trail, salivating over a promising rematch.  Progressives were ignited.

---

Not any more. They have decided not to reward treachery.

---

At the outset of the Young-Cruz race it was considered by the Florida Democratic Party as a flippable seat.  That possibility is now considered a long shot by most independent observers.

By Jim Bleyer

Tampa DINO Les Miller

To Board of County Commissioner Les Miller.

WHY ON GOD'S EARTH WOULD YOU BE SUPPORTING Republican TOM LEE when we have Democrat KATHY LEWIS running for this seat?" Beth Eriksen Shoup
---

Learn more about Mr. Miller's 

GOP tainted past here

Marcus Klebe on Alma Gonzalez

She is reading the writing on the wall.

Florida DINO Nikki Fried

 Endorsed by Alex Sink

---

Nikki Fried has long chosen to keep company with the rich and powerful over workers,” said Fred Frost, Florida campaign lead for the Communications Workers of America. 

---

Fried has donated more than $6,800 to Republican candidates in the last 14 years, the majority coming in the past 

three years.

---

At various points from 2012 to 2016, Fried was registered to lobby for HCA, the hospital chain formerly run by GOP Gov. Rick Scott that paid a $1.7 billion fine to settle Medicaid fraud allegations under his watch. more

Corporate Dem Alex Sink Endorses Gwen Graham

The Kiss of Death!
"Running for governor is no easy feat 
I ought to know!" 

Alex Sink

Bob Buckhorn Beware Of Rick Scott Bearing Gifts

In recent weeks, Scott has sent a flurry of political presents Tampa’s way — revealing a private company’s interest in a high-speed rail link between Tampa and Orlando, allocating $2.7 million for the city’s fledgling street car system, and pushing personally to place an Ybor City census tract on the state’s list for a federal tax break that may help pay for a new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark.

-----

Plenty of Democrats are skeptical of Scott’s motives, including Hillsborough County Democratic Party chairwoman Ione Townsend. 

-----

They see Scott’s largesse as a maneuver to cut the vote margins in November in a key Democratic stronghold. Scott is challenging Sen. Bill Nelson for his seat.

-----

"That’s probably the game plan, Hillary Clinton took Hillsborough by 41,000 votes. For a Republican to be making some political investments in our county? I’m sure it’s viewed by them as ‘we’ll reap some rewards down the road." Ione Townsend