Cara Jennings On WMNF

here

Tres Smith of Ruskin

He is currently riding his bicycle cross country. Check out his story in The Tampa Tribune here

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Smith is blogging about his 3,000-mile bicycle journey 
at the site his wife, Mariella, created called
“Tres Goes Biking.”

Lady At The Starbucks in Gainesville

2015 Tampa Bay SuperHeroes

Rick Kriseman

St Pete to stop investing in 

fossil fuel bonds

Donald Trump Barred

Ferry Linking Tampa And St. Pete

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Guido Maniscalco

No on TBX!
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Michelle Cookson @ STOP TBX

Norwood Orrick @ Solidarity Sunday
& Deborah Newell Tornello

Carrie & Robert Gonzalez

Wanda Grubbs Schwerer 

Wayne Schucker

Ndubuisi Callistus Mbano - Mariella Smith

Lynette Benson - Laila Abdelaziz

Kelly Benjamin - Jasmina Forcan

Tim Heberlein - Diane Lebedeff

Nancy Argenziano - MaryJo Pezzi

Joe Kreps - Frank Lupo

Erik Delgado - William Guerra
Wendy Sejour - Ashley Green
Neil Cosentino - Edwin Enciso
Phil Compton - Chris Cano
Lori Karpay -Tom Tito - Mitch Mallett 
Terry Flott - Bill Bucolo
For speaking up. Thank you all!

Beautiful Words From Laila Abdelaziz

On this day, (11.20) 24 years ago, I was born in an occupied land to a very brave mama and a very strong baba. My entrance to this world didn't dignify a birth certificate, as I was born on a land under military rule and for that military power to acknowledge another human prisoner would be silly and self-defeating. So there I was, a baby with no papers in a land ruled by guns and water shortages, travel restrictions and curfews, broken dreams and hopeless promises. Generations of broken dreams and hopeless promises. more

Local Hero Kevin Beckner

On the Syrian refugees:

 After a handful of angry and concerned calls and emails in the wake of the Paris attacks

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“Some of our core principles and values as Christians and Americans include helping individuals escape from tyranny, persecution and inhumane treatment,” Beckner wrote. “While we must remain vigilant and united in our efforts to protect our community from radical extremists who commit acts of terrorism, we cannot allow our vigilance to turn into vigilantism 
against an entire religion and culture.” 

Kevin Beckner

Write him and tell him how you feel. 

We do all the time, he always writes us back.

Local Hero Wendy Bradshaw

Polk County teacher has posted her resignation letter online and it's gone viral. Wendy Bradshaw said she can't justify making students cry anymore. She said the problem is standardized testing. here

Local Hero Richard Gonzmart

 "To be a great city, to attract corporations to move in, you have to have some kind of mass transit and rail's the way to go,” 

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Richard Gonzmart,  4th generation President and co-owner of the Columbia Restaurant Group, says he's not only a light rail supporter, he's willing to pay for part of it. here

Local Hero Guido Maniscalco

They came by the dozens activists and just regular residents from Seminole and Tampa Heights all imploring the Hillsborough County Metropolitan Organization not to include the controversial Tampa Bay Express project in the MPO’s Transit Improvement Project.

Speaking for the project? 
8people, most of whom wore suits (or in the case of the representative for Jeff Vinik‘s group, a dress). none of whom are believed to live in the district, and several of them representing
 major business organizations.

Just like GO Hillsborough they let us think we had a say in the matter. In the end they don't give a shit what we think. After three hours of discussion, the MPO voted 13-1 to support the project. The only dissenter was Tampa City Councilman 
Guido Maniscalco. here
Who is the Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
here

Mr. Beckner, Ms. Montelione and Mr. Miller, Shame on you!

Local Hero Diane McKee

A Hillsborough County teacher has been named Florida's Teacher of the Year.

Diane McKee, is an English teacher at Williams Middle Magnet School. She has been a teacher for 14 years, 11 of those in Florida. McKee received the award at a banquet Thursday night in Orlando. here

We Care for Paws Foundation - Florida

Non-profit 501c(3) dog and cat shelter in Florida. Founded and operated by 

military veterans.
here

Pat Kemp - The Original Wonder Woman

You are my (our) hero — a true Wonder Woman, standing up for Truth, Justice, our Communities and our Planet!...Mariella Smith

Sydney Smoot, a fourth grader at Brooksville Elementary

2015 Walk to Cure Arthritis - Tampa, FL

Welcome to the Donation Page of local hero

Jacob Rodriguez here

Local Hero Christina Ammons

Little Bubba and Diesel 

 My name is Christina and I am a law enforcement officer in Tampa Florida. Several months ago I discovered a colony of over forty cats and small kittens in an area where I work. I am in the process of building a large building which will be constructed into a kitty haven for these boys and girls to safely live out their lives free from worry and possible harm at the hands of humans. I am seeking assistance of any kind to help me with food and other necessities to carry this out. Most will need veterinarian treatment as well. Anything will help and I thank you for taking the time to listen to their story! here

Gulfport's Cathy Salustri

"Blogging before blogging was a thing people did to make money. I still don’t make money blogging, because I’m keeping it real. And bringing it back." here

The shrimp dock cats of Tampa

Help them out here

SHRIMP DOCKS KITTY RESCUE PROJECT

Hello,
My name is Christina and I am a law enforcement officer in Tampa Florida. Several months ago I discovered a colony of over forty cats and small kittens in an area where I work. I learned that some people feed the cats when they are around but that is not constant because they are fisherman on shrimp boats. Although their intentions are noble, I have never seen fresh water put out for the cats so they drink out of rain puddles in the parking lot when available. As a result, everyone is dehydrated and almost all suffer from some sort of cold or upper respiratory infection. I am seeking assistance of any kind to help me with food and other necessities to carry this out. Most will need veterinarian treatment as well. Anything will help and I thank you for taking the time to listen to their story!

PLEASE HELP

Hillsborough County "HERO" Kevin Beckner

Great job Mr. Beckner

The Human Rights Campaign

" This week Hillsborough County commissioners unanimously passed the Hillsborough Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO). HERO will ensure that no one in Hillsborough County can be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The Commission also voted 7 to 0 to move an ordinance creating a countywide domestic partnership registry forward to a public hearing and final vote on October 15 at 2:00pm. Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner drove both efforts, and HRC was pleased to offer
 technical assistance." here

Susan G. Komen - Miami/Fort Lauderdale

Anon-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and ending breast cancer forever.
Support our mission and help make an impact 

here