Our Awesome April Griffin

Tampa Bay Times finds a new reason to loathe April Griffin. here

Loser of the week: Marco Rubio

He cashed in a $70,000 retirement fund so he can afford a new fridge and air conditigruioner.
 here 

Florida Fuck Fest 2015

Last week's legislative meltdown in Tallahassee, dramatic and dysfunctional as it was, doesn't appear to threaten the political future of Republicans who control both chambers of state government — or of anyone else in their party running for office in 2016.

Most GOP state lawmakers remain in safe, 

conservative-leaning districts. here

FreeLube@YborCityStogie.com 

Tampa Police Targeting Poor, Black Neighborhoods

Tampa residents must be the lousiest bicyclists in Florida.They don't use lights at night. Don't ride close enough to the curb. Can't manage to keep their hands on the handlebars. In the past three years, Tampa police have written 2,504 bike tickets — 
more than Jacksonville, Miami, 
St. Petersburg and Orlando combined.
 Police say they are gung ho about bike safety and focused on stopping a plague of bike thefts. But here's something they don't mention about the people they ticket: 
Eight out of 10 are black. here

Tampa SWAT Marijuana Raid

$2 worth of marijuana
How we "Git ur done" in Tampa, Florida
Jason Westcott RIP

Marco Rubio is out of touch with reality and on the wrong side of history

Exposing more ordinary Cubans to American visitors, opening up the island's economy and expanding access to the Internet will only bring the public demand for human rights and individual liberty in Cuba more squarely before the Communist regime. here

Miami Cuban Mafia Banned From Nicaragua

La Senora and El Guapo of the notorious MCM have been banned from entering Nicaragua by President Daniel Ortega. "

Just like they (U.S. officials) have their lists, we can make our own lists in Latin America of those who shouldn't enter our country," President Ortega told The Tico Times, a Costa Rican newspaper. here

Safety Harbor Looking For Candidates

Candidates must be registered voters who have lived in Safety Harbor at least a year. Qualifying lasts from 

noon Dec. 29 to noon Jan. 6. here

Slave Labor At Buccaneers And Rays Games

Our great Commissioner Kevin Beckner 

will ask for a federal investigation of 

New Beginnings of Tampa, 

a homeless charity that sends its impoverished residents to work unpaid at Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Rays games. he will contact U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor to try to prompt an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.  here 

Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Pam Bondi

Partners with a powerful Washington, D.C., law firm aren't registered as Florida lobbyists, 
but that hasn't stopped them from 

wining and dining Attorney General Pam Bondi 

the past four years to discuss clients. 

Bondi dropped suits or declined to investigate cases after numerous behind-the-scenes interactions with the firm. here
Endorsed by the Tampa Tribune

GOP Voters we know you guys like to take it deep so we are 

still offering a free tube of Warming Jelly to make THE Experience More Memorable.here

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Gwen Graham With Bill Clinton At Florida A&M

The event will be held at Florida A&M Quad and lands in the only Sunday of early voting -- the "souls to the polls" day that could drive a critical African American vote. Admission is free and doors will 

open at noon. here

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Tampa Bay Times Endorses Judithanne McLauchlan

“Voters… have a distinctive choice between an out-of-step incumbent and a well-prepared challenger. First-time candidate Judithanne McLauchlan of Madeira Beach would better reflect the values of this swing district.” – Tampa Bay Times

here

Drug War Racism In Tampa Bay

Nationwide, black people were 3.7 times as likely to be arrested from 2001 to 2010, according to an American Civil Liberties Union report based on FBI crime statistics 
and census data.

The 2013 disparity in Pinellas and Hillsborough 
was nearly double that. here

Steve Bousquet, Tampa Bay Times: All About Trunout

Obama factor could decide governor's race.

We want to live in Rick Scott's commercials too

John Romano: I have discovered a new and spectacular locale that defies belief. It is a place where the economy is bustling, and the problems are inconsequential. People are always smiling, the environment is pristine and no one seems to care about, or need, health insurance of any type. No doubt about it, I want to live in Rick Scott's commercials. here

Great Scott, Tampa Bay Ranks Dead Last

Median household income in Tampa Bay has sunk lower than it was in 2010, the early days of recovery from the Great Recession, cementing the bay area's dead-last ranking in income among the country's 25 biggest metro areas.Miami, comes in at second lowest. here

Rick Scott appointing fewer black judges than predecessors

After nearly four years, Gov. Rick Scott has appointed fewer African-Americans to Florida judgeships than either Charlie Crist or Jeb Bush did in the same period of time. here

"He has no interest in diversity,he wants to stack the courts with people who think like him. It's that corporate mentality that 
he brought to the governor's office.""  

Sen. Arthenia Joyner, D-Tampa

Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Big Sugar And The Florida GOP

U.S. Sugar and its allies are not just interested in influencing an upcoming water policy debate in Tallahassee. They are quietly pursuing big development plans on land the state has an option to buy to protect the Everglades. here

GOP Voters we know you guys like to take it deep so we are still offering a free tube of Warming Jelly to make THE Experience More Memorable. Dems if you don't get out and vote you will need a tube of your own.
Send your name and address to
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Florida Dem Alcee Hastings, Joins Republicans

The U.S. House passed Rep. Steve Southerland's bill that would block new federal oversight of waterways and wetlands in lieu of local control The measure passed 262-152, with 35 Democrats, including Florida's Alcee Hastings, joining Republicans. The bill, which face resitence in the Democratic-controlled Senate, lets states decide which wetlands should be protected, a move supported by 

developers, farmers and the sugar industry. here
Go ahead and polute our water. 
In Rick Scott's Florida the tax payer picks up the tab of cleaning it up!

Pam Bondi Has Many, Many Gay Friends

Her aggressive defense of Florida's gay marriage ban has nothing to do with her personal views, she said. 
here

From now on she will be  reading every word
of every brief that's being written.

PamBondi.info