Florida Right Wing Power Grab

GOP-backed bills in the Legislature seek to prevent local governments from regulating businesses and allow lawmakers to overrule judicial decisions. Other measures would make it harder for voters to amend the state Constitution and for average citizens and watchdog groups to challenge development. here

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Republican lawmakers seeking to wrest power from Washington seem to have no problem concentrating it in Tallahassee rather than on the local level. 

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They apparently only want local control when the locals are in complete ideological agreement with their far-right positions.

Awake the State Tampa

3.7 - 2pm

Gaslight Park - Downtown Tampa

Join us in Tampa as we Awake The State on the first day of Florida's legislative session! Gov. Scott and his allies are irresponsibly squandering our tax dollars. Their giant corporate tax giveaways costing our state billions are unjust and uncalled for while critical needs in education, health care, the environment, and infrastructure remain urgent. It’s time to Awake The State and fight for a just budget that works for every Floridian.

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Hillsborough County GOP Loves Developers

Despite calls from residents
to implore commissioners to put more money into the county’s bus system and to find other ways to move people without building more roads. here

Florida GOP 
Sandy Murman
Victor Crist
Al Higginbotham
Stacy White
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and Ken Hagan
approved a road-centric $812 million, 
10-year transportation plan.
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They could care less about what you want. Next time they are up for reelection
we hope you remember this.

Also remember this guy

Les Miller

He is a Dem and he also voted for this.

Thank you Pat Kemp

“We cannot build our way out of congestion. It’s time we make some wise investments." 
Pat Kemp

Check Out Rick Scott Committing Political Suicide

Scott is very proud!

Check out the best buds on Scott's 

Twitter page.

Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless Living in Tampa

Florida GOP Block Trump's Tax Returns From Being Released

Carlos Curbelo

Mario Diaz-Balart

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

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Opposed the bill to “request the tax return information of Donald J. Trump. here

Mariella Smith: Letter To Marco Rubio

Senator Marco Rubio sent me a galling fundraising letter. Now. He was just elected in November to a six-year term and he's already asking for money for his next election! Here's my response:

Dear Senator Rubio,

Your next election is 6 years away. Stop campaigning & fundraising and start doing your actual job: meet with your constituents and listen to us — all of us — left & right. It is seriously off-putting that you would be asking us all for money while you refuse to listen to us all. You refuse to hold town hall meetings because you can’t bear to hear some people who might disagree with you, yet you ask us all to support you financially. And please stop sounding like such a scaredy cat about the "barrage of attacks from Democrats.” You are supposed to work for ALL your constituents, from all parties. YOU are supposed to lead us together, toward healing our divides — not rile us up into fearing one another so you can profit off this fear-mongering.

You are our Senator. Start acting like a statesman, instead of a politician.

Sincerely,

Mariella Smith

What Stogie Had For Lunch

All you eat Chinese $6.95

At Tampa Buffet - Britton Plaza
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How nuch was your last value meal?
EAT LOCAL!

Political Suicide: Trump's Pal Rick Scott

They had lunch. They had dinner. They even took in the hit film "La La Land" together. here and here

“For a guy who grew up in public housing to be able to have lunch at the White House, watch a movie and go to dinner with the president at his hotel is pretty amazing,” Rick Scott

Dems Did Not Deserve Keith Ellison

"The Democratic Party did not deserve Congressman Keith Ellison as their chair. It's time for the left to start building outside of the party. Ciao Democrats, enjoy your Wall Street lunches." 

Laila Abdelaziz