Tampa Dead Last Out Of 60 Metro Areas For Commuting

In 2010, Forbes ranked Tampa dead last out of 60 metro areas for commuting. Transportation for America declared it the second-most-dangerous city for pedestrians. And a 2007 survey of 30 metropolitan areas found exactly one with no walkable destinations: Tampa, Fla. “Tampa is not a particularly pedestrian-friendly city,” Mayor Bob Buckhorn recently admitted. here

What Pilar And Stogie Had For Lunch

Sushi and All You Can Eat Buffet

At Buffet City in Brooksville

Visit them here

Capitalists Are Depending On A Leninist To Prop Up The Global Economy

In speeches and writings, Chinese President Xi Jinping often delivers the rhetoric of a Communist Party hard-liner. Yet more than ever, capitalists worldwide are depending upon this Leninist to prop up the global economy. here

Florida GOP Luncheon

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Florida Banana Republican

Florida GOP kept alive the distinct possibility that we may soon be able to proclaim 2015 as the most pathetic year in the history of Florida politics. Sacrilege, you say!

After all, this is a state that single-handedly held up a presidential election in 2000. It bungled the 1876 presidential election, too. For crying out loud, this is a state that elected Rick Scott as governor. Twice!  John Romano

Welcome To Tampa Postcard

Come on down, this is what awaits you!

Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Secret District Maps

The elaborate plan, which included staffing up public hearings with fake testimony and building maps in the shadows, involved many of the same Republican advisors who influenced the congressional plan. here 

The Florida Supreme Court ruled 5-2 in July that the secretive process allowing GOP operatives to infiltrate the redistricting process had “tainted” the congressional map and proved it was the product of “illegal partisan intent.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article31621997.html#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article31621997.html#storylink=cpy

The Kriseman Administration Sustainability initiatives

Mayor Rick Kriseman announced a plan to make St. Petersburg a  far greener city Thursday, unveiling an executive order to develop a climate action plan to address sea level rise, retrofit city-owned building of more than 10,000-square-feet for energy efficiency and reduce energy consumption. here

Democratic Women's Club of Upper Pinellas 75th Anniversary Celebration

August 29th @11am

Royal Palms at The Palms of Largo

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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Chicken Fried Steak

With Potatoes

At Country Kitchen in Brooksville

Visit them here

Florida War Hawks: Alcee Hastings, Ted Deutch and (Kathy Castor?)

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Kathy Castor says she’s not ready to announce whether she supports the Iran nuclear deal. here

A Post For Millennials

1980-2000 - Millennials or Generation Y

Every where you look you read how Millennial are going to rule the world. Here at home you don't grasp the power you have. If you guys had voted for Amendment 2 last year we would be on our way to legalizing marijuana in the state of Florida right now, instead we have to do it all over again. John Morgan told you but you didn't listen. It is your future why are you letting a bunch of old people ruin it for you.  Check out this fact, in Hillsborough County there are 301,447 Democrats to 244,078 Republicans, 221,905 don't belong to any party at all. Which brings us to the issue of transit. This is your future, us old folks will all be dead and gone. Get involved. 

Hillsborough County Anti Bullying Town Hall Meeting

Commie Reading Group - Strike! In Ybor

August 26 at 6:00pm

Ybor Daily Market - Downtown Ybor City

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Florida DINO War Hawk Ted Deutch Draws Boos In Boca Raton

  It’s usually a love-fest when Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, holds a meeting with constituents in his heavily Democratic Palm Beach-Broward congressional district. But Deutch’s opposition to President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran drew boos and some heated questions Wednesday during a packed town hall meeting. here

Marco Rubio's Faith

Marco Rubio made a passionate defense of his faith, talking over the interviewer while explaining why his religious beliefs inform his politics. here