Monday, September 5, 2016

IBEW Labor Day Picnic In Tampa

Team Pat Kemp

Kofi, Kate and Asher

Pat and Charlie Baston

Jim Shirk and Kent Bailey

Team Newt

Cathy James

Kate and Susan

Kofi Hunt

Asher and Susan


Join Team Pat Kemp here

Ybor Life


Florida Urban Living

Florida GOP To Concede Defeat

Two members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, Ted Yoho and Curt Clawson and two other Right Wingers  Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Dennis Ross are urging the Senate to to reconsider the House’s earlier Zika funding bill — which did not pick a fight over Planned Parenthood. here

Ybor Paparazzi

 Kelly Benjamin and Kate M Connolly

Clair-Mel Demands Justice For Lavonia Riggins

 Murdered in his home by Caleb Johnson of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. After the killing, the Sheriff’s Office and Tampa Bay Times quickly moved to portray Riggins as a dangerous criminal. here

Liberal St. Petersburg, Florida

Sunday, September 4, 2016

The Democratic Party Is Barely Recognizable; Corporate Politicians Now Rule All

Attorney and author Mike Papantonio appears on The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann to discuss the recent wins of corporate politicians in Florida, which leaves a void in the area of true progressive growth in Florida politics.

Florida DINO Patrick Murphy Under Investigation

The country’s top election watchdog is scrutinizing donations. 
The Federal Election Commission, the government body that oversees campaign finance, is reviewing a complaint alleging that the campaign of Rep. Patrick Murphy accepted potentially illegal contributions in 2011. here

Hillsborough County Animal Abuser Registry

Please plan to attend the Board of County Commissioners meeting on Thursday, September 8, at 9 a.m. at the County Center (601 E. Kennedy Blvd. in Tampa) to comment publicly in support of this ordinance. The meeting will be held in the second-floor boardroom. here

And please click here to e-mail your county commissioner and reiterate your support for an animal-abuser registry, then forward this alert far and wide.

Florida Once Again Proves It Absolutely Sucks At Elections

This past week brought a huge blow to progressive politics when Florida voters chose establishment Democrats over progressive candidates. 

Right Wing Owns Florida

The liberal American Bridge super PAC has released a new report contending that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and Florida Gov. Rick Scott have become “puppets” of the rival conservative Americans For Prosperity super PAC. here

Saturday, September 3, 2016

Ybor Paparazzi

 Ed Turanchik

Party For The Revolution In St. Pete

Food not bombs benefit shows
9.17 - 4:00PM
The Paper Crane, Downtown St. Pete

Florida GOP Tim Schock: More Lanes - No Rail

Schock a pro-business conservative. Is against rail because Tampa's population isn't dense enough to support it, he said. Instead, Hillsborough should bypass rail in favor of more modern technologies on the horizon, like dedicated lanes for autonomous buses. here

Green Party Alliance at USF

Check them out here

Team Pat Kemp Looking For Members

Volunteer & Internship Opportunities Available; 
Please send resume to
Staff@ElectPatKemp.com
Hang out at her cool space in Ybor City.
Free coffee or

 $3.00 pints of Yuengling at 
Elmer's Sports Cafe next door.

Friday, September 2, 2016

Hillsborough County SWAT Team Murder Unarmed Man Over Two Grams Of Weed

For two grams of marijuana, a SWAT team stormed into a home and shot an unarmed man dead. Hillsborough County sheriff’s officials said SWAT team members perceived Levonia Riggins to be an “immediate threat.” His friends said he was just a man who enjoyed getting high.here

Winners And Losers In District 6

Winners
Pat Kemp
Kate M Connolly
Betty and Kathy Castor
Ed Turanchik
Jim Davis
The Sierra Club
Hillsborough County
Tampa
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Losers
Bob Buckhorn
Ione Townsend
Donna Lee Fore
Local Corporate Dems
Tampa Bay Times
 La Gaceta
Brian Willis
Tom Scott
John Dicks
Kevin Thurman
here

Latinos Rule In Central Florida

Demographics are changing rapidly here in Central Florida, a mecca of undecided voters stretching from Orlando to Tampa that helps swing state elections and that is rapidly becoming home to more Puerto Ricans, Venezuelans, Colombians and Dominicans. here

The Liberals Takeover Of Tampa


Hillsborough County Registered Voters
Dems 323,159
GOP 261, 279
Other 234,279
Currently IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
Ken Hagan
Sandy Murman
AHhigginbotham
victor crist, Stacy White
Les Miller and Kevin Beckner being the only Dems. 
Murman is up for re-election.
Mr. Beckners seat needs to be kept blue.
There are more Dems then GOP.
Why do they get to rule?
Join 
The Tampa Bay Chapter of the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida
here

Ybor Paparazzi

Irish dude on 7th Ave

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Pat Kemp's Poll Was Correct

Before the election a poll showing Pat Kemp winning by a sizable margin mysteriously disappeared from a local website. 
The poll was right on!
 Did this happened for the 
benefit of another candidate? 
The story and reason given for the  disappearance here

Ybor City, Florida

Visit them here

Voter Suppression In Debbie Wasserman Schultz Race?

Ybor Paparazzi

 Kate M Connolly at The Blind Tiger. 
Great job, our new progressive star!

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." 
–Mahatma Gandhi

Florida's Right Wing Infestation Spreading

Debbie Wasserman Schultz - Marco Rubio
Patrick Murphy
For all the talk of this being an anti-establishment anti-incumbent year in Florida, those U.S. House and Senate candidates backed by the insiders and the big moneyed interests of the political system came out on top in Tuesday’s congressional primaries. here
Dems can kiss the Rubio, Murphy race good bye.

We do have other choices
Paul Stanton (Libertarian)
Basil Dalack (NPA)
Tony Khoury (NPA)
Steve Machat (NPA)
Bruce Nathan (NPA)
Jon Friend (Write In)
Howard Knepper (Write In)
Bradley Patrick (Write In)
Charles Tolbert (Write In)

The Rally for Peace In Tampa

9.24 - 4PM
Lykes Gaslight Square Park

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Pat Kemp Wins In Landslide

Victory party at The Bad Monkey

Congratulations Pat Kemp

Mariella Smith and Ashley Whitney

Laila Abdelaziz and Asher Edelson

Amina Minka Spahić with Pat

Kate, Kelly and Asher

Ed Turanchik and Kent Bailey

Pat and Ashley Whitney

Ed Turanchik and Pat

Mariella Smith and Laila Abdelaziz

Laila and Kesha

Carlos






Local Treasure Pat Kemp coasted to a decisive victory in a four-way Democratic primary, with 45 percent of the vote. Pics from her victory party at The Bad Monkey in Ybor. here
Check out the people in these pics.
The Grassroots wins every time!

Are Ads Making A Difference For Florida Voters?

Florida's Right Wing Infestation Growing

For many in politically diverse Florida, this may not be good news: But Republicans in the state’s GOP-controlled Legislature got more conservative this election year. The American Conservative Union’s ratings for Florida lawmakers found that Republicans in Tallahassee scored an average 85.5 out of 100 this year — compared with 70 in 2015. here

Ybor Paparazzi

 Kate M Connolly of the Pat Kemp campaign
and Manny Potter of Mace Multi Media