Coffee with Joe Kotvas

In the early eighties, Joe Kotvas was a well-respected County Commissioner with dreams of political grandeur. The former Tampa Police Officer and City Council Member had envisioned a future that led him to the White House. However, his ambitions were quickly shattered on February 1, 1983 when Kotvas was arrested by the FBI in what is perhaps one of the most infamous cases of corruption in local government.

Kotvas served 5 years of a 12-year sentence in federal prison for his part in taking bribes to secure favorable zoning votes. He has continuously maintained his innocence. The former County Commissioner has repeatedly declared that he was set up and framed on bribery and corruption charges as part of a witch hunt designed to put dozens of prominent people who did business with the government in prison.

Now at 75 years old, Kotvas is chasing his political dreams again. He hopes this time around that Hillsborough County residents will read his book and give him the chance to finish the job the FBI cut short 35 years ago.

How To Legalize Marijuana In Florida

If you are not registered to Vote. Do it now.You must register as a Democrat. I know that is a lot to ask but we will tell you why later.

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If you are already registered and not a Democrat you have to switch party.

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All of the Republicans running are NOT for Legalization. Of the 4 running as Democrats only one is. 

Mayor Andrew Gillum. 

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Here is the catch. 

With Florida's closed primary system 

you have to be a Democrat to vote for him. 

Sounds easy right? It is!

Remember Yes On 2?

We did it once, we can do it again.

But you must follow the steps above. 

And an added bonus, you can VOTE by mail.

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Please remember. We are a powerful voting block. If WE all VOTE we can do this again!

Our Moment & Path to Victory

Progressive Layla Hartz at South Shore at Nite

May 15 - 6:30 PM

Sun City Center Chamber of Commerce

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With special guest

Layla Hartz 

for Florida House District 57

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Ybor Paparazzi

Andrew Davis
County Commission Candidate 

Florida Welcome To The Far Far Right

Consider the Republican candidates for governor and their priorities.

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Adam Putnam:  A proud NRA sellout and pledged he would sign a so-called “heartbeat bill, legislation that would make abortion illegal after a doctor can hear a fetus’ heartbeat. WTF! What about the victim of gun violence heartbeat?  

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Ron DeSantis: Trump's choice. Rather than campaign in Florida, DeSantis campaigns almost exclusively on Fox News. For weeks, he’s practically had a casting couch on Sean Hannity’s TV and radio shows.

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Richard Corcoran: For the last two years he has championed legislation that undercuts traditional public education and helps charter schools that educate only 10 percent of Florida students. Corcoran congratulated himself for the post-Douglas school safety bill that will add no new money for academics and leave school districts short as they comply with new rules on police officers.

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If Leftists Follow The Tampa Model We Might Actually Have a Chance

I knew of no leftist organization that could match the tenacity, strength, and cunning of the average street gang. That wasn’t the point. I drove 180 miles into the heart of Tampa Bay to see whether or not the Left was capable of doing anything besides shitpost.

By Dr. Bones

Elitist Straz’ TGH Tenure Proves He Protects the One Percenters, Not You

During the last 15 years or so, there has been a gradual erosion of pay and benefits at Tampa General Hospital (TGH), most acutely felt by the longest tenured employees, who also happen to be the most experienced and most highly skilled. Meanwhile, at the top of the TGH food chain, the story is quite different with ballooning benefits for principal administrators. The large payouts for executives coupled with the shrinking benefits of the average worker coincide with the tenure of stiff neck David Straz, Tampa mayoral candidate, on THe board of directors.

More from Jim Bleyer

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My favorite Ybor bartender Hank,  

with his famous Bloody Mary!

Words From Layla Hartz

For those of you who know me, you know that my father is from Iran and that we have a lot of family who live there. Which is why today is a terrifying day.

It’s no secret who John Bolton is and what is his ultimate goal in life. Cancelling the Iran deal is both astronomically stupid, but it also points to ambitions of war on the part of Trump and Netanyahu (and Saudi Arabia).

Today reminds me of 2002. Then, I wrote an article in the Daily Joklahoman outlining what a mistake invading Iraq was. I was met with retorts ranging from how unpatriotic I was to racist (get out of my country) responses. 

I was right.
I’m right today as well.
Trump is a menace to peace around the world.

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Tampa Hoods

Ybor City

Florida Neocons

“I’m glad that President Trump decided today to withdraw from the flawed Iran nuclear deal and impose crippling economic and financial sanctions against the Iranian regime." Marco Rubio

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“Last week I called on President Trump to withdraw from the reckless deal." Rick Scott

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“Iran promotes violence and terrorism throughout the Middle East and around the world." Charlie Crist

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“POTUS has consistently & correctly recognized Obama-Khamenei nuclear agreement as a disaster."
 Ron DeSantis

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“I strongly support the Trump Administration’s withdrawal from the reckless and dangerous Iran deal." Mario Diaz-Balart

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“I stand with President Trump in his decision to withdraw the United States from the Iran nuclear deal." Neal Dunn

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 I fully support President Trump’s decision today to withdraw the United States from the Iran Nuclear Deal." Matt Gaetz

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“President Trump’s decisive action today is a much needed first step." Brian Mast

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 "I welcome President Trump’s decisive action to withdraw from this deeply flawed deal, and to reimpose sanctions on the Iranian regime.” Dennis Ross

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Black Graduates Dragged Off Stage At University of Florida

Leaders Who Took Power By Coup

Sani Abacha Ibrahim Abboud Ahmed Abdallah José María de Achá Ignatius Kutu Acheampong Aganlija Emilio Aguinaldo Osmín Aguirre y Salinas Fred Akuffo Alexios V Doukas José María Alfaro Zamora Heydar Aliyev Manuel Quintas de Almeida Luis Altamirano Gregorio Conrado Álvarez Aman Andom Hafizullah Amin Idi Amin Joseph Arthur Ankrah Pedro Eugenio Aramburu Carlos Castillo Armas Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy Ashur-rabi I Hafez al-Assad Azali Assoumani Jean-Hilaire Aubame Hudson Austin Prosper Avril B Jean-Baptiste Bagaza Frank Bainimarama Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr John Amadu Bangura Hugo Banzer Siad Barre René Barrientos Omar al-Bashir Fulgencio Batista Emilio Bello Codesido Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Juan Pablo Bennett Rómulo Betancourt Julius Maada Bio Maurice Bishop Carlos Blanco Galindo Jean-Bédel Bokassa Sonthi Boonyaratglin Houari Boumédiène Dési Bouterse François Bozizé Muhammadu Buhari Germán Busch Anastasio Bustamante Pierre Buyoya C Carlos Mancheno Cajas Moussa Dadis Camara Pedro Carmona Bruno Carranza José Miguel Carrera Ramón Castro Jijón Fidel Castro Raoul Cédras Choe Chung-heon Surayud Chulanont Chun Doo-hwan Bernard Coard Blaise Compaoré Lansana Conté Sulla Oliver Cromwell D David Dacko Pedro Dartnell Carlos Dávila Hilarión Daza Idriss Déby Gilbert Diendéré Salou Djibo Said Mohamed Djohar Michel Djotodia False Dmitry I Samuel Doe Dzhokhar Dudayev Dương Văn Minh E Enlil-Nasir II Alberto Enríquez Gallo Kenan Evren Gnassingbé Eyadéma F Adekunle Fajuyi Edelmiro Julián Farrell Deodoro da Fonseca Francisco Franco Alberto Fujimori G Muammar Gaddafi Galba Luis García Meza Policarpo Paz García Rashid Ali al-Gaylani Giovanni Giuriati Phaedon Gizikis Gongmin of Goryeo Klement Gottwald Yakubu Gowon Oupa Gqozo Ivan Graanoogst Marmaduke Grove Cemal Gürsel Tomás Gutiérrez Gyeong Dae-seung H Juvénal Habyarimana Heraclius Maximiliano Hernández Martínez Vicente Herrera Zeledón Bantu Holomisa Mohammed Ali al-Houthi Adolfo de la Huerta Victoriano Huerta I Dimitrios Ioannidis Jaba Ioseliani J Salah Jadid Said Mohamed Jaffar Yahya Jammeh Jeong Jung-bu Jeongjong, 3rd monarch of Goryeo Jesús Jiménez Zamora Andrew Juxon-Smith K Saprang Kalayanamitr Yahya Kanu Kavadh II Mathieu Kérékou Ayub Khan (President of Pakistan) Mohammed Daoud Khan Kim Jun (Goryeo) Tengiz Kitovani Thanom Kittikachorn André Kolingba Sékouba Konaté Georgios Kondylis Sunthorn Kongsompong Johnny Paul Koroma Maurice Kouandété Seyni Kountché Suchinda Kraprayoon Kučuk-Alija L Sangoulé Lamizana Juan Lavalle Gustavo Leigh Justin Lekhanya Vladimir Lenin José María Linares Nicolás Lindley López José Linhares Lon Nol Eduardo Lonardi Oswaldo López Arellano Julio Lozano Díaz Walther von Lüttwitz Georgy Lvov M Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara Ansumane Mané Adly Mansour José Manuel Marroquín Alphonse Massamba-Débat Dominique Mbonyumutwa Óscar Humberto Mejía Víctores Juan Alberto Melgar Castro Mariano Melgarejo José Mendes Cabeçadas César Mendoza Francisco Menéndez Mengistu Haile Mariam José Toribio Merino Roberto Micheletti Michel Micombero Emmerson Mnangagwa Mobutu Sese Seko José María Montealegre Francisco Morales-Bermúdez Agustín Morales Murtala Mohammed Pervez Musharraf Benito Mussolini N Nabonidus Mohammed Naguib Abd al-Karim al-Nahlawi Napoleon Napoleon III Gamal Abdel Nasser Alberto Natusch Ne Win Francisco Nef Marien Ngouabi Nguyễn Chánh Thi Nguyễn Khánh Nguyễn Cao Kỳ Gaafar Nimeiry Ntare V of Burundi Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu O Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo Manuel A. Odría John Okello

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Sandra Murman - 2018 Failed

Next attempt June 20th 2018 6 PM

Downtown Tampa - Bring your voices!

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Fellow Photographer Michael Cruz

Of Coyoteheaven Photography

Team Grayson: Our Rebel Alliance

As we face the deadly threat of universal rule by the Trumpire, these are not the Democrats you’re looking for.

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We’ve all felt this great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of progressive voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. This is what inspired the formation of our rebel alliance, Team Grayson. We beg you to help us in this struggle against the Dark Money Side of the Force. here

Tampa Jay Eats At Carmines

Cannabiswarriors Mayor Gillum Needs Your Help In Tampa

6.3.2018 - 1 PM

John F. Germany Public Library

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Fellow Cannabiswarriors Mayor Gillum needs our help. 

Corporate Democrats are doing their best to derail his campaign.This event is less then a month away, plan now to attend and help the only pro Adult Use Marijuana candidate get elected!

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Phone bank for 

Mayor Andrew Gillum!

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Democratic Party Heading Toward a Pyrrhic Victory

By supporting corporate-friendly candidates and policies, Congressional Democratic leaders are moving closer and closer toward open warfare with their party’s base.

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A majority of Democratic voters, led by black, brown, and female Democrats, told pollsters in a recent study that they supported “movements within the Democratic Party to take it even further to the left and oppose the current Democratic leaders.”  A new study by Data For Progress shows that “the Democratic Party’s base has moved left” and that voters overall “are ready for unabashed progressive politicians.”

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And yet, as if determined to block their own party’s progress, House Democratic operatives have been attacking progressive candidates in public and working to undermine them in private. here

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Locally Bob Buesing, Tim Canova
 and Tamika Lyles.

Black Girls About To Rock Ybor

The Tampa Bay Branch of The Association for the Study of African American Life and History in partnership with the Robert W. Saunders, Sr. Library, is hosting its First Annual Black Girls Rock event.
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Saturday, May 19, 2018, at 1 p.m. 
Robert W. Saunders, Sr. Library 
Ybor City

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TPA Movement For A Peoples Party

#Jointhemovement @4aPeoplesParty

Coalition building to unite the
Progressive community.

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Rick Scott's Florida 48th out of 51

The Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit, nonpartisan foundation dedicated to expanding access to health care, released its annual report for all 50 states — and Florida performed abysmally.

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Because Florida is run by former hospital executive Rick Scott, you might assume the state would have a solid health-care system. But Scott is a profiteer whose company stole an unprecedented amount of money from Medicare and Medicaid in the '90s and who as governor then refused to expand Medicaid, campaigned against Obamacare, and did basically everything in his power to make sure it's really difficult for Floridians to get insurance and pay for routine medical care. here

Another Florida Progressive Drops Out Of Race

Tamika Lyles suddenly & unexpectedly withdrew her candidacy hours before qualifying deadline.
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"You all have not seen the last of me."