Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Dezeray Lyn: Bourj Brajneh Refugee Camp


Wall Painting
Bourj Brajneh Refugee Camp - Beirut, Lebanon
Learn more about this Amazing Local Treasure HERE

Florida INC. Power Grab For Control Of The Courts

After the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the partisan maps drawn by the Republican-controlled Legislature violated the Fair Districts amendments, Florida GOP John Wood, of Polk, called for impeachment proceedings against the justices. Now, Wood and his colleagues in the House are asking the people of Florida to believe that the judicial term-limits bill passed in the House has absolutely nothing to do with payback. 
Don’t buy it. here
The truth is the judicial branch is the only thing that can prevent the governor and the Legislature from enacting unconstitutional laws.

John Morgan On Tallahassee Window Dressing

The Florida Senate passed HB 307 on a bipartisan 28-11 vote. HB 307 is meant to expand current medical marijuana laws to allow terminally ill patients the use medical marijuana.
Attorney John Morgan, United for Care's Chairman, said, "Once again, Tallahassee politicians are putting their own campaigns before medical science and the rights of doctors. This law would do nothing for people like my brother, a quadriplegic, or any other person who has intractable pain. It does nothing to help cancer patients who need marijuana to counter the affects of chemo. It does nothing for our solders with PTSD or patients with MS. The bill is typical Tallahassee window dressing, designed more to help with campaigns than serve as a true means of access for those that need it. Hospice centers have another drug. It's called morphine."

The Tampa Tribune Moving To St.Pete

The Tampa Tribune 
will begin printing in Pinellas County after 121 years of publishing the newspaper 
in Tampa. here

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri's Pin Joints

Twenty grams, he said, could be rolled into some 40 joints. “We’re not talking about one or two marijuana cigarettes here,” he said. Not giving first-time offenders a criminal record for possession of a small amount of marijuana is fine, but it should be handled differently. here

Monday, March 7, 2016

Tampa Activist Dezeray Lyn In Lebanon


We welcomed tonight Dezeray Lyn,
 an American human rights activist for #Palestine

Sierra Club Phone Bank to Stop SB1290

Hunting, oil drilling, timbering and farming in our State Parks?
SB 1290 would remove key environmental protections from Florida State Parks and is headed to the Senate floor next week.

 Strut your power! You beat
 the Florida Frackers,
 you can do this. Save Our State Parks. here

Gram From Tampa

I am voting  on November 8! Are you? 

Florida GOP Picking On Rick Scott

Since charging into office some five years ago, Rick Scott has routinely had an awkward relationship with the Republican-controlled Florida Legislature and other GOP officials. Now, Scott is being handed a string of defeats that could render his final 2 ½ years in office nearly irrelevant. here

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Tampa Taxes Weed

Hillsborough County Anti-Drug Alliance chairwoman Ellen Snelling said her problem with Tampa's weed ordinance is the way it allows offenders to be caught time and time again without facing any consequences beyond a fine. here
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20 grams of weed
1st offense $75
Second offense $150
Third $300 
Fourth $450Expensive bag of weed
Avoid Taxes, Don't get caught!

Palm Beach Bans Free Speach

The Coalition of Immokalee Workers, 
which represents about 
40,000 field workers, 
has sued Palm Beach in federal court 
and is accusing the town of maintaining unconstitutional ordinances that make it impossible to stage a protest. here

Florida INC. Patrick Murphy

Last summer, President Barack Obama unveiled his Clean Power Plan, a proposal that would implement new EPA standards for power plants to reduce carbon emissions 32 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. Big business interests and Right Wingers (such as Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi) cheered when the proposal was stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court last month. here When Florida DINO Patrick E. Murphy was asked if he thought the proposal was unfair to industry, Murphy said that there are too many unnecessary regulations imposed on businesses, and touted his co-sponsonship with South Carolina Republican Mick Mulvaney of the Regulatory Improvement Act, which created a commission to review and revise redundant regulations.

 Florida's Right Wing Infestation

Susan Smith Wing Of The Florida Democratic Party

"Moderates are not needed. We shouldn't have to spend all of our time getting Democrats to do the right thing." Susan Smith

Tampa is back-dooring legalization of something

The Tampa City Council has approved on first reading a proposal to reduce the penalty for possession of small amounts of marijuana. The measure passed by a 6-1 vote on Thursday, with Council member Charlie Miranda
the lone dissenter. here
Great job City Council, we love you Charlie!

Friday, March 4, 2016

The Centre for Girls Party In The Heights

The Launch Party for C4G

 Director Gabrielle Perham

 With Pat Kemp






A Magical Place- Like them on Facebook

Ybor City Walking Tour: Women of Ybor City

4.19 - 4 pm
Tampa History Center

Jessica Rose In Clearwater

Every Tuesday night I host an open mic at
 Beach Fyre Beach Bar & Grille 
8-11 PM. All genres welcome! info

We Need Pat Kemp Now!

Champion for transit!
"Without a primary focus on transit, or at least an attempt at balance, voters won't support a sales tax."
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"Tampa Bay needs to move forward with a 21st century transportation plan. We can do way better than what's being proposed. A 1/2 cents tax with 65% for roads is a plan that looks backwards, not forwards."
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"We can do better. The proposed sales tax, 1/2 cent (as it now stands) is 65% for roads, 25% for transit and 10% optional transit for 30 years. So contrary to what's repeated like a mantra, that we live in a car culture."

Florida Voices for Animals

Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Floridians Defeat The Florida Frackers

Thanks to Floridians like you, communities throughout our state will be able to protect their land and water by banning fracking. Earlier today, the sponsor of the dangerous fracking bill, 
Florida Fracker Garrett Richter withdrew SB 318 from the Senate Appropriations Committee saying 
"I didn't have the votes."
Give yourselves a hand Florida. This didn't happen by accident. Thousands of Floridians from every corner of our state spoke loudly and clearly, putting daily pressure on their elected representatives in the legislature. It worked. here

Florida Frackers
Remember these guys next time you vote. here

City of Tampa Vote on Cannabis Decriminalization

3.3.9AM 
Downtown Tampa