Friday, December 18, 2015

Central Florida NORML Rocks Ybor City

 Local Treasure Jessica Rose

Meet George 
He spent over 32 years in prison 
for marijuana possession.






We have the power, we are on the right side. 
We will win!

George seems to be doing ok, 
we would be really pissed off!
Join NORML
We missed you Bianca!

Pat Kemp For Hillsborough County Commissioner

"When I'm a Hillsborough County Commissioner, I will work hard to move the energy change agenda forward. The Paris agreement “sends a very powerful message to the business and investment community that the age of fossil fuels is ending.” The economic and environmental implications of this deal for Americans are staggering. In the near term, it will unlock an accelerating multi-trillion-dollar shift in capital investment away from carbon-intensive coal and oil, which were the cornerstone of the first industrial revolution, into clean technologies like solar, wind, LED lighting, advanced batteries, and electric cars. It means far less harmful carbon pollution will be emitted in the coming years. Thus, “continued investments in high-carbon assets conflicts
with their fiduciary responsibility.” Pat Kemp

HCYD Annual Holiday Party In Ybor

Laila and Maya

Tim and friends 

First Chance Last Chance Bar
Downtown Ybor City
Visit them here

Mayor Kriseman's March Against Gun Violence Today In St.Pete

5pm
St. Petersburg Police Department

Replace Debbie Wasserman-Schultz Immediately

Dems want taxpayers help to pay for their convention. here
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"Debbie Wasserman-Schultz failure as DNC Chair is now being placed on the tax-payers backs! This is outrageous! She must be replaced immediately!" 
Chris Cano

Ronny & The Rev @ WMNF Tonight

Ronny & The Rev will be playing all the songs that didn't make the airwaves in 2015! Most of 'em never made any waves, air or otherwise. Friday, 3:00- 5:00 WMNF 88.5 Tampa or wmf.org.

Thursday, December 17, 2015

FL SUPREME COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PETITION

 On Thursday, December 17th, 2015 the Florida Supreme Court ruled in favor of theUse of Marijuana for Debilitating Medical Conditions petition. The final hurdle to making the 2016 ballot will be gathering enough valid signatures- 683,149. At the time of the Supreme Court ruling, 400,032 petitions had been validated. With 900,000 gathered, United for Care is confident they will garner enough valid signatures to make the 2016 ballot. 
This ruling comes as no surprise to United for Care, the organization spearheading the effort to make the 2016 ballot.

Ben Pollara, Campaign Manager, said, "The unanimous decision by the Florida Supreme Court to approve the new medical marijuana constitutional amendment is a huge victory for hundreds of thousands of sick and suffering Floridians who could benefit from the passage of such a law. While we still must collect the required number of petitions before officially being placed on the 2016 ballot, we are confident that we will and that Florida voters will approve this amendment in the general election. In 2014, four of seven Supreme Court justices approved our ballot language and 58% of Floridians voted "yes"; this time, all seven justices approved our language and we feel strongly that well over the required 60% of Floridians will vote "yes" for a comprehensive and compassionate medical marijuana law."

United for Care's chairman, John Morgan, stated, 
"This is a huge victory for Florida. We will win next November. 
Compassion is coming!"

For press inquires please contact Bianca Garza 
at press@unitedforcare.org 

Party In Ybor With Jessica Rose And CFL NORML Tonight

 7pm @ Tequilas

Marco Rubio Blames American People For Immigration Reform Failure

During the December 15 Republican presidential debate, Sen. Marco Rubio again backed away from his support of comprehensive immigration reform in 2013, saying his opinion changed with that of the American people. However, polling data suggests that Americans consistently favored comprehensive immigration reform, the Republican Party sabotaged immigration reform, and Rubio faced extreme backlash from right-wing media causing him to change his position. here
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"He should start with Cuban immigration reform, people from other places 
(Central America, Middle East) are a lot worst off then those fleeing Cuba, 
yet Cubans get a free pass." YCS  

Ana Tijoux - Shock

A Few Words From Alan Grayson

"War— what is it good for? We’ve been asking ourselves this question since Edwin Starr first belted it out in 1970. I can tell you what it’s good for-- padding the pockets of defense contractors and a certain former Vice President who shall remain nameless. I can tell you what it isn’t good for-- peace, the majority of Americans, and our economy. When the rich decide to go to war, it’s the poor and middle class who end up paying for it, with both their money and their lives. Personally, I’m a firm believer that we shouldn’t sacrifice human lives so that a few defense contractors can make big bucks off of making bombs." Alan Grayson
Help him out. here

In Florida Prisons, Guards Are The Criminals

Lowell Correctional Institution, in Ocala
 Your tax dollars are financing a prison where officers from the Florida Department of Corrections allegedly abuse inmates sexually, physically and psychologically, dehumanizing them at their will. here


Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article49549180.html#storylink=cpy

Poll: Marco Rubio Top GOP Presidential Candidate Among Wealthy Voters

According to a CNBC Millionaire Survey, 26 percent of Republican voters with at least $1 million in investable assets support the Florida senator. here

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Local Treasures: Alicia Gazga

Co-Founder @ Raíces en Tampa

Miami Under Siege

In the Miami area, the daily high-water mark has been rising almost an inch a year. here

Florida's Charter School Ripoff

Charter schools, which are public schools run by private groups, have received more than $760 million from state taxpayers since 2000 according to an Associated Press analysis of state Department of Education records. Schools can use the money for construction costs, rent payments, buses and even property insurance.
Yet charter schools in 30 districts have wound up closing after receiving as much as $70 million combined in such funding. here

Environmentalists Protect The Morris Bridge Sink

Contact Swfwmd NOW by email, or phone, and tell them not to use Morris Bridge sink water and grant a 90 day extension to discuss solutions. 
https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/contact
Join here
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"Thank you to all our great environme ntalists who stood up to protect the Morris Bridge Sink. Everyone had the same message: Sierra Club opposes the permit to pump water from the Morris Bridge Sink. Speaking in opposition was Phil Compton, Sierra Club, Mary Elizabeth Figg, Rick Garrity, Jan Platt, Sid Flannery, Janet Dougherty, the new Director of the Environmental Protection Commission and Chet Joyner." 
Pat Kemp
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If we remember correctly they built The Tampa Bypass Canal 
(Destroying Six Mile Creek)  to keep the river from flooding.
 So why now do we have to take the water from The Morris Bridge Sink?

Solidarity Sunday Saturday Night Debate Watch Party

12.19.2015 - 7pm
@ Lee's Grocery in Tampa Heights

Tampa Natives Show: Fabulous Rockers" with Dr. Dennis Pupello & Lynn Marvin Dingfelder

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

The 809 Idiots Of Woodland, North Carolina

The city council rejected a proposed re-zoning for a solar farm after residents expressed concern that the farm would cause cancer deaths, kill plants around the panels, and drive away young people from the town.  
But the best/worst reason 
came from local 
Bobby Mann
who claimed that the solar panels would …
 “suck up all the energy from the sun.”
here, and here

The Rubio Card

Rick Scott's Soul

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R-of course) has once again demonstrated just how much he doesn't care if people—children, even—suffer and die in ways that are totally preventable on his watch. An investigation by the Miami Herald has uncovered how the state gutted its Children's Medical Services, a program designed to help chronically ill and disabled poor children. here

In Miami-Dade, It Is Illegal To Own A Pit Bill

Tell Miami-Dade, Florida to Get Educated and Drop BSL! here

Billionaires For Marco Rubio

Ken Griffin, (The wealthiest man in Illinois) one of the Republican Party's biggest donors, is backing Marco Rubio for president, the latest top-tier financier to align with Rubio 
in recent months. here

Rick Scott's Florida Voter Suppression

 When Republican Rick Scott took office in 2011, he immediately rolled back a policy of his predecessor, Charlie Crist, who automatically restored the rights of many felony offenders who had completed their sentences. Scott introduced new rules requiring that people convicted of nonviolent felonies wait five years before they can apply to have their civil rights restored; those convicted of violent and certain more serious felonies must wait seven years to apply. Under Crist, tens of thousands of felons, on average, won back their right to vote each year. So far, Gov. Scott has restored the rights of just 1,866. here

Monday, December 14, 2015

Solidarity Sunday: Pat Kemp

Pat, Gaby and Kate



Thank you Norwood Orrick for leting us co-host.
Pat Kemp is awesome!
Join us here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Gyro Platter
At Lario's Grill in Holiday
Visit them here

Class Warfare

@ Amalie Arena

St. Pete Civil Citation Program For Marijuana Offenders

A St. Pete City Council committee unanimously approved taking a closer look at implementing a civil citation program for adult marijuana offenders. here

Florida's Solar Amendments

Floridians for Solar Choice
Would allow us to contract with a solar company to put panels on our roof.
 while the other 
Consumers for Smart Solar 
Backed largely by the state's major utility companies, including 
Florida Power and Light and Duke Energy 
Largely reaffirms existing regulations over utilities, solar energy 
and who can provide it. here
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Florida don't be confused, that is what they are hoping for!

Sunday, December 13, 2015

Jessica Rose Live In Ybor City

12.17.2015 - 7pm
@ Tequilas

The Merchants Of Ybor

Dysfunctional Grace Art Co
Visit them on Facebook

Rick Scott's Florida Prisons: 50 Is The New 70

In prison, 50 is the new 70: Lifetimes of poverty, limited access to health care, untreated mental illness and addiction leave inmates in such poor health that 50 is the formal definition of an elderly prisoner in Florida. here

Gun Nuts Stay Out Of Pinellas County

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri said, if an officer arrives at the scene of a crime and sees someone with a weapon, "At a minimum, they're going to be thrown down on the ground with a gun pointed at them --- or worse." And if good citizen with a concealed weapon walks into, say, a bank during an armed robbery, Gualtieri added, "he's going to take one in the chest because he's a threat. It's not good for Florida, it's not good for the economy, it's not good for tourism." here

Jack Latvala: Trump Is A Plant

“This maniac is a facist (sic)… And democratic plant put in the race by the Clintons. If he wins the nomination he will get trounced by his longtime friend Hillary Clinton. Perhaps that was the plan all along.” Jack Latvala

Florida Tea Partier Ted Yoho

Florida GOP Ted Yoho said the U.S. should eject Muslims and others with a 
“Middle Eastern background” 
who shouldn’t be here.” here

St Pete to stop investing in fossil fuel bonds


Dwight Dudley for Governor!

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Ybor City Musicians

The Sax guy @ Centro Ybor

For Our Blue Pill Friends


There are none so blind as those who will not look. If you are one of those who will look, take a look around. You are surrounded -- surrounded by millions who will not look. These are the blue pill people. Who are these blue pill people and why won't they look? 
“The Matrix” may be only a movie, but it presents some scenarios with much relevance to our current situation. In the movie, Neo meets Morpheus and is offered an opportunity and a choice. Neo can take the red pill and see the truth for himself, or he can take the blue pill and return, comfortably unaware, to the illusion of the Matrix. There he can live out his life undisturbed by the truth.
here
  "Most of our old friends are Blue Pill people. They are so selfish they are more interested in drinking beer, watching sports and other crap on TV, playing poker on the computer and posting nonsense on Facebook then what kind of a future they are leaving their children. 
You guys, you know who you are! It doesn't really matter right? You will be dead and gone.
Let your kids deal with it you selfish assholes."
 Pilar Sanchez-Robbins @ YCS 

Don't Mess With The Everglades

Crab Alliance leader Karen Dwyer, of Naples, leads a rally Tuesday at the Big Cypress National Preserve welcome center against a proposal to conduct seismic testing for oil in the preserve. Almost 80 opponents attended a national Park Service meeting afterward about the proposal by Texas-based Burnett Oil. here

The Merchants Of Ybor

Cuban Thursday
@ Joffrey - Visit them here

Marco Rubio's Criminal Organization

Corinthia College Inc. is the bankrupted and criminal organization that Marco Rubio was defending just this past year, probably because he got a boatload of money from them in campaign organizations. 
Earlier this year the Obama administration forgave almost half a billion dollars in federal student loans that were fraudulently acquired. here

Friday, December 11, 2015

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Pamela
She is a local, homeless 2 years.

December Solidarity Sunday

Want to hangout with Tampa Bay's leading Liberal activist, have a project you need help with, have a cause to want to promote, you like great pizza and craft beers? Then you need to be at 
Lee's Grocery 
in Tampa Heights this Sunday at 6pm. info 

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Seafood with mixed veggies
With Soup and Eggroll
@ Thai Wasabi in Bradenton
Visit them here. Like them on Facebook
Great food!

Marco Rubio Out-Stupid's Himself

“I don’t hear anybody talking about bomb control. They put bombs and left bombs behind on the scene of attack, intending to kill even more people than they did with guns.” Marco Rubio

Food Not Bombs Food Sharing at Williams Park

12.14.2015 - 6pm
Williams Park, St. Pete

Bob Buckhorn Blocks Janelle Irwin On Twitter

Or one of his staffers with access to his social media did. Or he told them to. In any case, I can’t view any of Buckhorn’s tweets. And this guy is rumored to be gunning for the Governor’s mansion. Rick Scott may be slimy, but at least he doesn’t go blocking every reporter who refers to him as Skeletor or Voldemort. here

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Mario Nunez: Jeff Brandes is an arrogant bully and doesn't deserve our respect

"Sorry I was forced to leave early.
(Legislative Delegation @ Amalie Arena)
The Delegation did their damnedest to insure we went last, and even cut our time to just one minute. I wanted to direct my comments at 

 Jeff Brandes who is an arrogant bully and doesn't deserve our respect. He looked me straight in eye and lied about the TBX costing only $3B and that it would pay for itself. He claims, "people are coming, we need to add capacity". Follow the money on this, someone is getting a kickback. It's shameful." Mario Nunez