Sen. Marco Rubio attended a fundraising event Monday night at the home of a major Florida shipbuilder who is competing for a multibillion dollar contract from the Coast Guard,
an agency Rubio helps to oversee as the chairman of a key Senate subcommittee.here
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and other groups will be rallying against recent Klan activity in Tallahassee and North Florida on April 9. A Ku Klux Klan chapter has been flyering in Tallahassee neighborhoods, passing out racist and Islamophobic messages in an attempt to recruit. Recently it was revealed that three KKK members who worked for the Florida Department of Corrections were plotting to murder a black prisoner.
Students will rally at Florida State University’s Westcott Fountain at 7:00 p.m. and will then march to the steps of the Old Capitol.here
Florida political insiders have long chuckled that the state is the only one in the nation with three senators: Marco Rubio for the Republicans, Bill Nelson for the Democrats, and Bob Menendez for wealthy donors.” here
New poll came out that showed support for medical marijuana, in general, has
reached
84% among Florida voters.
While we're not surprised support is
increasing, we have to take these numbers with some caution - as we learned in
2014 there's a big difference between general support for the concept of medical
marijuana, and actual support for the ballot amendment itself. (Especially when
voters are being told outright lies by our well-funded opposition.) In fact, a
good number of our opponents last year - including two key spokespeople for the
No on 2 side - expressed support for medical marijuana in
general.
For that reason, we have to mobilize, right now -
projecting a reasonably close race. More (and younger) voters vote in
presidential years, and that will help us - but not to the tune of 84%.
The AFL-CIO launches a national immigration training plan, “We Rise!” (¡Adelante!). It is designed to reach, mobilize and organize immigrant workers in their workplaces and in their communities.here
Without a word of debate the Florida House approved a controversial proposal that could require school districts to share tens of millions of dollars in construction funds with rival charter schools.here
Barely three months into his congressional career, Miami Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo has drawn a re-election challenger: Democrat Annette Taddeo, who plans to formally announce her candidacy Monday. here
Good. She has matured and I think she can pull it off. Besides, he is an idiot and doesn't belong in Washington..Geniusofdespair
The long-delayed demolition of the 58-year-old Friendship TrailBridge is back on track and could occur this year.
Die-hard defender Neil Cosentino, a member of the committee that saved the bridge from a wrecking ball in 1997, argued its structure is safe. Cosentino invited County Administrator Mike Merrill and commissioners to walk the bridge with him so he could prove its durability. “If we find anything wrong with the bridge, I’ll buy (Merrill) any dinner he wants at Bern’s Steak House,” Cosentino said. “I also invite commissioners to do the same after we take the first walk to make sure the bridge is safe. I’m absolutely sure the bridge is safe.”here
After a bakery in Casselberry, Florida, refused to decorate a cake with a anti-gay marriage message" they started to receive hundreds of hateful, threatening calls. Former TV evangelist Joshua Feuerstein posted a video of his call to YouTube and his own Facebook page, then encouraged his viewers and fans (of which there are apparently more than a million, because humans are terrible) to call Cut the Cake themselves and complain.
Shockingly,* hundreds of Feuerstein's viewers decided to take this as an opportunity to leave Cut the Cake hateful or threatening messages, calls which at last blush were still ongoing.
Picking a random bakery, placing them in an unwinnable position, then encouraging your followers to threaten their lives over it: totally what Jesus would do!here Like them on Facebook here
34 Years of Tropical Heatwave! One of the longest running festivals in the country, Tropical Heatwave has become an annual rite of spring for fans of eclectic music, with excitement, mystery, and legend contained in memories of the annual extravaganzas for longtime Heatwave devotees. And every year there are first-timers who discover that Heatwave is one of one of the most fun weekends and best musical experiences they have ever had. The festival is a manifestation and celebration of the sense of community that WMNF has created.
Over the past few weeks there has been a lot in the news about the use of religious exemptions laws as a means to legalize discrimination. We can’t let that happen in Florida. There’s a bill in the Florida legislature that would allow adoption agencies that are contracted by the state to deny loving families to children based on the agency’s religious or moral objections, rather than a family’s ability to care for a child.
Send a message to your house representative to oppose this discriminatory bill! here
GOP presidential contenders are on a collision course with the American electorate.
“There is simply no way that Republicans can seem like a modern political party with widespread appeal in the New America unless they adjust to the new reality on at least a few of their long-standing policy positions. . . . Foremost in this area are gay rights,” Dana Milbank
Screen grab of a Broward Acting Group’s Facebook post offering to pay for pretend protesters to back Big Sugar’s attempt to get out of the land deal they made with the State of Florida.
The Facebook post has since been taken down.
Who exactly is paying the fake protesters? Inquiring Floridians want to know.
You, Tallahassee Politician, are going to lose your moral authority in about 30 days.
When we put medical marijuana on the ballot in 2014 - so many of you objected,
saying legislature was the best place for this to get done.We all know what happened next: A billionaire
put in $6 million, funded an outrageous set of lies and exaggerations about the
amendment, and then we came just short of the 60% we needed, despite our 3.4
million votes cast in favor of medical marijuana.
Maybe some of you think we're bluffing. Maybe you don't believe our expert
pollster - who said that if we ran the exact same race in 2016 as we did in
2014, we'd win. (We're going to run a better race, regardless.)
Stop by C4G today at 4pm to meet WNBA Legend, Rushia Brown! All are welcome for this
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! This will be a great time to get pictures and
autographs!
These would be a few words (among others) to describe how the Florida
Legislature is implementing Amendment 1. This measure to purchase sensitive land
for conservation and recreation was approved by 75% of Florida voters last
November, receiving more votes than any other item on the ballot. So what is the
legislature doing? The exact opposite of what voters just told
them.here
The average wage theft claim in Pinellas County is estimated at about $500. Some 15,000 employees were affected over a year and a half and that’s just those who reported it.here
Over a dozen students at the University of South Florida (USF) gathered outside of Russell M. Cooper Hall on campus, March 30, to condemn recent interventions by the U.S. in Venezuela, Iraq, Syria and Ukraine here
As legislature sits on their ass, I'm ready to kick some ass.
If it
wasn't for medical marijuana, my brother Tim wouldn't be here today. The
legislature can solve this problem for patients throughout the state right now -
but they're not.
So we are going to gear up and get ready to do what we
did in 2014 - put medical marijuana back on the ballot.
Will you
help us? We have to raise even more money than before to make sure we are ready
for any kind of opposition. Even one funded by an out of state
billionaire.
I do want to thank the few, brave
Republican legislators who tried and failed to bring compassion to Florida.
Unfortunately, the power of the pharmaceutical industry is proving more powerful
than the people.
Today on the 3rd floor of our state's capitol, we set up tables on behalf of the central Florida farm worker community, to celebrate the legacy of Cesar Chavez. At noon, we were joined by Senators Soto & Bullard, as well as Representatives Torres, Pafford, Cortes, & Cruz to speak up on the importance of our resolution that will one day designate March 31st as Cesar Chavez Day here in Florida. here
SB 724 would force women in Florida to unnecessarily postpone access to an abortion for 24 hours.
This preposterous bill has nothing to do with health benefits. Instead, SB 724 will result in increased expenses, travel difficulties, and medical risks. In some parts of Florida, this could mean as much as 400 miles and eight hours of travel to get access to care.
Call key members of the Florida Senate's Health Policy Committee by filling out your information here. Please report the results of your call so we can keep track and plan our next steps. Thanks!
For Big Sugar, the exploitation of Florida taxpayers is a ceaseless enterprise.
Its success is measured in hundreds of millions of dollars. However much money
Big Sugar earns for shareholders -- dominating Florida -- it is never
enough.With profits virtually guaranteed by federal farm bill policy,
Big Sugar freely seeds Florida with disinformation campaigns through skilled and
well-paid message machinery. here, more here
“One of the greatest threats to America is the progressives (a new name for liberals) led by President Obama and his Attorney General Eric Holder who are trying to impose a new morality – which is really no morality at aall – jamming it down the throats of the American people,”
The editorial board of Florida's largest newspaper, the Tampa Bay Times, just
said what we already know: "The Florida Legislature is making a serious mistake
by refusing to take up legislation that would legalize medical marijuana."
Tallahassee politicians are "conveniently
forgetting" the 58% of Floridians for medical marijuana and instead "dodging the
issue", ultimately coming to the same conclusion we have "no recourse" but to go
back in the ballot.
Without a word of debate Friday, the Florida House approved a controversial proposal that could require school districts to share tens of millions of dollars in construction funds with rival charter schools.
Erik Fresen sponsored the amendment,his architectural firm has helped build several charter schools, and his brother-in-law runs Academica, the state’s largest charter school management company.here