Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Hillsborough County Air Dangerous To Your Health

 A new report released by the American Lung Association warns Hillsborough County residents the air they breathe may put their health at risk. here

Feds Clear The Way For Texas To Destroy The Everglades

A federal judge cleared the way for a Texas company to expand oil exploration in the Big Cypress National Preserve. The destruction has already begun. They’re cutting down trees and creating ruts. You can see the impacts on the soil and those do not go away. There will be lasting impacts on a large portion 
of the preserve. here


Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article146501559.html#storylink=cpy


Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article146501559.html#storylink=cpy

Florida Voters Taking It Deep

Florida voters who heartily approved important amendments to the state Constitution can only wonder how the will of the people is being strangled by the obstructionist toils of the Republican-led Legislature. here
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Amendment to expand access to medical marijuana, approved last November by 71 percent of the voters, Republican lawmakers are proposing tighter rules on doctors’ prescriptions, as well as other obstacles for patients who want to use medical marijuana.
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Amendment to expand the use of solar power, which drew 73 percent approval last year, has been met by a raft of obstructionist proposals that would bog down rooftop solar installation. They include rules language drafted by the state’s major utility, Florida Power & Light.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Pepper Steak with Rice
At New China in Temple Terrace

Chris’s Plumbing Wants To Dump Shit In Our Water

Chris’s Plumbing Service is asking the County to let them dump human excrement, commercial sludge, and restaurant grease on the banks of the Little Manatee River’s wetlands. This toxic waste will obviously end up in the river — and from there it will flow into Tampa Bay. here

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

HART Stops

#6 56th St. Temple Terrace

Florida GOP Paid Consultants

Heather Thomas, a waitress and bartender in Tallahassee, was paid $2,000 by Frank Artiles’ political committee for ‘consulting.’ Her job application for a previous role showed she had no previous political experience. here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

All you can eat Seafood and Prime Rib
At Boston Lobster Feast in Orlando
Eat Local!

Monday, April 24, 2017

Ashley Whitney: Till We Meet Again Comrade


With Ericka

With Kofi

With Gaby




With Dayna

With Pat

With Dez

With Roger and Jimmy

With Mariella 

With Laila

With Dayna and Chris

With Nick and Greg

With Norwood

With Kay

 Richmond, Virginia


Downtown Tampa

Orlando

MacDonald's MLK Tampa

Tampa City Hall

Checkers MLK Tampa

Middleton High School




Solidarity Sunday

Alan Grayson Town Hall, Tampa

Climate change protest, West Shore Plaza


Fight For 15 meeting
Seminole Heights Library

WE WILL MISS YOU!

Sunday, April 23, 2017

The Successful Cross-Bay Ferry

With record sales and a return on investment for the four local government partners, it has laid a foundation for future ferry service across Tampa Bay. here


Is the South Shore to Mac Dill next?

Ybor Paparazzi

Centro Ybor

HART Stops

Marion Transfer Center 

The GOP Villages Of Florida

Co-founded by conservative billionaire developer Harold Schwartz, the community has long been known as a Republican hotbed. Pro-Trump golf cart parades were held during the Republican primaries last year. here

Racist In Florida

Aramis Ayala has received a noose in the mail. A clerk found a letter containing a noose made out of green twine and taped to a postcard. here

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Dunedin’s British Invasion

Penny Lane, The Ultimate Beatles Collection in Dunedin, Florida, is now open to the public!

The museum is the creation of long-time Dunedin resident and humanitarian Dr. Robert Entel. As a medical student in England in the eighties, Dr. Entel began collecting Beatles memorabilia. Over the course of thirty plus years, Dr. Entel has acquired many personal items from John Lennon’s Estate as well as George Harrison’s Estate. Penny Lane contains many extremely rare and highly collectible mementos from signed guitars to strands of Beatles hair.

The museum is located at 730 Broadway on the 2nd floor of Stirling Commons in Downtown Dunedin. Hours of operation are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from noon to 4:00 pm or by special arrangement by calling 727-281-8130. This collection is definitely worth crossing the pond for!


What Stogie Had For Lunch

Picadillo
With Caldo Gallego, Rice and Yuca
At Ruben's Cubans in Temple Terrace

The Citrus Taliban Threatens The Hillsborough County School District

"The Hillsborough County School District is hereby on notice that any further violations of student rights in this fashion will be viewed by Liberty Counsel as sufficient to support a federal lawsuit for civil rights violations." here