Sunday, July 27, 2014
Republicans Will Fail Miserably At The Polls In November
Help The Texas Young Democrats
They are initiating a supplies drive to send supplies to the communities on the border who are so kindly trying to take care of these children. Remember, this is truly a humanitarian crisis and not one manufactured through political maneuverings. These are CHILDREN who are fleeing for their lives.
TYD has created an Amazon wishlist with the supplies that are being requested by the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McAllen, TX. Anything purchased on this list will be sent directly to these facilities supporting the outreach efforts in the Rio Grande Valley. Please help us by purchasing an item and sending it to a child in need. here
Or Send stuff here, 306 South 15th Street, McAllen, TX 78501
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Corruption In Hillsborough County
The federal government says Hillsborough County misused almost a million dollars in grants during its "Fight the Blight" campaign and it wants the money back. The inspector general of the Department of Housing and Urban Development released a scathing audit of the county's use of federal Community Development Block Grant money for these blighted areas. The audit shows serious problems in the department resulted in
developers being helped by almost
$1 million
$1 million
instead of low-income areas.
The audit says code enforcement cleanups like
the "Fight the Blight" programs in 2012 and 2013
the "Fight the Blight" programs in 2012 and 2013
were actually misusing the federal money in surrounding areas not qualifying as low-income neighborhoods. The county used the money on areas that were "industrial and commercial properties,"
"farm and vacant land" that were "planned for development" and
"new construction in residential properties.
because commissioners wanted to ensure
developers didn't have to pay
impact fees.
impact fees.
Marco Rubio: A profile in cowardice
"It's outrageous and disheartening that Sen. Rubio, who once expressed support for a DREAM Act, has turned his back on Dreamers and now aligns with
Right-Wing Extremists
Right-Wing Extremists
like Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Steve King "
Tell President Obama the seismic fight isn't over
made a huge mistake authorizing the use of deadly seismic blasting of the U.S. East Coast. These blast threaten to injure or kill up to 138,200 marine mammals—including endangered right whales—and devastate coastal communities who depend on tourism, fishing, and coastal recreation. here
Governor Scott, your 10AM meeting has arrived
We are waiting for you to take action on climate change. Please schedule and attend the meeting with our 10 leading climate scientists right away. here
Call Kathy Castor
202.225.3376
Tell her: "As your
constituent, I'm calling to ask you to vote for House Concurrent
Resolution 105, which would keep America from sliding back to war in Iraq. Along
with the rest of the American public, I strongly oppose U.S. military
involvement in Iraq. Thank you." Report your call here
Friday, July 25, 2014
More Florida GOP BS
"With Rick Scott, there are more funds for preschool education.
"July 22nd,2014 in a TV ad
Tony Dungy Is World's Worst Person In Sports
We are better off without him!
Rally In Support of Refugee Children In Ybor City
WHO: Raíces en
Tampa
WHAT: Action in support of refugee children
WHEN: July 31, 2014 - 7:00 pm
WHERE: Immigration Office 1624 E 7th Ave Ybor City, Florida info
Contact: Marisol Marquez 813.846.6893
marquez.j.marisol@gmail.com
Alicia Gazga 239.404.2187
alikmi99@gmail.com
WHAT: Action in support of refugee children
WHEN: July 31, 2014 - 7:00 pm
WHERE: Immigration Office 1624 E 7th Ave Ybor City, Florida info
Contact: Marisol Marquez 813.846.6893
marquez.j.marisol@gmail.com
Alicia Gazga 239.404.2187
alikmi99@gmail.com
Charlotte's Web Is A Sham
Politicians who sympathize with Amendment 2 should consider getting on their voters' level and leveling with us with at least half the passion that Rutherford and Bean put into advocating for the failed status quo. Amendment 2 will fail if its advocates continue to relinquish control of the narrative to those political lifers poised to benefit from things staying as they are, the phony Reagan-conservative wannabes who have stolen liberties for decades, under the cover of flag pins and security emergencies. here
Labels:
Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act,
Folio,
Rick Scott
Hillary Clinton Wins In Florida
According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday, the former secretary of state holds a 7-percentage-point lead in match-ups against potential GOP challengers in the politically crucial Sunshine State. here
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Tthe Cuban Adjustment Act
Gives special status to Cubans who arrive on U.S. soil. Protection not afforded to children from Honduras, Guatemala
and other countries.here
Pic: The Commons Getty Collection
and other countries.here
Pic: The Commons Getty Collection
Charlie Crist Leads Rick Scott By 6
A new SurveyUSA poll shows
Charlie Crist leading Florida GOP Rick Scott
in the governor's race
by six points, 46% to 40%. here
Another Pat Kemp Party
Tonight 5:30 – 7:00
pm
The
Independent
5016 N. Florida
Ave Tampa info
Def Leppard In Tampa
Def Leppard Rocks The Amphitheatre
Stayed long enough to take this one of KISS. here
$10 Beers and $4.50 for a bottle of water?
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Carl Hiaasen: Florida Taxpayers About To Be Railroaded
All aboard, suckers here
Charlotte County Democrats
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Poor GOP Fools (Tools)
A new poll released Tuesday found that a large majority of Republicans believe they can’t live off of the current federal minimum wage.
69% of Republicans
surveyed believed that the minimum wage
is too low to live on.
only 37% of Republicans
support actually raising it. here
It's the Liberal media that makes them think this way.
10 Laziest States in the Nation
Mississippi Tennessee West Virginia Louisiana Alabama Oklahoma Arkansas Kentucky Indiana Missouri, ALL RED here
Failed Republican policies, right there in the
Republican “heart”land
Republican “heart”land
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Nan Rich To Speak in St. Pete
KISS’ Gene Simmons Can Fuck Off
It’s fantastic! The 1 percent pays 80 percent of all taxes. Fifty percent of the population of the U.S. pays no taxes. The 1 percent provides all the jobs for everybody else. If the 1 percent didn’t exist, there would be chaos and the American economy would drop dead. Try being nice to rich people. I don’t remember the last poor person who gave me a job.” here
KISS will be in Tampa Tomorrow at the Amphitheater with Def Leppard. They are the headliner, if you go, we are, watch Def Leppard and leave.
Funeral services for the Republican Party
Members of United We Dream, Maria Palacios of Tampa and others hold a mock coffin during a protest July 21, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Activists staged "funeral services for the Republican Party" because "the GOP has embraced radical
right-wing policies and has actively
called for the separation of families and
the deportation of Dreamers." here
Monday, July 21, 2014
Raíces en Tampa - Driver's Licenses For All
Tampa Bay Times Loser Of The Week: Pam Bondi
The attorney general, who immediately appealed a South Florida court ruling overturning
Florida's same-sex marriage ban,
Florida's same-sex marriage ban,
is becoming the face of opposition to marriage equality. All signs point to the
tide of history rolling over Bondi,
tide of history rolling over Bondi,
who is up for re-election in November.
Labels:
Florida GOP,
Pam Bondi,
Tampa Bay Times
Florida GOP Thinks You're An Idiot
- Lewis' ruling was the equivalent of bare-bottom spanking for the entire gang of Republican rock-throwers. Lewis used phrases such as
Thanks Sen. Nelson
Great news!
Senator Nelson just became the Senate’s latest co-sponsor for SJ Res 19, the
proposed constitutional amendment to fight the corruptive influence of big money
in politics!
It’s
important that Sen. Nelson knows his decision has the support of Floridians like
you. Can you spare a few minutes to call Sen. Nelson’s office and thank
him for joining the fight to undo the damage of decisions like
Citizens United?
Citizens United?
Sen.
Nelson’s office: (202) 224-5274
With the
addition of Sen. Nelson, SJ Res 19 now has 48 co-sponsors in the Senate!
One name that’s still absent from that growing list? Senator Rubio’s.
That’s why we need you to call Sen. Rubio today and ask why he hasn’t
joined Sen. Nelson in supporting this critical amendment to restore strength and
integrity to our democracy.
Sen.
Rubio’s office: (202) 224-3041
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Stacy White: Hillsborough County Beware
STOP The Everglades Walmart
ZONING HEARING OF MONDAY, JULY 21
PALMETTO BAY VILLAGE HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
9705 E. HIBISCUS STREET, PALMETTO BAY, HEARING STARTS AT 7:00 PM. more
PALMETTO BAY VILLAGE HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
9705 E. HIBISCUS STREET, PALMETTO BAY, HEARING STARTS AT 7:00 PM. more
Annette Taddeo On The Stogie 2007-2014
Florida Hate Group Leaders
In a decision some called “the beginning of the end” of Florida’s ban on gay marriage, a Monroe County judge ruled Thursday that two Key West bartenders and other gay couples must be allowed to marry. here
Anthony Verdugo, executive director of the Christian Family Coalition of Florida, called the ruling a “corrupt decision,” and a “judicial lynching of nearly 8 million Florida voters” who voted to ban same-sex marriage in 2008. John Stemberger, who led that 2008 campaign, said he would keep fighting. “This is an issue worth dying for,” said Stemberger, president and general counsel of the Florida Family Policy Council in Orlando. “Every domestic partnership, every single civil union, every couple that cohabitates, these arrangements dilute and devalue marriage.”
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/07/17/4240865/keys-judge-gay-couples-can-marry.html#storylink=cpy
Tampa Bay Locavore
A
recent report finds CEOs of the top fast food restaurants make an appalling 721
times more than their impoverished minimum wage workers. here Pass On Fast Food,
Stay Local
Stay Local
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Dean - Warren 2016
Labels:
2016,
Elizabeth Warren,
Hillary Clinton,
HOWARD DEAN
Welcome To The New Everglades Walmart
One of the world’s rarest forests, a section of Miami-Dade County’s last intact tracts of endangered pine rockland, is getting a new resident: a Walmart. About 88 acres of rockland, a globally imperiled habitat containing a menagerie of plants, animals and insects found no place else, was sold this month by the University of Miami to a
Palm Beach County developer. here
Palm Beach County developer. here
Environmental protection is next to nonexistent under the Rick Scott administration. The oil industry wants to drill in the Everglades. Even the environmentally unfriendly Jeb Bush was never that bold. Michael Hussey
Labels:
Everglades,
Jeb Bush,
Michael Hussey,
Rick Scott,
Rick Scott's Florida
John Siegenthaler: A Southern man of vision
When the history of this era is written,
it will recount how so-called
conservatives gave aid, comfort and intellectual cover to the ugliest of human impulses under the guise of
political debate.
People will wonder how we could have seen all that ugliness without seeing a thing, how journalists could have been silent and supine to the point of malpractice in the face of such obvious and monumental misbehavior. here
it will recount how so-called
conservatives gave aid, comfort and intellectual cover to the ugliest of human impulses under the guise of
political debate.
People will wonder how we could have seen all that ugliness without seeing a thing, how journalists could have been silent and supine to the point of malpractice in the face of such obvious and monumental misbehavior. here
WMNF 88.5 Tampa Bay
They raised more than
$200,000 in just seven days
and received over 1,800 individual contributions.
$200,000 in just seven days
and received over 1,800 individual contributions.
Friday, July 18, 2014
Florida GOP in a New York state of mind
Annette Taddeo Florida Lieutenant Governor
Give Gov. Rick Scott Credit
He knows right-wing, red-blooded Floridians love their guns. And Rick Scott has given them guns. In huge numbers. According to published reports, more pro-gun bills have been signed into law in Florida during Scott’s one term than during any other recent gubernatorial term. here
The
Florida Supreme Court is set to contemplate whether felons can claim "Stand Your
Ground" as a defense in a shooting. here
Labels:
Rick Scott,
Rick Scott's Florida,
Sun-Sentinel
Charlie Crist's New Office In Tampa
Jeb: Godfather of bogus high-stakes testing
Former Gov. Bush enjoys a national reputation as an education reformer — a neat trick considering the terrible harm he has inflicted on public education.
Although the Legislature and succeeding Republican governors share responsibility, Jeb is mostly to blame for the bad things that followed his 1999 arrival in office. here
Dems Help Drown South Florida
• Joe Garcia
• Patrick
Murphy
•
Vern Buchanan
• Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
• Bill
Posey
•
Dennis Ross
• Mario Diaz-Balart
Labels:
Debbie Wasserman Schultz,
Florida GOP,
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen,
Kathy Castor,
Mario Diaz-Balart,
vern buchanan
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Losers of the week: Don Gaetz and Will Weatherford
The redistricting decision is a blow to the Republican
legislative leaders
legislative leaders
who oversaw the process and
defended it as fair and transparent.
Judithanne for State Senate
Join us at the Pinellas DEC 2250
1st Ave N, St. Pete at 9:30am or at
Fred Ball Park 2621 Bayshore Blvd, Tampa at 11:30am this Saturday, July 19th! info
"I don't want to be the mayor of some white-bread Southern city,"
Tampa has historically always been a racially diverse city, and never more so than today. Latinos make up approximately 25 percent of the population in greater Hillsborough County, and blacks account for more than 15 percent.
"When we're out competing for global business, the fact that our city was settled by Spanish, Cuban and Italian immigrants who came to Tampa for the cigar industry, makes us a lot more competitive because we look like the world, with all of its shades and ethnicities, we speak multiple languages as you do here in L.A. That's good." Bob Buckhorn
Florida GOP Rich Nugent: Kids At Border “Gang Members” From Culture Of “Rape”
Undocumented immigrant children at the border not children at all but gang-affiliated persons from a culture of thievery, murder, and violence. here
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