Despite an electorate split down the middle that voted for Barack Obama for president twice, half of Florida's All-Republican state Cabinet is cruising toward re-election with only token Democratic resistance.here
Pat Kemp and Elizabeth Belcher are trying to defeat Republican Commissioners Al Higginbotham and Victor Crist, respectively, and give Democrats a 4-3 edge on the board. here
Help them out.Pat Kemp, Elizabeth Belcher Why, in a county where Democrat voters outnumber Republican voters by about 60,000, is it a foregone conclusion Republicans control the county's governing body?
She has been know to raise hell at meetings. She thinks MaryEllen Elia is full of shit and her opponent Dipa Shah called her a Liberal. Is she awesome or what. here
Ms Shah is being liberal a bad thing?
the Conservative Values Coalition of Florida called you one. You should fire whoever is advising you. And go hang out with Terry Kimple. Ms. Shah we like you but you are
up against the best we got.
Keep April Griffinwhere she is, VOTE 11.4.14, then party in Ybor.
"in politics, being outspoken is not understood," April Griffin
In the last four years, Rick
Scott has waged an assault on the rights of Florida women, even throwing a party
at the Governor’s mansion as he signed laws rolling back the clock on women’s
health. Whether it’s interfering at the doctor’s office or restricting access
to birth control, we do not need politicians like Rick Scott inserting himself
into our personal decisions.
Visit our new #StopScott website and show your
family and friends what it will look like if Rick Scott is allowed to keep
interfering in our personal lives.
Anything she wanted to do, he killed. He cut off the Office of Supplier Diversity, which tries to help Black business do business with the state. He cut funding for the Black Business Investment Corporation, which helped fund Black businesses. It was terrible. He’s the worst enemy of Black Floridians
Try Mr. Sheldon, he is one of us. He has served us well for a long time. He has filed a lawsuit against Rick Scott's Culture Of Corruption. Has the Times endorsement and in a straw poll at USF HE WINS.
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D.C. police recently stopped a man while responding to a call about a burglary alarm in Northwest Washington. Jody Westby, a neighborhood resident who intervenes, says the stop was inappropriate. more
Said the boys were no different from “bank robbers and rapists” because they
entered the country illegally.
In the past 13 months, more than 63,000 undocumented minors have entered the United States over the Mexico border, and the federal government is looking for places to house them until they can be placed with relatives or sponsors.
The Holiday shelter, began accepting immigrant boys between the ages of 8 and 17 in June. It was seeking approval to double the number of beds at the Darlington Road facility. Pasco County's Planning Commission approved it by a 6-3 vote.here
“Voters… have a distinctive choice between an out-of-step
incumbent and a well-prepared challenger. First-time candidate Judithanne
McLauchlan of Madeira Beach would better reflect the values of this swing
district.” – Tampa Bay Times
A House GOP super PAC is making a major television buy in the final two weeks of the campaign to boost vulnerable Steve Southerland. The Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC affiliated with House GOP leadership, made a $600,000 media buy in the Tallahassee and Panama City television markets in their effort to fend off Gwen Graham. here
The University of South Florida has released the results of a straw poll conducted on campus on the Nov. 4 election.
Governor
Charlie Crist(D) 49%
Rick Scott(R) 29%
Adrian Wylie(L) 8%
Attorney General
George Sheldon(D) 50%
Pam Bondi(R) 37%
Chief Financial Officer
William Rankin(D) 55%
Jeff Atwater(R) 45%.
Commissioner of Agriculture
Thaddeus Hamilton(D) 44%
Adam Putnam(R) 42%
Constitutional amendment legalizing medical marijuana in the state of Florida is supported by 70% of voters.
here "Millennials are larger in size than the baby boomers," said political science Professor Susan MacManus, who is overseeing the poll. "So what you're seeing here is a glimpse of what politics will look like in a couple of years."
Congressman Alcee Hastings (FL-20) proudly announced his support of United for
Care and the passage of Amendment 2 on Florida's ballot this November.
Hastings has represented Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives since
first being elected in 1992, and previously worked as an attorney and civil
rights activist. Appointed by President Jimmy Carter, he became the first
African American to serve as a federal judge in Florida. A native Floridian,
Hastings’ district includes parts of Broward, Palm Beach, and Hendry Counties.
Additionally, he serves as the Co-Chairman of the Florida Congressional
Delegation.
“We are pleased to have earned the support of a lawmaker who has spent a
lifetime serving our state and its people,” said Ben Pollara, Campaign Manager
at United for Care.
Commonly know as Che, was an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist. He was executed in Bolivia by CIA agent Félix Rodríguez on October 9, 1967.here
I joined up as chair of this campaign over a year
and a half ago - when a lot of people felt winning would be impossible. Now we
are on the cusp of delivering compassionate care to thousands of Floridians,
some in severe pain or having trouble eating
or controlling their seizures.
We're asking every potential donor - large and small - to join us (or
join us again). Ben tells me that we need another $35,241 raised online in the
next 9 days.
4 weeks is an eternity in politics, but very little
time when it comes to fundraising. A lot can happen and we need to be writing
checks to advertising outlets now. We can't let the No on 2 campaign's lies go
unanswered.
I was an accountant at Columbia/HCA when Rick Scott was CEO. I uncovered
two sets of books: one that showed the company ripping off taxpayers, and one
that didn't. And I watched as the company that Rick Scott led turned in
fraudulent books to the federal government. He hurt seniors, taxpayers --
everyone.
Fraud is in his DNA. And now, as our governor, he's been
defrauding Floridians. It made me sick to see Scott regularly put profits
over patients and prioritize the bottom line over the care of folks who needed
help the most. He says he wasn't aware of it -- but that's just not true. He
knew. He had to know.
That's why I worked with the FBI to help get Scott
out of the health care business. But today, he's at it again -- this
time, from Tallahassee. He used the money he made from ripping off seniors to
promote himself -- and, arguably, to buy the governor's mansion.
And if
we don't stop him now, Scott will stay in there. Let's get him
out. Donate to Charlie Crist today:
Two coastal communities ravaged
by algae from Lake Okeechobee discharges held simultaneous protests last Wednesday
to demand Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) reject US
Sugar's proposed city in the Everglades and send water south.here
The River
Warriors were out in force in Ft. Pierce and the Solidarity Fish “swam” to both
coasts to join the effort. Organizations involved in Ft. Myers and Ft. Pierce
included: Sierra Club, Indian River Keeper, Sanibel Captiva Chamber of
Commerce, Rivers Coalition, Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation, Reef
Relief, Treasure Coast Progressive Alliance, Martin County Chapter of the Native
Plant Society, River Kidz, Responsible Growth Management Coalition, Inc., and
Audubon Society of the Everglades.
In addition to a speech and informal Q&A
with John Morgan, the student rally will also include a collection of voter
pledge forms along with music and activities for the enjoyment of our
guests.
There is a network of American extremists who work tirelessly to undercut LGBT people around the world at every turn. They spew venomous rhetoric, outrageous theories, and discredited science. It's time to take action. here
On Sunday, Miamians took to the streets in solidarity with the NYC People’s
Climate March. More than 100 people gathered downtown at the Freedom Tower and
marched one mile through Museum Park to Biscayne Bay.here
Kush Liberty, a group of pro-marijuana activists focused on educating people on the benefits of legalizing marijuana, will tour various events in the Central Florida and Tampa Bay area throughout the month of October here
That Rick Scott spends 30 million+ and Charlie Crist is still in the lead.here Scott trails Democratic challenger Charlie Crist in two new polls. In Kentucky, McConnell vs Grimes is still in a dead heat, even after the $40 million McConnell and his
shady dark money Super PACs have spent falsely attacking her campaign.
We know what you do for our children. We are sorry for the way you are treated by our Right Wing Infestation. Celebrate National Teacher Day on Social Media! Use the #ThankaTeacher hashtag and join thousands showing their support for our nation's teachers.here
Monday October 6th,
10:00AM University of Central Florida
Student Union 4000
Central Florida Blvd., Orlando
Event 2 - Town Hall
Discussion Monday October 6th,
6:00PM Winter Park Civic Center 1050 West Morse Blvd. Winter
Park
For more information, please contact Maurizio Passariello, Communications
Director at United for Care, at 786.285.6398 or via email at maurizio@unitedforcare.org.
Getting registered to vote is easy! You can register to vote at your nearest
public library. Click here to find the library closest to you.
You can also register to vote at your county Supervisor of Elections office, or any
driver’s license, public assistance, or armed forces recruitment office.
What you should bring to register to vote is a valid Florida driver’s
license number or a Florida ID number or the last four digits of your social
security number.
Tampa Bay election supervisors criticized as "inaccurate" and "incorrect" a mailer by Gov. Rick Scott's campaign committee that tells voters that their absentee ballots should have arrived by now.
---------- Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer issued a news release that said "Their information is incorrect."
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Pasco Supervisor of Elections Brian Corley said: "Here is the inaccurate flyer that voters throughout FL rec'd with incorrect info from # LetsGetToWork."
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Seminole County Supervisor Mike Ertel: "Absentee ballots to local voters have not been mailed. Florida voters get ballots about one month before Election Day."