Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
Stop the Ban on Hillsborough County Dispensaries!
SHOP UNITED FOR CARE - PEOPLE UNITED FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Check out their stuff here
Florida GOP Sandy Murman Yes On TBX
We've been trying to tell Sandy Murman about the problems with #TBXfor months. She's ignored us and ultimately voted yes on TBX, paving the way to demolish 100 private homes and 30 businesses. Sandy Murman wants to blame @fdot7 but the ultimate responsibility is with her and her vote. She wants to blame #Fdot but shouldn't she have known this plan as a sitting @Hillsborough MPO member? here
Sunshine Citizens Win Battle Against FDOT
The Florida Department of Transportation reversed course Monday and abandoned a controversial plan to add a toll to an existing lane on the Howard Frankland Bridge. The department also canceled two public hearings on the bridge replacement scheduled for this week. here
Trump Infestation Coming To Ybor
On Thursday, the Trump bus rolls into Ybor City for lunch. here
Monday, October 3, 2016
Toll Road Warrior Tim Schock
Why this guy? Why now?
Ever wonder when we are in a fight with the Florida DOT over our children's future along comes a man who use to work for the toll road industry. What were his motives to run? Is he a lobbyist for developers, for the TBX people? Is this who we want on our County Commission? This Novenber vote wisely. He is running against transit champion Pat Kemp.
Feds Rule Against Food Not Bombs
A federal judge has ruled in support of a Fort Lauderdale law that greatly restricts the ability of groups to feed the homeless outdoors. here
Nasty Texas Pollutes The Everglades
A contractor hired to monitor closing of a controversial fracking site found evidence that Texas-based Dan A. Hughes Co. illegally dumped more than 100 barrels of oil waste into its former well. here
Labels:
Everglades,
Florida Inc.,
Fracking In Florida
The Revolutionary Road Radio With Special Guest Tracy Penokie
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Tracy Penokie, a local activist/organizer/poet, who happens also to be Native American/First Nations. She and a few others recently made a solidarity trip to the Standing Rock/Red Warrior Camp protest in North Dakota and will share with us about that trip. info
Banana Republican Marco Rubio
Marco Rubio — who is Cuban, pro-embargo, and staunchly anti-Castro — has refused to denounce Trump for his actions. Rather than stand by his principles, Rubio told the Miami Herald he'd wait for "all the facts" before denouncing Trump's actions in Cuba or criticizing Trump for lying to Miami Cubans about his hatred for Castro. Rubio then Tweeted out an article that erroneously claimed Trump hadn't broken the law. here
Labels:
Banana Republican,
Florida GOP,
Marco Rubio
Sunday, October 2, 2016
Vote NO On 1 - 1 Is NOT Pro-Solar!
If you are confused by Amendment 1 on the Florida ballot for 2016, the utility companies’ goal was accomplished!
Barnacle Bill's Seafood: Where Trump Deplorables Eat
Why would a business like a restaurant piss off so many potential customers? Next time you are in the mood for seafood, choose wisely. here
Toll Lane Tim
"Toll Lane Tim (Shock) not only supports TBX, he comes from the toll road industry. The last thing Hillsborough County needs is another industry insider giving our county away to developers $6 billion dollars at a time."
Hang Out With Jeff Zampitella
Saturday, October 1, 2016
Tampa Catching Up With The World
Marion Transit Center
Go HART!
Now lets do it countywide.
Riverside, CA. and Richmond VA. do it.
Rick Scott Wants $250 Million For Corporate Welfare
Saying Florida needs to be in "the game" of trying to lure new companies, Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday said he will ask state legislators to give him $85 million in the coming year for Corporate Welfare. here
Labels:
Corporate Welfare,
Rick Scott,
Rick Scott's Florida
Tampa's Concrete Rose Collective
Team Pat Kemp @ USF
Friday, September 30, 2016
Marco Rubio: Traitor, Backstab and Betrayal
Juan Escalante thought Marco Rubio was on the cusp of being a hero to him and thousands of children brought to Florida by undocumented immigrant parents. Now he wants to end the U.S. senator's political career for good.
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"He abandoned us, we cannot forget that he has backstabbed our community time and time again when it comes to immigration."
Party With Lisa Montelione In Ybor
Howard Frankland Bridge Under Attack By The Florida DOT
The Florida Department of Transportation plans to give one of four lanes (Which we all have paid for with our tax dollars) in each direction on the Howard Frankland Bridge to the rich folks who can
afford to use it.
afford to use it.
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At a recent candidate forum in Temple Terrace, transit champion Pat Kemp who was allotted only a couple minutes to speak said this:
At a recent candidate forum in Temple Terrace, transit champion Pat Kemp who was allotted only a couple minutes to speak said this:
" They're taking away a lane you now use, and they're turning it into a congestion, high-priced toll lane, a lane that we pay for with our general revenue, all the rest of us who can't afford to pay that will be stuck in even more
congestive traffic."
congestive traffic."
The guy she is running against was not at that forum but he told the Times he thought DOT's plan for the bridge was just one option and that community concerns would have pushed the agency to reconsider.
Tim Schock is a transportation consultant and previously worked as an executive for TransCore, the company that developed the toll collection device called SunPass used on Florida's toll roads.
He supports TBX.
This Novenber, VOTE wisely!
Whoever wins the commission seat on Nov. 8
could have an opportunity to sway the debate.
Labels:
Florida DOT,
Pat Kemp,
STOP TBX,
Tim Schock
Jessica Rose Rocks Hyde Park Tonight
Racism & the Struggle for Liberation with Author Eugene Puryear In Tampa
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Investigate Florida DEP's Cover-Up Of Water Poisoning
Phosphate mining company Mosaic reported that a sinkhole opened beneath a pile of waste material at a mine in Polk County, leaking 200 million gallons of radioactive waste into Florida’s main aquifer. Although Mosaic informed regulators including DEP about the incident on August 27th, the public was not informed until September 15th.
Sign on to our letter demanding the Office of Inspector General (OIG) fully investigate why Gov. Scott’s DEP actively covered up this incident for weeks rather than informing the public of a potential public health threat. here
The Citrus Taliban Is Suing The Florida High School Athletic Association
Cambridge Christian School of Tampa is suing the state’s high-school athletics oversight body over its ban on pre-game prayer broadcast over loudspeakers. here
Trump Deplorables In Melbourne
Florida GOP Sandy Murman's Publicity Stunt
“I think Sandy Murman’s plan was a gimmick to get in the headlines.”
The Democrat trying to oust Sandy Murman from the Hillsborough County Commission says she was disingenuous when she offered an alternative to a proposed transportation tax last fall.
Labels:
Florida GOP,
Jeffrey Zampitella,
Mitch Perry,
Sandy Murman
Mutual Aid Disaster Relief: Solidarity not Charity In Tampa
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Shit In The Water At Tampa Bay Beaches
Tampa Bay area residents and visitors may want to think twice before diving into the waters at two Hillsborough County beaches. The Hillsborough County Health Department issued an advisory for Ben T. Davis Beach Tuesday as a warning remained in effect for E.G. Simmons Park. here
Florida GOP Deborah Clark Disrespectful To The LGBT Community
Pinellas County Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark’s push to register new voters at nine Chick-Fil-A restaurants located throughout Pinellas is not sitting well with the Pinellas County Stonewall Democrats, who say the decision is highly partisan and is “completely disrespectful” to the LGBT community. here
Labels:
Deborah Clark,
Florida GOP,
The Citrus Taliban
66% Of Florida Voters Wake Up!
Or we will all get screwed!
Vote NO on Amendment 1
in November
This initiative is sponsored by state utilities, as well as groups tied to the petrochemical billionaire Koch brothers — and environmental groups argue that it would neither increase consumer rights nor their choices with regards to renewable energy. here
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Learn more about it here
Florida's Right Wing Infestation Continues
The last Democratic appointee on Florida's 1st District Court of Appeal, who was appointed to the court by Gov. Lawton Chiles in 1994, set in motion the process for a Republican governor to select his successor. For that successor, Scott turned to Allen Winsor, the solicitor general for Attorney General Pam Bondi. All of the state's five district courts of appeal now have Republican-appointed majorities. here
Florida INC. Water Making People Sick
Labels:
Florida Inc.,
Rick Scott's Florida,
WMNF
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Local Treasure Kate M Connolly
Tampa Love Has No Borders Food Drive
Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office Shuts Down Another Small Business
Angel Azcuy Merceron of Tampa had converted his garage and a guest bedroom into a marijuana growing operation. here
MarcoTrumpo In Miami
Monday, September 26, 2016
Florida GOP Matt Gaetz: Cheap Exploitative Humanoid Scumbag
Matt Gaetz waited just an hour to politicize Jose Fernandez’s death on Twitter — turning the tragic loss into an excuse to bash activist athletes. Keith Olbermann called him a “cheap exploitative humanoid scumbag.” here
Pinellas GOP Voter Suppression
Pastors of predominantly black churches are asking for an early voting location in South St. Pete, Mayor Rick Kriseman also wants it. The Supervisor of Elections,
says no.
Rev. Louis Murphy of Mt. Zion Progressive Baptist Church calls it “a clear case of voter suppression” and suggested that it could be a political move by Republican Supervisor of Elections Deborah Clark to suppress the Democratic vote in an African-American neighborhood. here
says no.
Beware Of Indigo Coffee In Tampa
"I stopped buying things at Indigo coffee in Tampa nearly two years ago on my birthday (after getting at least 1 coffee there every day) when, during a Food Not Bombs food share downtown, a houseless friend said he went in to buy his morning coffee and was told, "We don't serve your kind here anymore. I left the food share and made a beeline for the coffee shop and after loudly and furiously confronting them, I was told that the owner gave directive that houseless folks, (paying for their coffee or not) were not welcome at the coffee shop because they "smelled bad," and "people complained." (Likely people who have NO complaints for the social conditions that produce poverty or houselessness)"
Dezeray Lyn
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In the meantime, I'll be at the park downtown tomorrow morning at 8am for our Food Not Bombs Tuesday morning breakfast and I'll have tons of free coffee... for everyone.
Dezeray Lyn
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In the meantime, I'll be at the park downtown tomorrow morning at 8am for our Food Not Bombs Tuesday morning breakfast and I'll have tons of free coffee... for everyone.
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