Pinellas County commissioners became the third local government to conceptually commit to a proposed ferry service connecting downtown Tampa and downtown St. Petersburg. here
Friday, January 15, 2016
The Leadership Of Mayor Kriseman
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Ed Turanchik,
Rick Kriseman,
Turanchik Bay Ferry
Florida GOP Marco Rubio Wants To
Ban abortion, terminate the
Affordable Care Act, reduce taxes, ease gun regulations, scuttle the nuclear deal with Iran, and expand the military. here
Affordable Care Act, reduce taxes, ease gun regulations, scuttle the nuclear deal with Iran, and expand the military. here
FIGHT FOR 15 TAMPA MLK DAY MARCH IN YBOR CITY
Rick Scott's "Take It Deep" Speech
Scott spoke for nearly a half-hour
He never mentioned crime, the environment, immigration, colleges and universities, transportation or health care.
He did say he wants to cut taxes by $1 billion, mostly to help businesses, such as by repealing the corporate income tax on retailers and manufacturers, eliminating the sales tax on manufacturing equipment and reducing taxes on commercial rents. He also wants $250 million for Corporate Welfare. here
Florida GOP Richard Corcoran
of Land O'Lakes thinks it's Fantastic.
Wake up Pasco County voters.
Wake up Pasco County voters.
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Corporate Welfare,
Florida GOP,
Rick Scott's Florida
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Tampa Bay Locavore
Oldsmar - NPR - Holiday - Dunedin - Gulfport - Pinellas Park
Safety Harbor - Seminole - Zephyrhills - Largo
You guys on the beach.
Want to defeat corporations?
Stop buying their products.
Buy Local, help your neighbor, keep our money at home!
Food: here
Check out: 3 Boys Farm
A wholesale farm--they supply small local restaurants and stores
and donate to local food banks.
Check out: Lee's Grocery
Check out: Cigar City Brewing
Yuengling: Is from Pennsylvania but they have a brewery here. We are sure those folks working up on 30th street don't mind us drinking their beer.
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This new year take the pledge, Seek out a local business
you have never been to and check it out.
Rick Scott's Florida: Thousands Of Children At Risk
The state of Florida is putting thousands of children with heart defects at risk, a group of cardiac doctors say, because of a change in policy that came after Tenet Healthcare contributed $200,000 to Florida Republicans. here
Kategory 5 In Palm Harbor
Pam Bondi On Death Penalty In Florida
Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Florida's death penalty sentencing procedures as unconstitutional, Attorney General Pam Bondi has weighed in. here
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"She would like the law to read "No execution shall be held on the day of a Republican fundraiser." Susan Smith
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Local Photographers: Kate M. Connolly
Local Photographer Kate M. Connolly
@ Lee's Grocery in Tampa Heights
@ Lee's Grocery in Tampa Heights
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Kate M Connolly,
Lee's Grocery,
Lee's Grocery Paparazzi,
Local Photographers,
PhotoJourneaux
Christopher Cano For Vice Chair of the Hillsborough Democratic Party
"Today I declared my candidacy for Vice Chair of the Hillsborough Democratic Party, I'm going to devote all the local party resources to electing progressives in key seats and restoring the party back to the people. Election will be in Feb."
Visit him here
Visit him here
The Citrus Taliban Infiltration Of Hillsborough County Schools
Hillsborough County school superintendent Jeff Eakins reaffirmed his support Tuesday for a Christian organization that aims to expand its presence in the public schools. Addressing First Priority Tampa Bay — which has grown to serve dozens of local schools in the past six years, with the goal of helping students share the message of Christ. here
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First Priority, part of a national movement, teaches students to feel comfortable discussing their faith and spread the Gospel at school. The clubs bring religious leaders to campus for voluntary student prayer
and discussion sessions.
infiltration: To enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes
We pay Mr. Eakins $225,000 a year.
and discussion sessions.
infiltration: To enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Hillsborough County Dems New Leader Ione Townsend
The Hillsborough County Democratic Party has been known for a long time to take a backseat to the Hillsborough Republican Party regarding fundraising and getting people elected, something that Townsend vowed to attempt to end on her watch. here
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Elizabeth Belcher announced in November that she would be stepping down.
She said “It is outrageous that false allegations, accusations and false claims floating around here in the DEC. We are destroying
ourselves from the inside.”
Lee's Grocery - Tampa Heights
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Pam Bondi
$15 million just by persuading doctors to test Medicare patients for the exotic street drug Angel Dust. here
18th Annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert - Miami
The Deadly Streets Of Hillsborough County
2015 was the deadliest year on record for those walking the streets of Hillsborough County. There was no pattern to the carnage. Some victims were killed while using the crosswalk. here
Monday, January 11, 2016
Help Wanted: Sarasota Dems Needed
Sarasota GOP boasting that they hold every countywide office in Sarasota but one – and that they intend to keep it that way held a big shindig at the Sarasota Yacht Club to showcase their talent. More than two dozen candidates mingled in a crowd of 230. Sarasota Democrats currently have just a fraction of the candidates being put up by the local GOP. here
Sarasota voters We Got Your Back!
Sarasota voters We Got Your Back!
Tampa's At 25
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy has issued grades to Florida’s four largest cities.
Jacksonville 26
Miami 28.50
Orlando 33.50
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jax,
Miami,
orlando,
Peter Schorsch,
Tampa
GOP: A Party On The Brink Of Disaster
From the beginning of the campaign,
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In California Prop 187 won overwhelmingly with 59 percent of the vote and Pete Wilson won re-election handily. But while Republicans were high-fiving each other over their great victory, the court issued an immediate stay of the proposition and the Latino community in California began to protest and organize. And they also began, in great numbers, to vote Democratic. The fallout from Prop 187 and a few subsequent anti-immigrant proposals decimated the Republican Party in California.
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Solidarity Sunday Today
No Separation Of Church And State In Hillsborough County: Part 2
Statements from about a half-dozen principals expressing their appreciation to
Idlewild Baptist Church?
Florida No Longer Ranks As The Most Corrupt State In The Country
That is hardly cause to celebrate. Florida had ranked at the top of the list during the 10-year period from 2000 to 2010. But a downward trend doesn't mean the state solved its corruption problem, as Integrity Florida research director Ben Wilcox said. here
TBX Code Yellow March
A wake up call for Tampa
A colorful demonstration of exactly how wide the swath of destruction caused by the proposed widening of I-275 would be. here
2.6.2015 - 11AM - Tampa
Jeb Bush Would End Helping The Poor
Jeb Bush's latest policy proposal is a welfare-reform plan that would end federal programs for food and housing assistance. Bush will pledge to eliminate the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program as well as housing assistance and the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families. here
Saturday, January 9, 2016
We Remember Andrew Joseph, III Memorial Weekend In Tampa
Feb 5, 2016 @ 2pm
Protest of Student Day
Florida State Fairgrounds-Tampa
Feb. 6, 2016 @ 9am
Middleton High School Old Track
22nd Street and Geneses, Tampa
more events here
Florida We Have The Power
"Republicans must win Florida and woo more Latino voters to gain the presidency
in November."
"We lose Florida and it's virtually impossible for us to win the presidency."
"We have to have a candidate who can get the Latino vote."
Labels:
Progressive Florida,
Tampa Bay Progressive
Marco Rubio Would Seize And Sell Off America’s Public Lands
Florida GOP Marco Rubio doesn’t like that militants are currently occupying a federal wildlife facility in Oregon. But he does like the militia’s main idea: Seizing and selling off America’s public lands.
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Rubio said that while he doesn’t support “lawless” activity, he does agree with the militia on its main point that federal public lands should be transferred to private ownership for activities like logging, coal mining, oil drilling, and farming. here
Debbie Wasserman Schultz Hates Weed, Loves Booze Industry's Money
The head of the Democratic Party opposes legal weed but has no problem accepting thousands from the liquor lobby. here
Florida Workers’ Voice Tour
This coming March 2-13,
farmworkers and thousands of consumer allies will be mobilizing to bring Wendy’s — the lone holdout among the big five fast-food companies of Yum Brands, McDonald’s, Burger King, Subway, and Wendy’s — into the Fair Food Program! info
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