The Ybor City Stogie

Sunday, December 22, 2013

What Stogie Had For Lunch

The Buffy

At Hamburger Mary's in Ybor City

Rick Scott Blasted For Deaths Of 40 Children

South Florida Democrats fired a stinging rebuke at Gov. Rick Scott (R) Thursday, holding him responsible for the deaths of 40 children who were known to state child welfare workers when they died during the first half of 2013.......more>

"Clearly, your idealogical agenda of smaller government and less regulation doesn't always neatly fit with the priority of child protection, which has resulted in heartbreaking outcomes for too many Florida children" wrote Rep. Perry Thurston of Fort Lauderdale

Interview: Florida Cop Arrested For Refusing to Remove Guy Fawkes Mask

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Black Santa In Port Charlotte

Raíces en Tampa: DL4ALLFL

On Dec 17, a new immigrant rights group, Raíces en Tampa, met with community members and students to launch a movement to demand driver licenses for undocumented immigrants in Florida. Previous attempts to pass driver license bills in Florida had support, but still failed. In 2012, the Dream Act Driver License bill unanimously passed in the state legislature. However, Florida Governor Rick Scott brought it down with a veto. here

Dolphins Dying In Gulf From BP Oil Spill

A study backed by the federal government and paid for by BP shows that dolphins in some of the worst hit areas by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill in 2010 are suffering from lung disease and other abnormalities consistent with toxic exposure to oil.......more>

Friday, December 20, 2013

Ben Kirby Is The Man Around These Parts

St. Pete Mayor Rick Kriseman's Director of Communications

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The Most Dangerous State For Homeless People Is: Florida. Again

Florida has a problem.

Once again, the Sunshine State has been deemed the most dangerous in the nation for homeless people -- the third such designation it has earned since 2008 -- according to the National Coalition for the Homeless' 2012 database of known cases of violence........more>