Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Vigil For Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School In Tampa













Curtis Hixon Park - Tampa, Florida
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Andrew Gillum for Governor - "Bring it Home"

Lesson For Florida Dems

Despite holding a slight registation edge statewide, the Florida Democratic party is looking at losing a U. S. Senate seat and a continuation of the Republican grip on the governor’s mansion if polls are to be believed.
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Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum could break that 20-year cycle. The Tallahassee mayor has all the ingredients of a winner: a visionary platform, name recognition, a new savvy finance chairman, and charisma.  Oh, and he is African-American.
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Doug Jones’ victory in Alabama gave Democrats a winning template: turning out minority voters in huge numbers, energizing Millennials, and closing the gap with college-educated white voters.
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None of Gillum’s opponents in the Democratic primary would be able to come within light years of what he is capable of achieving in a general election. 
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The Florida Democratic party has been more like the Florida Aristocratic party with elitist state chairpersons like Allison Tant and Stephen Bittel.  Paying lip service to neutrality in the governor’s race while quietly promoting  former Gov. Bob Graham’s daughter would be another in a long history of costly unforced errors by party elders. more
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2018 Florida Legislative Update: Week 6

Monday, February 19, 2018

Florida Hero Anthony Borges


Anthony is a victim of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.  During this unspeakable tragedy, Anthony was able to save about 20 other students as he attempted to close and lock the door to a classroom.  He was shot multiple times (both legs were shot, left upper thigh bone shattered and one bullet went through his back).  He has a long road of recovery ahead of him but he 
is alive and stable.
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Our thoughts and prayers are with Anthony and his family.  Any help is very much appreciated. here

Tampa Paparazzi

Asher and Ariel

Florida GOP In NRA's Pockets

Marco Rubio
Carlos Curbelo
Mario Diaz-Balart 
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Three of the four Republicans who represent Miami-Dade County in Washington received at least $2,000 from the National Rifle Association during the 2016 campaign, according to campaign finance records from the Center for Responsive Politics. 
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Diaz-Balart is also the single largest recipient of NRA cash among Floridians in Congress
 since 1998.
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The Citrus Taliban In Tampa

Gaslight Park - Tampa