Tampa Love Has No Borders Food Drive

All day long on October 1st, the Concrete Rose Collective house will be accepting donations of non perishable foods (no 'pork') head scarves, children's toys, school supplies, educational games, gift cards and hygiene products to assist us in providing foods and filling needs for our growing list of families for the food delivery program. If you are a doctor, dentist, teacher, nurse, barber, dance instructor, business owner etc and would like to donate vouchers for free services as donation, please feel welcome to do so! info

Pat Kemp Hangs With Tampa's Latinos In Ybor City

Viva Tampa Bay Hispanic Heritage Festival

Centennial Park, Ybor City, Florida

Is Tampa's Riverwalk Private Property?

We were there to take some pics of the 

"Float The Vote" event.

Tim Heberlein was there.

We thought we would help Pat out a little bit.

We put up our signs and were about 

to start passing out literature.

When these two guys came up. 

We were told by Jeremy and Alan that the Riverwalk is private property. It belongs to the City of Tampa? If the sidewalk is painted it is a "No Free Speech Zone."

They did allow us on the dock.

Ybor Paparazzi

Carina at L'Unione Italiana

SHINE Community Mural Project

Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless Living in Tampa

Local Treasures Jamie & Laila

Young Female Progressive Leaders;

Laila Abdelaziz & Jamie Klapholz
Image: Kate M Connolly

Florida INC. Radioactive Water

Mosaic phosphate fertilizer plant in Mulberry may have dumped at least 215 million gallons of contaminated water into the Floridan Aquifer over the past three weeks. it could be months before the hole is plugged.  Neither Mosaic nor DEP officials notified the public about the spill. here

Pat Kemp On Bayshore

Erin, Anthony and Kent

Join the team here

Florida DINO Gwen Graham Votes With GOP

Surprised?

Gwen Graham was one of only 12 Democrats to vote this morning for a GOP bill to prevent the transfer of detainees at Guantanamo Bay. here

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The bill, which passed 244-174, comes as President Obama seeks to empty the prison and fulfill a campaign pledge.

Kelly Benjamin Tries To Bribe Pam Bondi With $50,000 Check

On Thursday, Kelly Benjamin tried to drop off a gift to Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi -- a $50,000 check.

Secretary: "I'm not authorized to accept anything like that."

Benjamin: "I can just slip it to you, it seems like that's how things work."

here

Ybor Paparazzi

Kate M Connolly at  L’Unione Italiana

The Fractured And Weak Florida GOP

The Republican Party of Florida is fractured and weaker than it has been in quite some time," says Aubrey Jewett, an expert in Florida politics at the University of Central Florida. "The problem for the Republicans is that there's sort of an every-candidate-for-themselves mentality right now, starting with Rick Scott." here

Florida GOP Against Snowden Pardon

Jeff Miller

Tom Rooney

lleana Flos-Lehtinen

and Patrick Murphy

here

Stand up for Snowden

Sign the letter

Rick Scott's Florida Slave Wages

Tampa, Miami and Orlando had the lowest median household income among the nation's 25 largest metro areas. Tampa had a median household income of $48,911, Miami's was $50,441 and Orlando's was $51,077 and Florida had one of the highest measures of economic inequality in the nation, here

Florida's New Human Health Toxics Criteria Rule

Allows Florida INC. to dump greater concentrations of toxins, including carcinogens, into Florida’s rivers and streams. It was approved on a 3-2 vote by the Environmental Regulation Commission in July. On Tuesday an administrative law judge dismissed a series of complaints because they missed the deadline for filing the challenge. here

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article101855997.html#storylink=cpy

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article101855997.html#storylink=cpy