Thursday, October 8, 2015
Pat Kemp: The Perfect Candidate At The Right Time
Will we be Denver or Los Angeles? It's a choice we are making right now by default with each day we don't plan for our transportation future.
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Like many of you, I'm frustrated, disappointed and disheartened by the cloud that is now hanging over the Go Hillsborough, the county transportation plan. It should have moved forward with transparency, openness and expertise, building a comprehensive plan for our future instead of an unconnected meagre of projects.
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It's time for a plan. I'm excited that we now have an opportunity to buy CSX tracks in Hillsborough County. The tracks run from USF to downtown and across north Hillsborough County by Tampa International Airport and to Pinellas. They go all the way through Lutz to Brooksville. With CSX tracks, we'd have a right-of-way and we wouldn't have to wait decades to build a rail system.
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In Orlando and Miami, CSX tracks have already been converted for commuter rail use. Converting the tracks will cost far less than a building a new light rail system and less than the cost of the current I-275 road expansion at $120 million a mile.
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Beth Alden, the Director of the Metropolitan Planning Organization, calls it a "real opportunity as our opportunities get narrower and narrower." Alden says that "DOT has thrown down the gauntlet on this . . . DOT is willing to work with us but they need us to be partners at the table."
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And join us on Wednesday, October 28 at Copperfish in South Tampa for a campaign fundraiser.
And join us on Wednesday, October 28 at Copperfish in South Tampa for a campaign fundraiser.
Thank you for being part of the change!
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Rick Scott's Traveling Circus
City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito is not pleased that Florida governor Rick Scott is visiting New York City this week, accusing the Republican governor of leading a "traveling circus" to "steal jobs" from the city. here
Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Jeb Bush
Jeb Bush supports owner Dan Snyder's refusal to abandon the racist name of his NFL football team. despite years of repeated calls to do so
from Native Americans activists.
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BTW, Snyder donated $100,000 to the Bush-supporting super -PAC Right to Rise back in June.
ELECTED OFFICIALS PROPOSE EXPANSION ON FAILING MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW; UNITED FOR CARE SAYS PROPOSAL IS IRRELEVANT, AMENDMENT STILL NEEDED
which the current law does not.
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Ben Pollara, Campaign Manager at United for Care, said, “The voters of Florida – and specifically,sick and suffering Floridians who are so desperate for medical marijuana – have no reason to trust the legislature to handle this effectively, and every reason NOT to. It’s great that our legislature is finally acknowledging that THC has medicinal value, but even if they manage to pass this bill – which we have no reason to believe they will – it doesn’t help enough people to obviate the need for a constitutional amendment.”
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Charlotte’s Web Law is still not implemented even though the law was passed two years ago, and the medicine was supposed to be available to qualified patients in January 2015.
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In announcing today’s legislation, Sen. Bradley was quoted as saying, “We need to make sure we do it right. If we just turn it over to a constitutional amendment, it will be taking a sledgehammer to an issue rather than a surgeon’s scalpel.”
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Pollara stated, in reaction, “A sledgehammer over the head may in fact be the only way for Floridians to have their voices heard by the largely deaf ears of Tallahassee politicians, who despite valiant efforts by courageous, thoughtful members like Sens. Bradley and Brandes and Reps. Gaetz, Steube and Edwards, have simply failed to enact meaningful laws on this issue.”
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Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Tell Mayor Buckhorn To Welcome Syrian Refugees
Add your support to the letter from America's mayors welcoming Syrian refugees into their communities. here
Fascist Running For Senate In Florida
A senatorial candidate has arisen in Florida who makes Trump look like a goddamn centrist, and his name is Augustus Sol Invictus. The 32-year-old lawyer and probable fascist is running as a Libertarian to replace Marco Rubio as one of Florida’s two representatives in the U.S. Senate, and his history is fairly insane. here
Pinellas County Barrier Islands Abandoned In 50 Years
A University of Miami geologist is calling the problem of sea-level rise irreversible because 93 percent of excess heat from global warming is in the oceans; at St. Petersburg College in Seminole Friday, Harold Wanless warned that barrier islands, like those lining the coast of Pinellas County, may start to be abandoned in as soon as 50 years. here
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
Bethune-Cookman University To Honor Rick Scott
WTF
Scott's recognition comes because of his focus on creating jobs, and his focus on education and healthcare. here
Wall St. Dem Love Fest In Fort Lauderdale: Clinton And Murphy
Patrick Murphy, aiding and abetting a Republican “witch hunt” of Hillary Clinton by voting last year to create a House select committee to investigate the 2012 Benghazi attacks.
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Murphy attended a fundraiser for Clinton in Fort Lauderdale on Friday, the Democratic presidential front-runner recognized Murphy and told donors she is “so proud of him.”
Tallahassee Pay-To-Play Culture: Carlos Curbelo
is among about two dozen GOP congressional representatives who have promised to supply detailed information about their "legislative agenda" and "political justifications" to national Republican donors in exchange for financial support. here
Monday, October 5, 2015
United for Care Looking For Medical Marijuana Refugees
Bianca A Garza,
Hello everyone! As Director of Communications with United for Care. I am still looking for people who have left Florida for a state that allows medical use of marijuana. In other words, medical marijuana refugees. I'd like to hear and share these stories in order to help educate the community on why a medical marijuana law is so important in our state. If you know of anyone please give them my email: bianca@unitedforcare.orgBob Buckhorn's Fringe Groups
Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn
upset civic groups including the NAACP and American Civil Liberties Union when he dismissed critics of his new police review board as “fringe groups” who want to “tear down our community. ” Buckhorn said he sees no need to meet with those groups as called for by City Council Chairman Frank Reddick. here
upset civic groups including the NAACP and American Civil Liberties Union when he dismissed critics of his new police review board as “fringe groups” who want to “tear down our community. ” Buckhorn said he sees no need to meet with those groups as called for by City Council Chairman Frank Reddick. here
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“Mayor, there is a cloud of distrust over police-community relations in this town, and this country, we are merely responding to their demands for justice.” Frank Reddick
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