Clair-Mel Demands Justice For Lavonia Riggins

 Murdered in his home by Caleb Johnson of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. After the killing, the Sheriff’s Office and Tampa Bay Times quickly moved to portray Riggins as a dangerous criminal. here

Liberal St. Petersburg, Florida

here

The Democratic Party Is Barely Recognizable; Corporate Politicians Now Rule All

Attorney and author Mike Papantonio appears on The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann to discuss the recent wins of corporate politicians in Florida, which leaves a void in the area of true progressive growth in Florida politics.

Florida DINO Patrick Murphy Under Investigation

The country’s top election watchdog is scrutinizing donations. 

The Federal Election Commission, the government body that oversees campaign finance, is reviewing a complaint alleging that the campaign of Rep. Patrick Murphy accepted potentially illegal contributions in 2011. here

Hillsborough County Animal Abuser Registry

Please plan to attend the Board of County Commissioners meeting on Thursday, September 8, at 9 a.m. at the County Center (601 E. Kennedy Blvd. in Tampa) to comment publicly in support of this ordinance. The meeting will be held in the second-floor boardroom. here

And please click here to e-mail your county commissioner and reiterate your support for an animal-abuser registry, then forward this alert far and wide.

Florida Once Again Proves It Absolutely Sucks At Elections

This past week brought a huge blow to progressive politics when Florida voters chose establishment Democrats over progressive candidates. 

Right Wing Owns Florida

The liberal American Bridge super PAC has released a new report contending that U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio and Florida Gov. Rick Scott have become “puppets” of the rival conservative Americans For Prosperity super PAC. here

Ybor Paparazzi

 Ed Turanchik

Party For The Revolution In St. Pete

Food not bombs benefit shows

9.17 - 4:00PM

The Paper Crane, Downtown St. Pete

info

Florida GOP Tim Schock: More Lanes - No Rail

Schock a pro-business conservative. Is against rail because Tampa's population isn't dense enough to support it, he said. Instead, Hillsborough should bypass rail in favor of more modern technologies on the horizon, like dedicated lanes for autonomous buses. here

Green Party Alliance at USF

Check them out here

Team Pat Kemp Looking For Members

Volunteer & Internship Opportunities Available; 
Please send resume to
Staff@ElectPatKemp.com

Hang out at her cool space in Ybor City.
Free coffee or

 $3.00 pints of Yuengling at 
Elmer's Sports Cafe next door.

Hillsborough County SWAT Team Murder Unarmed Man Over Two Grams Of Weed

For two grams of marijuana, a SWAT team stormed into a home and shot an unarmed man dead. Hillsborough County sheriff’s officials said SWAT team members perceived Levonia Riggins to be an “immediate threat.” His friends said he was just a man who enjoyed getting high.here

Winners And Losers In District 6

Winners

Pat Kemp
Kate M Connolly

Betty and Kathy Castor

Ed Turanchik

Jim Davis

The Sierra Club
Hillsborough County
Tampa

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Losers

Bob Buckhorn
Ione Townsend
Donna Lee Fore
Local Corporate Dems

Tampa Bay Times
 La Gaceta
Brian Willis
Tom Scott
John Dicks
Kevin Thurman
here

Latinos Rule In Central Florida

Demographics are changing rapidly here in Central Florida, a mecca of undecided voters stretching from Orlando to Tampa that helps swing state elections and that is rapidly becoming home to more Puerto Ricans, Venezuelans, Colombians and Dominicans. here

The Liberals Takeover Of Tampa

Hillsborough County Registered Voters

Dems 323,159

GOP 261, 279

Other 234,279
Currently IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
Ken Hagan
Sandy Murman
Al Hhigginbotham
victor crist, Stacy White
Les Miller and Kevin Beckner being the only Dems. 
Murman is up for re-election.
Mr. Beckners seat needs to be kept blue.
There are more Dems then GOP.

Why do they get to rule?
Join 
The Tampa Bay Chapter of the Democratic Progressive Caucus of Florida
here

Ybor Paparazzi

Irish dude on 7th Ave

Pat Kemp's Poll Was Correct

Before the election a poll showing Pat Kemp winning by a sizable margin mysteriously disappeared from a local website. 

The poll was right on!

 Did this happened for the 

benefit of another candidate? 

The story and reason given for the  disappearance here