Monday, March 6, 2017
Tampa Cuban Cigar Makers
New College presents Tampa-area historian Maura Barrios, as she shares the origin and history of Cuban cigar makers who settled in Ybor City and surrounding areas in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Sunday, March 5, 2017
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Carne Asada
With Rice, Platanos and Salad
At Avila’s Tipico Honduras Restaurante
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Eat Local!
Letters From GOP Hillsborough County Commissioners
Letter I sent our county commissioners
on the issue of transit.
"I have been a HART rider for over 10 years. More roads does not help me at all. STOP spending our money on roads. We want more buses and rail. We have one of the worst transit systems in the country. With the exception of Ms. Kemp are you all in developers pockets?"
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Thank you for contacting the office of Commissioner Crist about funding for public transit. I will be sure to share your thoughts and concerns on the issue with the Commissioner.
Sincerely,
Chris Heintz
Legislative Aide
Commissioner Crist, District 2
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Thank you so much for contacting our office regarding Transit. Your input regarding this issue is important to the Commissioner. We appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts and opinions with us. Have a great day and please don’t hesitate to call our office if we can be of further assistance.
Sincerely,
Ms. Eli Rodriguez
Aide to County Commissioner Al Higginbotham
Hillsborough County Board of County Commissioners
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Thank you for your email. Commissioner Hagan is just as frustrated as you are about the need for funding adequate transit in Tampa/Hillsborough county. That is why he was the only Republican on the Board to support placing the sales tax referendum on the ballot last year. Unfortunately, a majority of board members opposed that plan.
The hard truth is that we have billions of dollars in unmet infrastructure needs in Hillsborough county and the only way to begin to address that is to have a dedicated funding source of tax dollars—this has been very hard to come by. But Commissioner Hagan is committed to continue fighting to address our transportation needs in a meaningful and rational way. In the meantime, the Board will soon finalize a transportation plan that will dedicate $700 million over 10 years to improve existing roads and provide congestion relief where possible in Hillsborough county. Feel free to share with us any questions you may have concerning this plan. And please let us know if we can ever be of service to you. Have a great day.
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Cordially,
Eric Denney
Legislative Aide to
Commissioner Ken Hagan – District 5
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Hillsborough County Medical Marijuana Zoning Ordinance
3.7 - 6pm
County Center - Downtown Tampa
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The Hillsborough County Commission will hear public comment and take a vote on their proposed medical marijuana zoning ordinance.
Commissioners are rushing to approve zoning rules and restrictions on medical marijuana businesses before Tallahassee has acted to implement the constitution. We need to tell the Hillsborough County Commission to slow down and do what's best for patient access.
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Saturday, March 4, 2017
Florida GOP Refusing To Face Their Constituents
Florida GOP Power Grab
On Monday, March 6, the Senate Committee for Community Affairs meets to consider three bills that will hurt communities across the state. We urge you to contact members of the committee (direct contact info below) and urge them to vote NO on the following bills:
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SB 534: This bill restricts local counties and cities from enacting and enforcing many local ordinances. If passed, this means that those working on local infrastructure projects in our communities can be denied a living and prevailing wage, hurting workers and local economic development in the process. Filed by Sen. Keith Perry (R-Gainesville).
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SB 80: This bill will make it harder for people to access public records and effectively undermine open government in the Sunshine State. What's more, it will erode the state constitution, which guarantees Floridians the right to access public records. Filed by Sen. Greg Steube (R-Sarasota).
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SB 428: This bill is the Legislature's annual attack on the Florida Retirement System and would limit new participants from the pension fund, putting the retirement security of nearly a million workers and retirees at risk. Filed by Sen. Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg).
Florida GOP Dana Young Seeing The Green From Marijuana
Friday, March 3, 2017
Hasta La Vista Marco Rubio: Booted From Tampa Office
Vocal crowds of demonstrators making weekly visits to the Tampa office of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio have gotten the Miami Republican booted from the building. here
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The owner of Bridgeport Center, a gleaming, nine-story office center at 5201 Kennedy Blvd., notified Rubio's office on Feb. 1 that it will not renew its lease.
Florida Right Wing Power Grab
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Republican lawmakers seeking to wrest power from Washington seem to have no problem concentrating it in Tallahassee rather than on the local level.
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They apparently only want local control when the locals are in complete ideological agreement with their far-right positions.
Awake the State Tampa
3.7 - 2pm
Gaslight Park - Downtown Tampa
Join us in Tampa as we Awake The State on the first day of Florida's legislative session! Gov. Scott and his allies are irresponsibly squandering our tax dollars. Their giant corporate tax giveaways costing our state billions are unjust and uncalled for while critical needs in education, health care, the environment, and infrastructure remain urgent. It’s time to Awake The State and fight for a just budget that works for every Floridian.
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