The Ybor City Stogie

Sunday, March 26, 2017

St Pete in Progress: The New St Pete Pier

Int'l Trans Day Of Visibility Rally & March In Ybor City

3.31 - 7 pm

Centennial Park

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Florida GOP Alert: Stan McCullars

Stan McCullars was placed on administrative leave Monday after making death threats against Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala. here

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“Maybe SHE should get the death penalty, she should be tarred and feathered if not hung from a tree.” Stan McCullars

Saturday, March 25, 2017

Tampa Pride In Ybor

Kendra M. Black

7th Ave

Guido

Pat Kemp

Kathy Castor

Kate Connolly

Kevin Beckner

Bob Henriquez

Asher Edelson

Gil Sainz

Zora and Kelly

more

Florida GOP Cary Pigman Caught Drunk On The Florida Turnpike

Anti Pot Florida GOP State Representative
Cary Pigman of Avon Park was ought drunk on the Florida Turnpike
in Port St. Lucie. Hhis blood alcohol levels were 0.140 and 0.150 and they found a an open wine bottle in the
front passenger seat. here

Florida Beware Of "Energy Citizens"

Beware of this group

Here is what they have to say:

"Politicians in Tallahassee are facing pressure from anti-energy groups to ban hydraulic fracturing in Florida. This ban could hurt our energy savings, jobs and environmental progress. Tell your Florida legislators today to oppose this harmful ban on fracking!" here

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Energy Citizens is a front group backed by the American Petroleum Institute, the main trade group and lobbying arm of the oil industry, to fight climate change legislation.

Tell Rick Scott: Stop attacking Aramis Ayala

Last year, DFA members helped elect Aramis Ayala -- a powerhouse who ran on progressive values to become the first Black State's Attorney ever elected in Florida history, and the first woman to serve as a State Attorney in Orange and Osceola counties.
Now she is under attack by the Florida GOP.

SIGN THE PETITION

Pat Kemp Hosting Community Conversation: Safe, Scenic, Sensational, Shaded Trails

4.4 - 6 pm

Robert Saunders Library

Ybor City

Be part of the kick-off for a countywide, high-energy, sustained campaign to build a Safe, Scenic, Sensational (and Shaded) Trail network across Hillsborough County and across the region. here

Friday, March 24, 2017

Ybor Paparazzi

"To change something, at a minimum, you must understand it. And I see a lot of people trying to change things they don't understand."
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Donna Davis

At The Bunker

Tampa Gentrification

Save the Kress building

Florida Mayors Strike Back

Florida INC. is considering a bill that would limit cities’ ability to regulate businesses and industries. here
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Florida mayors voice their concerns in Tallahassee
about bills under consideration by
the Legislature that limit local control.

Rick Scott's Sabal Trail Natural Gas Pipeline

The Sabal Trail natural gas pipeline, a giant interstate project whose tail reaches over 268 miles into Florida, has generated fierce opposition as its construction moves through the state from Georgia to its end-point in Osceola County. here

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"Projects like this will make Floridians dependent on fossil fuel for many decades “when its citizens continually vote for solar energy and renewables. We’re not alone. This is happening all over the country.”
The Sierra Club

Union-Busting Florida GOP

Florida’s public-sector labor unions which represent thousands of workers ranging from school teachers to public utility linemen would have to convince their members to pay up or else risk being shut down, under a controversial plan by House Republicans that is now headed to the floor despite little chance
at becoming law. here

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HB 11 is a priority of House Speaker Richard Corcoran of Land O’Lakes.