Friday, August 21, 2015
Thursday, August 20, 2015
Florida INC. Booming In Tallahassee
The Southern Strategy Group continues to post gaudy lobbying figures in Tallahassee: The firm collected an estimated $3.1 million in consulting fees last quarter, SSG took in some $2.3 million from 241 legislative lobbying clients and reported $800,000 in fees from 242 executive branch contracts. here
The Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce
Two weeks ago over 50 members of the community went before the MPO to denounce the plan, and asked the agency not to include the TBX in the MPO’s Transportation Improvement Plan. The MPO approved it on a 13-1 vote.
Fewer than 10 people came out in support of the plan. One of them was Bob Rohrlack, the president/CEO of the Greater Tampa Chamber of Commerce. here
Will Kathy Castor Vote For War?
Rep. Kathy Castor says she’s not ready to announce whether she supports the Iran nuclear deal, but will within the next week or so. here
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"We hope Ms. Castor thinks about this carefully. This could be the most important vote of her career. With her base, If she votes for war, everything good that she has ever done will be forgotten. She will always be remembered for helping the war hawks take us into another senseless war. Her base will forget about her, we know we will. She will go the way of Gwen Graham and Patrick Murphy." YCS
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Free Lube For Florida GOP Voters
So for those incurably truculent in Tallahassee, here is the reality of what happened:
You cheated. You got caught. And now you're pouting. What's infuriating is their arrogance. These are elected officials who willfully ignored constitutional amendments passed by a vast majority of Florida voters, and now they want to blame the state Supreme Court for calling them out on it?
here
“I believe at my core that the Florida Supreme Court has grossly overstepped its boundaries,”
Rep. Dana Young
“I believe at my core that the Florida Supreme Court has grossly overstepped its boundaries,”
Rep. Dana Young
Sen. Tom Lee pouted that the court maybe violated his First Amendment rights and muttered darkly about hiring a
personal lawyer.
"Redistricting does not, it’s fair to say, bring out the best in people."
Registered Democrats in Florida still outnumber registered Republicans by 400,000, yet Republicans hold 17 seats in Congress to the Dems’ 10. Some might say that ain’t exactly genuine representation.
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Remember the class size amendment? Ignored. We passed “Polluter Pays,” demanding that Big Sugar and Big Ag clean up their Everglades mess, in 1996. Still waiting on that one. More than 75 percent of voters said yes to conservation land acquisition last year. The Legislature’s response was to blow off the will of the people. Again.
As for Fair Districts, in 2010, Floridians approved two constitutional amendments instructing the Legislature to create districts that made geographical
and community sense.
and community sense.
Instead, its members cut secret deals and lied. here
For the folks that keep voting for these people,
we got your back!
freelube@yborcitystogie.com
Why Are We Paying Rick Scott’s Legal Bills?
Rick Scott has shown time and time again that he thinks he’s above the law
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and now he’s forcing us to pay for it.
Sign the petition demanding mega-millionaire Gov.
Rick Scott pay his own legal fees for attempting to skirt Florida’s Sunshine
Law.
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“Even for someone who has amply shown contempt for
open government, Rick Scott's latest failure to play by the rules is
outrageous.”
Miami Herald editorial, 8/10/15
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“It's easy to spend money — when it
belongs to someone else. Just ask Gov. Rick Scott.”
Orlando
Sentinel editorial, 8/11/15
Florida DINO Party In Ybor City
Evening with Special Guest
DNC Chair and Congresswoman
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
GOP Open to Torture
Jeb (Veto) Bush is, so is Marco Rubio and
three-fourths of Republican voters say
the CIA’s post-9/11 interrogation techniques were justified, compared to only 37 percent of Democrats and roughly half of independents. here
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
John Kerry's Democracy In Cuba Idea
When President Cruz &
Vice President Rubio
Vice President Rubio
are crowned in 2017 we will hear no more of this nonsense about democracy. "We are a Republic not a democracy!". Obama's & Kerry's 21st Century "socialist" ideas will be scrapped immediately for a return to good old 19th century vulture capitalism. Those wealthy Cuban sugar barons who have been polluting the everglades & Florida Bay with the help of US taxpayer subsidies will reclaim their plantations in Cuba where they ...can use cheap peasant labor instead of those lazy overpaid Haitians & Central Americans.
Former casino owners will go back into business, underemployed women will get designer dresses & lots of work entertaining foreign tourists. Those polluting 50's junk heaps will be replaced by Uber operated Escalades & Mercedes w/ black glass. To eliminate voter fraud only caucasians w/ top secret security clearance, NRA GOLD CARDS & at least 6 homes in undisclosed locations will be certified by the secretary of state as elingible voters. And it will all be supported by a flat tax & a lottery.
Wayne Schucker
My trip to Cuba in 2007
Wayne Schucker
My trip to Cuba in 2007
Florida Dem. Corrine Brown Files Federal Lawsuit To Keep Her Job
U.S. Rep. Corrine Brown, whose Jacksonville to Orlando district would be overhauled in a redistricting proposal now before state lawmakers, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking
to stop the change. here
to stop the change. here
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Justices ruled that Brown’s north-south district was drawn largely to help Republicans retain overwhelming command of the state’s 27 congressional districts. The GOP holds a 17-10 edge over Democrats in Florida’s congressional delegation, despite there being about 500,000 more registered Democrats than Republicans in the state.
FDOT Stealing Conch Republic Land
The Sunset Cove In Key Largo has been in business 65 years. It is the oldest motel on the island. One day the Florida Department of Transportation suddenly
showed up at its door with a hell of a claim: Part of the resort, including the historic sign, was actually on state-owned land. As soon as possible, FDOT insisted, they must remove the sign and begin paying the state thousands of dollars in rent. here
Monday, August 17, 2015
Hillsborough County Beware: Jim Norman Is Plotting Again
He told Mitch Perry of SPB that he is plotting a comeback. Everything you thought you knew about what happened to him in 2010 is wrong. It was all the media's fault. He is fired up about setting the record straight. here
“I’m embarrassed for our community that he’s even considering a run, as for me, I’m looking forward to holding him accountable for years of creating sprawl and turning his back on this county while enriching himself.” Pat Kemp
“I am out in the community meeting with voters and I consistently here that our community is ready for new ideas and new leadership, I am confident voters don’t want to go back to the days of investigations and accusations of corruption.” Brian Willis
“They will always remind you whatever challenges you have faced…so that will always be there, we all have a record, and so people have a tendency to remind us of our record, as well.” Tom Scott
Well said Mr. Scott, lets start now.
Also please note, Ronda Storms is also thinking about coming out of the shadows.
Florida Inc. Last In Lobbyist Transparency
Lobbyists in the Sunshine State are subject to the least-transparent public
disclosure requirements in the country. here
GOP Bullshit In Tampa Bay
See how the 14th District jumps across the bay for no apparent reason?
Republicans did that because they knew if the cities of Tampa and St. Petersburg
each got their own districts, there would be way too many
Democratic-leaning African American and Latino voters for Republicans to stand a
chance. here
So the GOP legislature made District 14 hop across the bay deliberately packing every minority voter they
could find into just one district in order to virtually eliminate minorities'
influence in the other.
Local Hero Al Fox In Ybor City
At CoWork Ybor, 1901 E. 7th Ave.
Downtown Ybor City
Downtown Ybor City
Hillsborough County Young Democrats
will be hosting our local hero Al Fox President of the
Alliance for Responsible Cuba Policy Foundation.
will be hosting our local hero Al Fox President of the
Alliance for Responsible Cuba Policy Foundation.
It is suppose to be a deliberation between Mr. Fox
and Colonel Evelio Otero (US Air Force, Retired)
about the future of Cuban relations.
But with recent developments between the island and the US it could turn into a victory party for Mr. Fox.
about the future of Cuban relations.
But with recent developments between the island and the US it could turn into a victory party for Mr. Fox.
Florida War Hawk Alcee Hastings
Congressman Alcee L. Hastings, a Democrat from Delray Beach, representing Florida’s 20th district will not support the Iran deal. He will also introduce legislation on Sept. 8 that authorizes the sitting president or his successors to use military force to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear weapons state. here
He is the second Florida Dem.
voting for war.
voting for war.
This guy will also vote for war!
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