Right Wing Taking Aim At Hillsborough Commissioner Kevin Beckner

Five of the seven Hillsborough County Commission seats are up for election next year. But one race is already getting heavy attention from conservatives.
The early target: Kevin Beckner, one of just two Democrats on the board.
here
"It's really very unfortunate the way they've started off the campaign season, not even attacking me on the issues, but personally.
It seems to there is an intention to attempt character assassination on me.".......Kevin Beckner
Kevin Beckner, Democrat, for Hillsborough County Commissioner, District 6.

here

William's Auto Detailing

Broad St. and Florida Ave. in Tampa

Friends Of Stogie

At Gaspar's Patio in Temple Terrace

What Stogie Had For Breakfast

Eggs
With Homefries And Bacon.
$4.75 At Three Coins Diner, 7410 N Nebraska Ave, Tampa

How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?

Eat Local!

Drink Local

Drink Yuengling, Stogie's favorite. Help your neighbor keep his job. Made in Tampa. Why send your money to other countries. Guided Tours and Highlights.
Sample the Yuengling heritage for yourself at the brewery's biergarten.

here

Homeless Heroes in Ybor

Godiva Chocolates, Nintendo GameBoys and Cashmere Sweaters

What Was Alan Gross Doing in Havana?
Since 1996, a small effort to stick our thumb in the island's eye developed with the formation of a "Cuba democracy program" within USAID to deliver "humanitarian aid" and "information" to "human rights and political activists" and families of dissidents. For years the democracy program's budget, about $2 million to start with, was funneled into grants to Cuban American groups in Miami that ostensibly used the money to somehow promote freedoms for Cubans still on the island.

Unfortunately, program funds were misused. A 2006 audit and investigation by the GAO highlighted taxpayer monies used to purchase Godiva chocolates, Nintendo GameBoys and cashmere sweaters. An alleged embezzlement scheme by another grantee was discovered in 2008, leading a member of the House to challenge USAID's annual program allocation, which had by then grown to $45 million per year. The agency agreed to more closely monitor its contractors, and soon after Alan Gross was hired via DAI to travel to Cuba.
here

Help, end the war on the Cuban people, they are being held hostage by a small group of
Right-Wing Extremist in South Florida.
(Wearing Cashmere Sweaters, Eating Chocolate and playing Video Games.)
Stop The MCM.

MLK and Central Avenue in St. Petersburg 1946

here

Best of the Bay - El Paraiso Cafe

Stogie Recommends
CL Best of the Bay
Best Cuban Food
Vote Here
4112 E 7th Ave, Tampa
Website

Why I Like Dr. No, Sometimes.

Ron Paul......
*Has voted against constitutional bans on same-sex marriage and flag burning,
believing in individual expression.
*During a GOP debate in South Carolina in May, Paul said that if a person wants to shoot up with heroin, it's that person's choice, and the federal government should stay out of it.
*Paul was one of only six Republicans to vote against giving President George W. Bush the authority to wage war in Iraq and has long bemoaned U.S. intervention overseas.
*Talking about the Cuban embargo, Paul said the U.S. policy has failed.
"If we wouldn't have had this embargo for 40 years, Castro would have been gone a long time ago,"
more
I am not endorsing Mr. Paul and probably would never vote for him, but he is the only one that i see getting us out of the mess we are in. Ending the wars alone would help alot.

Where Did All Our Money Go?

Clinton left us a surplus, today we owe 14 Trillion. What the hell happend the last ten years?

(Wars, Banks and Wall Street Bail Outs, Tax Breaks for the Rich and Corporations?)
Why do we pay federal taxes?

Gaby For Mayor - Ladies Night Out

more
Gaby For Mayor

Holybible Ministries

Street Vendor in Tampa.
info

What Stogie Had For Dinner

Two Real Tacos
With Rice and Beans
$8.00 At Taco Bus, 2324 Central Ave, St Petersburg
Eat Local!

TECO Bill Too High?

Imagine these things all over the place.
Busch Blvd. in Tampa

Solar Energy

Rick Scott Pays Just $360 A Year For State Health Insurance

The governor, a proud bearer of the Republican Party’s deregulation standard,
has spent his first half-year in office decrying government waste:
He’s laid off thousands of Sunshine State employees, slashed their benefits, turned down (most of) the federal government’s health care dollars, and put extra financial pressure on Florida retirees and Medicaid recipients.
But Scott and his dependents pay one-fifth what a janitor in the state Capitol pays for health insurance… and less than 3 percent of what a retired state trooper pays for life-saving coverage.
here
At The Spencerian

Warren & Maureen Nyerges

THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD!!
The Florida couple who took on Bank Of America and won.
Very funny stuff.

SOG's 401-Keg Plan

If you had purchased $1,000 of shares in Delta Airlines one year ago, you would have $49.00 today. If you purchased $1,000 of shares in AIG, you would have $33.00. If you purchased $1,000 of shares in Lehman Brothers, you would have $0.00 today.

But, if you purchased $1,000 worth of beer, drank all the beer, turned in the aluminum cans for recycling, you would have $214.00. Therefore the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle.
It is called the 401-Keg Plan.

here

Ignite Tampa Bay - Kelly Benjamin

The existing sprawled out environment that dominates our landscape (and represents a huge investment of time, money, infrastructure, and dreams) is malfunctioning and there seems to be no clear understanding of how to fix it.

IERNA's Heating & Cooling

IERNA's Heating & Cooling has offered to help "Gaby For Mayor" for each 'Like' they get - Please go to their page and LIKE it then POST on their page 'Thank you for supporting Gaby for Mayor and BGC'
here

Best of the Bay - Gaspar's Patio Bar & Grille

Stogie Recommends
CL Best of the Bay
Temple Terrace's Best Kept Secret
Drink - Food - Sports - Karaoke

Vote Here
8448 North 56th Street, Temple Terrace.
Website
At Facebook - At Streets of Tampa Bay

Cheap Ride

In Tampa

Gaby For Mayor!

I'm running for Honorary Mayor of Riverview! To cast your vote for me,

please check out http://www.gabyformayor.com/ for details!

The Isle of Man

The Isle of Man, is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland. It is 32 miles long and, at its widest point, 14 miles wide. It has an area of around 221 sq miles. At the 2006 interim census, Mann was home to 80,058 people.
Wikipedia
AAA Nation.

Civilian Conservation Corps

I wonder when we'll get to a place where someone can say "hey, we need mandatory public service by all young people in America." Doesn't have to be the Armed Forces.
How about teaching? How about the Peace Corps?
How about rebuilding our country?
here

Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless Living In Tampa
Tampa Bay Homeless

Anonymous Operation Onslaught - Ybor City

We are Anonymous. We are Legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us.