Haider Darwash of Waterford Lakes left his 2-month-old infant alone in his car Thanksgiving night while he and the wife went shopping at Wal-Mart........more>
Danita Kilcullen, the co-founder of the Fort Lauderdale Tea Party,
voiced her sentiments in an email about Republicans in Broward County specifically the Log Cabin Republicans, a gay conservative group. She likened the pro-gay Republican group to “gay thugs” who have taken over the local Republican party.......more>
In the course of just a few short years the state has instituted questionable changes to popular early-voting hours, launched a flawed voter purge effort, and issued a misguided absentee ballot directive. Rather than make the voting process better, these moves have instead given life to claims that the state is more interested in preserving a particular party’s political power than in preserving the integrity of the vote. The state’s meddling needs to stop.......more
This from editors of a solidly Republican editorial board.
Alicia, a member and founder of Raices en Tampa, this year she will not be celebrating Thanksgiving with her family. Alicia's family is split apart between two countries. Have you shown your support for Driver’s Licenses for All Undocumented – Florida? Do so now!
All you have to do is write on a piece of paper that you “Support Licenses for All in Florida #DL4ALLFL” and email it to us at raicesentampa@gmail.com
Read Alicia's story here, Visit them on Facebook here.
The Institute on the Constitution launched a partnership with this American Club and will be sponsoring numerous more throughout America in the coming year! Knowledge of our God given liberties belongs in public education...If the school won't teach it, the kids will!
The Institute on the Constitution did not succeed in getting their course on the Constitution in the Springboro (OH) school district but
they may have found a way into a public school in Florida.
Florida is well known for finding creative methods of suppressing the vote. The latest ploy is a new rule issued by Governor Rick Scott’s chief election official Secretary of State Ken Detzner, directing that absentee ballots be returned by mail or directly to the offices of election supervisors. It has been a common practice in the state to allow ballots to be dropped off at locations such as tax collectors offices, libraries and other sites designated by the local election supervisors. This was to accommodate those who wished to save the postage or found it more convenient to drop them at a nearby location.......more>
The directive appeared to take dead aim at one supervisor, Deborah Clark in Pinellas County, who aggressively promotes voting absentee and has a small network of remote drop-off locations to make it easier for people to turn in their absentee ballots. The state’s order comes as Clark prepares to send thousands of absentee ballots to voters in the upcoming special election in the 13th Congressional District, vacated when longtime Republican U.S. Rep. Bill Young died last month......more>
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/26/3781765/detzners-directive-on-absentees.html#storylink=cpy
"After five years of growing food and community at the Bartlett Park Community Garden, we are excited to announce that we have bought the land the garden sits on. It goes without saying that this is a major milestone for our garden. We no longer have to wonder each month if we will be able to continue to grow food for our neighbors. We can run the garden as a resource for the Bartlett Park Community for as long as the community needs it." Tom Tito
It is amazing what we can do when we all work together. Mr. Tito and the Bartlett Park Community should be commended for their great work, they are a treasure to Tampa Bay.