Carlos Jose Angel Hermida
Wednesday, June 20, 2018
THE PAYDAY LENDING INDUSTRY HAS BOUGHT FLORIDA’S POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT
Of the $2,556,457 given to Florida politicians and political parties by payday lenders since 2009, more than one-third of the money ($970,050) came from members of the Florida-based MacKechnie family and their payday lending company, Amscot Financial. Amscot was founded in 1986 to provide borrowers a bank-like alternative to a liquor store or pawn shop, said company founder
Ian MacKechnie.
The company has 239 locations across Florida, focusing in areas where banking options are slim. In 1998 Amscot Financial plead guilty to civil racketeering charges and as part of the plea agreement stemming from these charges, the company’s founder, Ian MacKechnie, Sr., was banned for life from selling auto insurance in Florida.
Ian MacKechnie.
The company has 239 locations across Florida, focusing in areas where banking options are slim. In 1998 Amscot Financial plead guilty to civil racketeering charges and as part of the plea agreement stemming from these charges, the company’s founder, Ian MacKechnie, Sr., was banned for life from selling auto insurance in Florida.
Here are your Democrats who have taken money Payday Lender Lobbyists
Candidates for U.S. House & U.S. Senate (2009 - 2016):
ALCEE HASTINGS $110,700
KENDRICK MEEK $72,800
PATRICK MURPHY $51,000
DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ $50,600
CHARLIE CHRIST $29,000
RON KLEIN $27,400
KATHY CASTOR $17,000
TED DEUTCH $14,500
SUZANNE KOSMAS $14,000
ALLEN BOYD $14,000
GWEN GRAHAM $7,700
ALAN GRAYSON $10,300
JOE GARCIA $12,000
LOIS FRANKEL $10,000
ALEX SINK $9,750
BILL NELSON $5,000
GERALDINE THOMPSON $2,700
DARREN SOTO $2,000
LORI EDWARDS $1,000
Candidates for Florida State House & Senate (2009 - 2014)
that you may just know:
Oscar Braynan II $2,500
Janet Cruz $2,000
Arthenia Joyner $2,000
Rick Kriesman $1,500
Daryl Rousson $2,000
Betty Reed $500
Jeremy Ring $2,000
Sean Shaw $1,000
Alex Sink (governor's race) $4,500
Sean Shaw $1,000
Alex Sink (governor's race) $4,500
By Beth Eriksen Shoup
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Hillsborough County Democratic Party's
Spring Fling
Wanted: Better Choices for Tampa Mayor
I feel like Commissioner Gordon who resorts to sending up the bat signal in times of distress.
And I’ve got plenty of company.
The six candidates who have declared to run in 2019 for mayor of Tampa just cannot be the best a city of 385,000 has to offer. I have resided in Orlando, Tallahassee, and Sarasota. Frankly, the Tampa slate’s lack of quality is quite shocking. more
By Jim Bleyer
Florida Dems Banned From US Concentration Camp
Sen. Bill Nelson and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz were denied entry Tuesday into a federal facility in Homestead housing immigrant children. The company operating the facility granted a tour but the Department of Health and Human Services blocked them. here
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"HHS just blocked us from entering its facility in Homestead, Florida to check on the welfare of the children being held here. They are obviously hiding something, and we are going to get to the bottom of this."
Florida GOP Awful Report Card
In 2018, which Florida state legislators actually voted to put people first instead of powerful special interests? here
Marco Rubio Defends Trump's Inhumane Child-Separation Policy
Rubio spent the weekend defending Trump's policy and, absurdly, blaming President Obama for the scenes playing out along the border. here
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Call Him 202-224-3041
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Call Him 202-224-3041
Tuesday, June 19, 2018
Richard Corcoran, Endorses Aakash Patel
Florida GOP State Rep. Richard Corcoran, speaker of the Florida House of Representatives, has endorsed Aakash Patel for Hillsborough County Commission. here
Monday, June 18, 2018
Florida Treasure Bianca Jazmine
A singer-songwriter from South Florida with an insightful message to advocate for peace, empathy, and unity. She hopes to encourage everyone to embrace their individuality, and use our unique personalities and ideas to help others and bring the world together. here
More Jane Castor Disaster: Her Racist Policies
Attorneys knowledgable with civil rights law assert that Jane Castor’s admission of racial profiling under her regime as Tampa’s police chief opens up the city to a bevy of lawsuits.
Damages could run into the millions if every victim of Castor’s “biking while black” targeting comes forward and becomes a party to legal action.
Castor has filed to run for
mayor of Tampa!
mayor of Tampa!
By Jim Bleyer
Miami's Attack On Mass Transit
In the past year, Miami-Dade Transit cut service on 39 bus routes, affecting one in two local bus riders. here
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Exposing Local Phonies
I have been reading a lot on Facebook about how much people care about ICE locking up children in cages. Image above was taken in front of the ICE office in
Ybor City in protest of those practices.
Where was everybody?
Ybor City in protest of those practices.
Where was everybody?
Gio Rice Of Bay City Tattoos In Ybor City
Apparently Bay City Tattoos in Ybor employs an individual who thinks migrants and refugees getting assaulted, traumatized and murdered by US Border Patrol is totally fine, having made the below post in the Vigil For Victims Killed By Border Patrol event. Would be a real shame, I guess, if Geo Rice's employer were made aware of their despicable racist views, and/or if folks decided to boycott the place...
Saturday, June 16, 2018
Friday, June 15, 2018
Calling All Florida Berners
Remember what we did
for Bernie 2 years ago?
Lets do it again for Andrew.
Endorsed by OUR REVOLUTION!
Join us here
291 Floridians With Guns That Shouldn't Have Them
Republican Adam Putnam, Florida Ag Commissioner and candidate for governor, answers questions about foulup of concealed weapons permit processing in his office. Says all background checks actually were run, but what employee did wrong was not put names flagged as problematic in database, meaning meaning 291 got permit
they shouldn’t have.
they shouldn’t have.
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