Stop The War On The Cuban People

Free Flow Of Information - End The Embargo

Let me offer a bit of hopeful prognostication: someday the embargo will go away. Probably not tomorrow, not the next day, not next week, probably not even next year. The embargo hurts the people of Cuba, not the terrible regime (even a kid can understand this concept)."......The Spencerian

Flights To Cuba Out Of TIA

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Lonnie
He has been homeless 9 months. He is from Tampa.
Tampa Bay Homeless

Kind Words From Peter Schorsch

A Brief Tribute To The Ybor City Stogie
All of the rich-and-powerful who read this site, all of the political players who I hope read my work, all of the Masters-of-the-Universe at the Governor’s Club lounge or the Tampa Club…far too few of them read, much less agree with, the writings of the Ybor City Stogie – a rudimentary cut-and-paste of Florida and Tampa Bay’s right-wing.

But I read you Stogie. And so did many others. They may not walk the corridors of power (maybe they do) but you’re readers are out there. Your features on the homeless, on the downtrodden, on the discriminated are, on one hand, heartbreaking; on the other hand, they are inspiring.

Stogie, you’ve got balls. You recently, oh-so-subtlety called out some of our fellow bloggers, asking where the hell is everybody. And for that alone, you have my respect.

In your eyes, Stogie, I must seem like a sell-out because I don’t fight for every left-wing or Democratic candidate. In fact, there are quite a few Republicans I support, respect and admire. But that’s me — working from the inside out. You keep doing what you are doing — reminding all of us what we should be saying and thinking.

Peter Schorsch

Local Republicans Bicker

Michael Ciftci Is Squirrel Poop

In a post published earlier Tuesday on CL’s News & Politics site, CL contributor and Republican political consultant Chris Ingram took a shot at Michael Ciftci. A fellow Republican who is running in the District 3 Tampa City Council seat this March......From Mitch Perry, From Chris Ingram

Tampa Target Of Partial Panhandling Ban

Tampa City Council Chairman Tom Scott is proposing a partial city ban on panhandling that would include major roads like Dale Mabry, Kennedy, Fowler and Fletcher.

Mr. Scott you are running for mayor and this is the best you can come up with?

WTF

Should Mr. Obama be according Mr. Hu the kind of pomp and circumstance ordinarily reserved for more like-minded allies. The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Liu Xiaobo, is a political prisoner in China. And Mr. Obama himself won the prize in 2009.

“It creates a situation where a Nobel Peace Prize laureate is hosting a banquet for a leader who is imprisoning another Nobel Peace Prize laureate.”.....Michael Green

Homeless Dwellings

In Tampa
Tampa Bay Homeless

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Parrilla Argentina
With Black Beans And Yellow Rice
$13.00.....At El Puerto Restaurant In Ybor City
Eat Local!

SWFBUD's PSA Poster

SWFBUD believes both motorists and bicyclists need to be educated about road safety and that we're all responsible.
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Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Lisa
She has been homeless 18 years. She is from Georgia.
Tampa Bay Homeless

WMNF's Record and Book Sale

Saturday, January 22nd
WMNF members, get in before the rest of the crowd at 9:30am. The rest of you can come in at 10am.
Cuban Club In Ybor City

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Grass Root Organic Restaurant

2702 N. Florida Avenue In Tampa
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Eat Local!

Friends Of Stogie

Streets Of Tampa Bay

America's Darker Days

Spoke to this gentleman at Florida And Hillsborough in Tampa.
He asked me to visit his church.

todoeltiempo.org

Stop Greco!

For Info On The Upcoming City Elections
Visit Re/Creating Tampa

So Far The Stogie Recommends,
Ed Turanchik, Kelly Benjamin, Yvonne Yolie Capin, Carroll “Carrie” West And Mary Mulhern.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Alambres Oaxaca
Shredded beef, chorizo, bacon, green bell pepper, and poblano chile. With rice and
refried beans.
$8.99......At The Taco Bus In Tampa.

Eat Local!

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Larry
He is from Arkansas. Has lived in Tampa since 1981. He has been homeless 2 years.
Tampa Bay Homeless

The Way They Do It In Lubbock, Texas

Homeless Pitch Tents In Public Lot; City Says It's Legal.
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Via.....the 13th juror

Incident at Oglala - The Leonard Peltier Story

Wednesday, January 19 @ 7:30pm
Cafe Bohemia, 937 Central Ave. St. Petersburg

Free

Is Florida A Commodity Or A Treasure?

That is the question former U.S. Sen. and Gov. Bob Graham asked after his speech Friday to the Economic Club of Florida on the oil spill disaster in the Gulf. Although he chose his words carefully, his point is that the political climate today has revived the question which he believes was put to rest 40 years ago:
Is Florida for sale?

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Some Fun Shooting in Ybor City

Tampa Based Editorial Photographer
Jim Sykes

Open Carry Law In Florida

Republican Senator Greg Evers has proposed a loosening of the state’s gun laws in a bill which would allow gun owners with a permit to openly wear their handguns in public view.
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Todd Schnitt On Julian Assange

People Ok With Murder
"Assange Is A Terrorist, An Enemy Combatant, And Needs To Be Treated As Such"......Todd Schnitt

Martin Luther King, Jr.

This week the Pentagon sank to a new low: claiming that Dr. King would "understand" the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. King's legacy is clear: he opposed war and other violence and condemned war as "an enemy of the poor."

"The great initiative in this war is ours. The initiative to end it must be ours."
--Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking of Vietnam.

Flights To Cuba Out Of Tampa

More Americans will be allowed to travel to Cuba, likely from Tampa International Airport, under changes announced Friday by the Obama administration.
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The White House said it was easing restrictions to enhance the "free flow of information" and promote the independence of the Cuban people from communist rule. I have been saying this for over 40 years. Without the embargo the Castro brothers would have been gone along time ago. The Miami Cuban Mafia is responsible for the suffering of the cuban people all these years, not the Castros.

Stop The War On The Cuban People!
Thanks Kathy Castor.

Tom Clendenning's Slacker Police

This shows you the alternate reality Florida Republicans live in. Tom Clendenning of the Florida Agency for Workforce Innovation testified before the Senate Commerce & Tourism Committee. Clendenning told the committee Florida could save $800,000 per year by adding five employees to the Agency for Workforce Innovation to investigate people who are not looking for work.
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"When the rich fuck the poor, that's business. When the poor complain about it,

That's class warfare.".....Joe Bardi

Kevin Beckner’s 40th Birthday Party

Saturday, February 5th, 2011 5:00 – 8:00 pm
Mise En Place 442 W. Kennedy Blvd Tampa
RSVP

Q & A: Two Of Tampa Bay's Premier Bloggers

Michael Hussey And Ben Kirby
Michael Hussey's Question
Ben Kirby's Answer

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Bacalao
With Black Beans And Rice
$6.00.....At El Oso Blanco, 3611 West Hillsborough Avenue, Tampa
How Much Was Your Last Value Meal?
Eat Local!

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Joe
He is from Tennessee. Has been homeless for a year.
Tampa Bay Homeless

Human Rights Awards Breakfast In Tampa