Tampa Is Joining The 21st Century

Things Are Starting To Look Up Around Here

Two weeks ago i get an e-mail from a group called Connect Tampa Bay asking me to join them. The other day i meet these folks from Vote Transit in Dowtown Tampa. Both want to bring Mass-Transit to our area. Today i read in The Times that Tampa soon could have a public bike-rental program similar to those in New York and Washington, D.C.
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Should we thank Mayor Bob for all this? He did say, "The downside risk is that we try it and it doesn't work.
 But we'll never know unless we try."
I am starting to like the big guy.

VoteTransit.org

I met these folks at the the rally in downtown Tampa. They are trying
to bring Mass Transit to Tampa Bay.
Visit them here

Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless Living In Tampa.

Bill Weatherford, a Republican from Wesley Chapel

And then there is this guy. Bill Weatherford, a Republican from Wesley Chapel, In outlining his opposition to expanding Medicaid on Tuesday, told an emotional story about how his family relied on existing safety nets to provide health care for his 13-month-old brother."It was the safety net that picked my father up. It was the safety net that picked my family up." He left out one detail: the name of the safety net. According to his father,

 it was Medicaid.

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This is hypocritical at best.
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Here's hoping for naive.
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Who the hell votes for these people?

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Polish Sausage
At the food truck across the street from the Marion Transit Center in Tampa.

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías RIP

28 July 1954 - 5 March 2013

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Jeremiah
He is from Seffner. Been on streets for about a year.

WMNF Day at Whole Foods Market

WMNF is giving you a way to support your station while shopping!

What: WMNF Day at Whole Foods Market - Tampa
When: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Where: Whole Foods Market - Tampa
1548 North Dale Mabry Highway
Tampa, FL 33607 (813) 874-9435
Time: 9am-9pm

During WMNF Day at Whole Foods Market, 5% of every purchase made that day will support the station! There are no special codes or coupons needed. From buying a small snack at the deli to doing your grocery shopping for the week, proceeds will add up to benefit WMNF and help fund Tropical Heatwave!

Rally In Downtown Tampa

Top 10 Reasons to Kick Scott Out

10. Rick Scott Refused High-Speed Rail

9. Rick Scott Slashed Over $1 Billion in Education Funding

8. Rick Scott Spent Millions of our Tax Dollars on Incentives for Companies that Never Created Jobs

7. Rick Scott Slashed Environmental Protections

6. Rick Scott Opposes Equality

5. Rick Scott Cut Jobless Benefits While Handing out Corporate Tax Breaks

4. Rick Scott Oversaw the Purge of Legal Voters

3. Rick Scott Doesn’t Stand for Florida’s Women

2. Rick Scott Has Long Waged a War on Affordable Healthcare

1. Scott is Responsible for FL’s Elections Debacle in 2012

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Friends Of Stogie

In Tampa

Who Is Tampa Bay's Hottest Politician?

Kevin Beckner

Bill Acklin

Doreen Hock-DiPolito

Jinty MacTavish

Karen Williams Seel

Steve Kornell

Jay Polglaze

Susan Latvala

Teresa Stevenson

 Pam Bondi

Charlie Crist

Linda Saul-Sena

April Griffin

Leslie Curran

Mark Sharpe

mary mulhern

Linda Norris


Allison M. Fernandez

Like Florida Strawberries? Got Sinkholes!

Farmers in Hillsborough and Polk counties pumped nearly 1 billion gallons of water a day out of the aquifer during the 11-day cold snap this month, causing 85 reported sinkholes in the region and about 700 complaints of dried-up or damaged residential wells, according to figures released Tuesday by the Southwest Florida Water Management District.

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Marco Rubio -- Knows Gangsta Rap!

Tampa Drive-In Chuch

Come as you are!

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Alex

Born and raised in Tampa. He has only been homeless for a week. Got into a argument with roomate over some bologna missing from frig.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Schiller's Club
With German Potato Salad
At Schiller's German Delicatessan in South Tampa
Allways Good!

Around The Bay

Jeffrey S. Bush
Seffner sinkhole swallows man. How sad is this? Rest in Peace Mr. Bush.
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We might be getting the Neighborhood University Mayor Bob  promised us when running for office.
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Tampa's Super  Squirrel. St. Pete  Mayor Bill Foster says his city has a better class of squirrel.
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And don't forget the Florida Brewers Guild Beer Fest @ Centennial Park today  
in Ybor City.  2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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Eric Deggans: Race-Baiter

One of Stogie's favorite local writers will hold a Community Conversation on race relations Thu, March 14, 2013, 7pm – 9pm at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, 801 Third St. South in St. Pete. Explore the answers to these questions and your own with Eric Deggans, Tampa Bay Times TV/Media Critic and author of the new book, “Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation.” WTSP Anchor Reginald Roundtree and Poynter Faculty and Diversity Director Kenny Irby join Deggans for what promises to be a lively discussion about coverage of race relations in 2013.
He will also sign your book.

info You can buy his book here or you can stay local and buy it at Inkwood Books,
Tampa's only full service INDEPENDENT bookstore.

Seminole Heights Fifty Shades of Hope Relay

A Cracked Door

ACLU Tampa Chapter's Annual Meeting

Saturday, March 9, 2013

The meeting is free and open to the public. There will be a meet-and-greet reception from 2:00 to 2:30 P.M with the program beginning immediately after.

for more information, click here or contact Mike Pheneger at ACLUFL_Tampa@Yahoo.com.

This is an opportunity for Tampa Bay area civil libertarians to join Susan Herman in discussing "Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis" with ACLU of Florida President, Col. Mike Pheneger and Howard Simon, Executive Director of the ACLU of Florida.

Florida's Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act

SB 1250: Authorizing a qualifying patient to possess and administer medical cannabis, and possess and use paraphernalia for a specified purpose; requiring a qualifying patient or the patient’s caregiver to present to a law enforcement officer a registry identification card to confirm that the person is authorized to possess, use, or administer medical cannabis or paraphernalia; requiring a qualifying patient or the patient’s caregiver to possess, use, or administer only medical cannabis that is obtained from a dispensary or medical cannabis farm, etc.

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State Senator Jeff Clemens, of Lake Worth, has introduced State Bill 1250 in Tallahassee.

Tampa Rally Against Voter Suppression

Tuesday, March 5th, 4:30 PM
Lykes Gaslight Park, 410 N. Franklin St.
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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Frita (Cuban Hamburger)
$3.50 At The Four n' One Food Truck Across the street from the Jan Platt Library in Tampa
 So Yummy!

Call It What It Really Is

Thanks to All Hat No Cattle

IOKWYAR

South Florida Daily Blog:

"Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."....Natalie Maines 2003
“Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in my life, I am ashamed of my country,”.....Rush Limbaugh 2013
Maines publicly apologized yet radio stations nationwide started boycotting the Dixie Chicks. Limbaugh hasn't apologized and no one, especially those patriotic 2003 Republicans, is boycotting him for his statement.

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Because that's the way is in the IOKWYAR* world. *It's OK When You're A Republican.
I miss them, i wish they would come back. She was right! They too were so ashamed of him they kept him in hiding doing this past election.
Dixie Chicks