The Citrus Taliban
Tuesday, December 6, 2016
Ybor Paparazzi
Tampa Bay area Cities And Counties Trying To Fight Medical Marijuana
Cities
Zephyrhills
Bradenton
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Counties
Manatee County
Pasco County
Hillsborough County has a temporary ban in place but that will be lifted in April.
“Local governments shouldn’t be retreating in fear, they should be embracing this industry in order to help develop the local cities,”
Chris Cano, Executive Director, Central Florida NORML.
Ione Townsend's New Book
We hear that the Hillsborough County Democratic Party Chair Ione Townsend is writing a new book entitled
"Destroying Your Local Party in the Course of 30 Minutes: A How to Guide Based on Deceit, Disenfranchisement and Being the Patsy to a Nasty, Bitter Malcontent with a Personal Axe to Grind"
Local Dem. Bryan Farris is thinking of writing a companion piece entitled,
"I'm Outta Here: One Man's Story of Being Tired of Trying to Help an Organization that Refuses to Help Themselves."
Florida GOP Kicked Out Of Duffy's Sports Grill
The management of Duffy's Sports Grill asked the Cape Coral Republican Club to move the location of its regular meetings. Duffy's president Jason Emmett said the decision had nothing to do with the candidate (Trump) or the party. He said the group started bothering people in the dining area who just want to eat or watch a game on television. here
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If you want to call and thank them, here is their number:
If you want to call and thank them, here is their number:
(239) 205-6771
Monday, December 5, 2016
Publix Wants Some Corporate Welfare
Florida's Own Pipeline Problem
Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC, known as Sabal Trail, is using $3 billion of Florida Power and Light (FPL) ratepayer money to build a 515-mile pipeline to transport natural gas obtained via fracking from eastern Alabama to central Florida. here
Thank You Alan Grayson
Alan Grayson of Orlando made what’s likely to be his swan song appearance for now before Orange County Democrats. here
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Hillsborough County Green Party Protest In Tampa
Florida Ghost Towns: Perky
Perky is a ghost town in Monroe County, It is located in the lower Florida Keys on Lower Sugarloaf Key near mile marker 17 on US 1 (the Overseas Highway). A post office called Perky was established in 1929, and remained in operation until 1942.[1] The town was named for its founder,
R. C. Perky. here
R. C. Perky. here
Refuge Emergency Holiday Drive In St. Pete
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Local Treasures
St Pete in Progress: New Museums
Happy Holidays From Ybor City
Florida Democratic Party Sucks
The Republicans have now run the legislature for twenty years. the Democratic side and many who would normally be loyal to the party have chosen to make money by lobbying for corporate interests and essentially becoming free agents in the process. What has resulted is a party with little in the way of values or infrastructure. here
Florida Corporate Service Commission $811 Million Dollar Giveaway
Despite widespread opposition from consumer advocates and FPL customers, the rate increase passed unanimously at the Florida Public (Corporate) Service Commission in a hearing on November 29, 2016. The rate hike is set to begin in January of 2017 and will increase each of the next four years, ultimately charging consumers an additional $811 million dollars. here
Friday, December 2, 2016
Ybor Paparazzi
Blocking The Sun In Florida
Florida's four largest utilities -- Florida Power & Light, Duke Energy, Gulf Power and Tampa Electric -- are among 17 entities nationwide that are working aggressively "to block solar policies." here
Losers Rick Scott And Pam Bondi
A new poll by Gravis Marketing finds Democratic U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson comfortably leading Republican Rick Scott in a hypothetical senate race, 51 percent to 38 percent. Gravis also showed him leading Republican Attorney General Pam Bondi 50 percent to 35 percent. here
Marco Rubio Eager To Get To WORK (On Ditching Obamacare)
Marco Rubio says he’s eager to get to work on Donald Trump’s agenda of ditching Obamacare. here
Thursday, December 1, 2016
The Republic Of Ybor: The Revolution Starts Here
The Revolution Starts here
Florida Treasures: Lily Lawrence Bow
Ms. Bow, her husband and their two boys came to Cudjoe Key in 1904. She had talked her husband into quitting his job in Chicago and start a new life in the keys. After a few months he left. For the first six months after he left he sent money, but in June 1905, he transferred title to the Cudjoe property to her and that was the last the family ever heard of him. In 1906 she moved to what is now Homestead where she helped organize the Women's Club and started a library which eventually became the city's public library, named the Lliy Lawrence Bow Library. Read more about this remarkable woman here.
Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Civil Disobedience In Ybor City
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