The Florida House Learning Center

Sarasota’s premiere demonstration education facility for resource-conserving sustainable living, is undergoing a transformation.........here

Faye Armitage - The Better Choice for Florida’s Environment

On April 22nd, 2008, we will celebrate Earth Day. Faye Armitage, who is running for Congress against John Mica in District 7, is the smart choice to help protect Florida and the Nation’s natural resources........here

http://www.fayeforcongress.com/

GOP Women: Pro-Lifers Can't Forget Abused Kids

This is not a partisan issue, yet we belong to the party whose members often advocate for pro-life issues. I cannot imagine a more pro-life stance than advocating for state funding for living children who have been abused or abandoned by their parents.......here

Clearwater Beach Opens Piece Of Beach Walk Project

When the summer beach season arrives in May, locals and visitors will see a Clearwater Beach vastly different from last year's version, at least at the southern end........here

UF Strikers Feeling Effects Of Protest

Six of 11 student protesters are still fasting until they can talk about UF's investment policy with UF President Bernie Machen, but they're dropping fast. Two have already fainted after nearly a week, protesters said.......here

Florida Lawmakers Busy With Menus

Troubled by restaurants that don't disclose the price of their specials, Aventura Commissioner Bob Diamond is pushing the county to adopt a law requiring eateries to, at the very least, tell diners how much each special costs.......here

War Inc

Howard Dean April 17, 2003

When Congress approved the President’s authorization to go to war in Iraq – no matter how well-intentioned – it was giving the green light to the President to set his Doctrine of preemptive war in motion. It now appears that Iraq was just the first step. Already, the Bush Administration is apparently eyeing Syria and Iran as the next countries on its target list.........here

Florida Doesn't Like Bush Rubberstamps

"That kind of divisive language is part of the reason why Mario Diaz-Balart was recently ranked 406th in Congress and last in bringing Florida taxpayers their fair share of benefits. The Diaz-Balarts are like the Sixth Sense -- they are dead, they just don't know it."........Joe Garcia

Glenis Redmon In Tampa Bay

Monday, May 5th, 2008

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Florida Legislators Busy With Testicles

A discussion in the Florida Legislature on Thursday turned a bit awkward Thursday.
The subject? Replicas of bull testicles hanging from vehicles. In some parts of Florida, it has become fashionable to attach the reproductions to the back of pickup trucks........here

Florida Unveils Champmobile

It’s big, purple and coming to the state of Florida. AARP and Divided We Fail unveil the “Champmobile,” an interactive educational vehicle traversing the state in the months leading up to the November elections........here

Ronda Storms: Arranged Marriage Taking Place

Sen. Ronda Storms attempted unsuccessfully Wednesday to eliminate the Byrd Alzheimer's center's state earmark, arguing that doing so would reveal whether the University of South Florida really wants the center, or only wants its money.........here

Campaign Finance Reform In City Of Tampa Elections

The idea is the brainchild of two-term city council member John Dingfelder. He wants to bar corporate and PAC donations, reduce the individual contribution from the current $500 to $200, and create more transparency of campaign contributions........here

Annette Taddeo on Sunday Morning

Blue America Welcomes Joe Garcia

50's style red-baiting has become as salient as... hula hoops -- except in Florida where McCarthyite tactics are frequently on full display. Extreme right politicians are never shy about tarring their opponents as "Communists" and "commie-dupes." If you check over at ActBlue, you'll notice that Blue America's latest endorsee, Joe Garcia, has more contributions than all the other candidates in the entire state -- combined........here

Ybor City in Black and White

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Barack Obama 2008

What Florida Republicans Want

Now the Republican politicians in Tallahassee want to squeeze the people of Florida even more - including the most vulnerable among us. I'm always amazed by how heartless and self-serving Republicans in power are, but the proposed state budgets from the House and Senate mark a new low........here

Florida's Mystery Earmark

The Senate may seek a federal investigation into a 2005 earmark on a highway funding bill that was mysteriously altered after Congress approved the measure but before President Bush signed it.......here

Manatee Migration Draws Families To Florida Coast

Florida has been long-known as a metropolis for family vacations, complete with saltwater, sunshine and animals that frolic with children. However, a seismic shift in tourism is leading families away from the dazzling Magic Kingdom to the quiet waters of Citrus County........here

Anti-Tolerance T-Shirts At Wesley Chapel High

Wesley Chapel High students approved their Wildcat Gay-Straight Alliance statement of understanding and acceptance more than three years ago. The school, principal Andy Frelick says, is "preaching tolerance all year." That said.........here

The Conch Republic Independence Celebration

APRIL 18-27, 2008 - KEY WEST, FLORIDA
The annual Conch Republic Independence Celebration commemorates the day the republic seceded from the United States to form a fifth-world nation recognized by international public law as "a sovereign state of mind."........here

Florida Grouper with Peri Peri Beurre Blanc

I bought about a pound of grouper (which has been scarce lately). I made a quick dusting of flour, kosher salt, white pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, and a bit of peri peri powder and lightly coated the fillet..........here

"Taxi to the Dark Side" Premiere In Ybor City

7:30pm Friday, April 18, 2008
Winner of the 2008 Academy Awards "Best Documentary Feature"
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Streets Of St. Petersburg, Florida

"The Land" Pulled From Tampa School’s Shelves

An award-winning young-adult book was pulled from the shelves of an elementary school after a review committee determined it was inappropriate for the grade level. “The Land,” by Mildred Taylor, will be collected and put on library shelves in middle schools instead........here

Sax Player Arrested In Ybor City

"There should be something in the Constitution that protects someone with little or no power," he said. "This country was built on capitalism. What I do is one of the purest forms of capitalism there is.".........here

Tampa's Free Speech Zone

Florida Ave In Downtown Tampa

Hillary Lost It

"It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."...........here

If Hillary Clinton somehow manages to lie and divide and hate her way to the top of the Democratic ticket, she can forget about my vote.

Obama 2008

Going Native in Florida

As a trying-to-reform black-thumb gardener in Florida, I’ve learned to appreciate the benefits and advantages of native plants. They’re the smartest way to go for anyone who loves greenery but hates the constant battle against bugs, drought, heat and the region’s other environmental challenges..........here

My Greener Tampa

SEVEN MILE BRIDGE TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE

The Seven Mile Bridge, longest of 43 spans that help comprise the Florida Keys Overseas Highway, is to close to vehicular traffic early Saturday morning for an annual footrace over the convergence of the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico.......here

Burger King Espionage In The Sunshine State

In Florida, groups organizing for tomato pickers’ rights say they might have been spied on and vilified online by the fast-food conglomerate Burger King. The Fort Myers News-Press traced threatening emails directed at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and the Student/Farmworker Alliance to Burger King’s corporate headquarters in Miami, Florida.........here

Coalition of Immokalee Workers