Sunday, January 17, 2016

Mayor Rick Kriseman's State of the City

Mayor Rick Kriseman will deliver his 2016 State of the City address from the steps of City Hall. info
January 23 at 10:00 AM

Party With Bernie Fans In St. Pete Tonight

9pm @  Edge of 9
Central Ave, St Pete

Saturday, January 16, 2016

Jessica Rose at the Orpheum in Ybor

2.21.2016 - 7PM
Get your tickets ASAP! They are cheaper in advance and online than at the door.

The Right Wing Infestation Of Hillsborough County Schools

Schools infected: Roland Park, Tinker and Turner-Bartels K-8; Coleman, Franklin, Greco, Madison, Monroe, Shields, Wilson Middle; D.W. Waters Career Center; Pepin Academy; Brooks-DeBartolo, Chamberlain, Freedom, Gaither, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Middleton, Plant, Robinson, Strawberry Crest High. here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Roast Beef
With Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans
@ Linda's Place in Holiday
Visit them here
Eat Local!

Tampa Bay For Bernie 2016‎ MLK Parade In St. Pete

Monday 9:30am

Friday, January 15, 2016

Howard Dean Breaks The Stogie's Heart

The Stogie was lunched on March 19, 2003
The day the Iraq war started. 
It was lunched in honor of
Dr. Dean who was one of a few voices who 

spoke up against it. 
Today we are sad to hear this. 
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Howard Dean is the latest in a string of Hillary Clinton supporters to charge that Bernie Sanders is wrong to support a single-payer health care plan. The former chairman of the Democratic National Committee claimed on MSNBC that Sanders’ reform might result in “chaos” because “trying to implement it would in fact undo people’s health care.” 

Dr. Dean is now employed by a 
Health Care Lobby Firm who lobbies on behalf of a variety of corporate health care interests. here

The Leadership Of Mayor Kriseman

Pinellas County commissioners became the third local government to conceptually commit to a proposed ferry service connecting downtown Tampa and downtown St. Petersburg. here

Florida GOP Marco Rubio Wants To

Ban abortion, terminate the 
Affordable Care Act, reduce taxes, ease gun regulations, scuttle the nuclear deal with Iran, and expand the military. here 

FIGHT FOR 15 TAMPA MLK DAY MARCH IN YBOR CITY

1.18 - 9AM
Cuscaden Park - Ybor City

Rick Scott's "Take It Deep" Speech

Scott spoke for nearly a half-hour
He never mentioned crime, the environment, immigration, colleges and universities, transportation or health care.

He did say he wants to cut taxes by $1 billion, mostly to help businesses, such as by repealing the corporate income tax on retailers and manufacturers, eliminating the sales tax on manufacturing equipment and reducing taxes on commercial rents. He also wants $250 million for Corporate Welfare. here

Florida GOP Richard Corcoran 
of Land O'Lakes thinks it's Fantastic.
Wake up Pasco County voters.

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Tampa Bay Locavore

Tampa - Temple Terrace - St. Pete - Clearwater - Tarpon Springs 
Oldsmar - NPR - Holiday - Dunedin - Gulfport - Pinellas Park 
Safety Harbor - Seminole - Zephyrhills - Largo
You guys on the beach.
Want to defeat corporations?
Stop buying their products.
Buy Local, help your neighbor, keep our money at home! 

Food: here
Check out: 3 Boys Farm 
A wholesale farm--they supply small local restaurants and stores 
and donate to local food banks.

Dine: here
Check out: Lee's Grocery

Beer: here
Check out: Cigar City Brewing
Yuengling: Is from Pennsylvania but they have a brewery here. We are sure those folks working up on 30th street don't mind us drinking their beer.
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This new year take the pledge, Seek out a local business
you have never been to and check it out.

Rick Scott's Florida: Thousands Of Children At Risk

The state of Florida is putting thousands of children with heart defects at risk, a group of cardiac doctors say, because of a change in policy that came after Tenet Healthcare contributed $200,000 to Florida Republicans. here

Kategory 5 In Palm Harbor

Visit them here, Shop Local
Pic taken Gunn Hwy in Keystone

Pam Bondi On Death Penalty In Florida

Hours after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Florida's death penalty sentencing procedures as unconstitutional, Attorney General Pam Bondi has weighed in. here
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"She would like the law to read "No execution shall be held on the day of a Republican fundraiser." Susan Smith

Pat Kemp In Cuba

Team Pat Kemp
More pics here

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Local Photographers: Kate M. Connolly


Local Photographer Kate M. Connolly
@ Lee's Grocery in Tampa Heights

Visit her here, like her on Facebook

Christopher Cano For Vice Chair of the Hillsborough Democratic Party

 "Today I declared my candidacy for Vice Chair of the Hillsborough Democratic Party, I'm going to devote all the local party resources to electing progressives in key seats and restoring the party back to the people. Election will be in Feb."
Visit him here

The Citrus Taliban Infiltration Of Hillsborough County Schools

Hillsborough County school superintendent Jeff Eakins reaffirmed his support Tuesday for a Christian organization that aims to expand its presence in the public schools. Addressing First Priority Tampa Bay — which has grown to serve dozens of local schools in the past six years, with the goal of helping students share the message of Christ. here
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First Priority, part of a national movement, teaches students to feel comfortable discussing their faith and spread the Gospel at school. The clubs bring religious leaders to campus for voluntary student prayer 
and discussion sessions. 

infiltration: To enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes 
We pay Mr. Eakins $225,000 a year.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Palomilla Steak
With fried rice and platanos
At Arco Iris in Tampa
Visit them here, Eat Local

Hillsborough County Dems New Leader Ione Townsend

The Hillsborough County Democratic Party has been known for a long time to take a backseat to the Hillsborough Republican Party regarding fundraising and getting people elected, something that Townsend vowed to attempt to end on her watch. here
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Elizabeth Belcher announced in November that she would be stepping down. 
She said “It is outrageous that false allegations, accusations and false claims floating around here in the DEC. We are destroying 
ourselves from the inside.”

Lee's Grocery - Tampa Heights

Viva Latino America!

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Tampa Bay Homeless

She told us they were evicted.  
Needed cash for a room.

Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Pam Bondi

 $15 million just by persuading doctors to test Medicare patients for the exotic street drug Angel Dust. here

18th Annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert - Miami

2.6.2016 - 4:20pm

Letter From A Birmingham Jail- Ronny Elliott

The Deadly Streets Of Hillsborough County

2015 was the deadliest year on record for those walking the streets of Hillsborough County. There was no pattern to the carnage. Some victims were killed while using the crosswalk. here

Monday, January 11, 2016

January Solidarity Sunday In Tampa Heights


Guido with Sunshine Citizens

Founder Norwood Orrick with Pat Kemp and Guido



Help Wanted: Sarasota Dems Needed

Sarasota GOP boasting that they hold every countywide office in Sarasota but one – and that they intend to keep it that way held a big shindig at the Sarasota Yacht Club to showcase their talent. More than two dozen candidates mingled in a crowd of 230. Sarasota Democrats currently have just a fraction of the candidates being put up by the local GOP. here


Sarasota voters We Got Your Back!

Tampa's At 25

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy has issued grades to Florida’s four largest cities. 
Jacksonville 26
Miami 28.50 
Orlando 33.50

Florida Voices for Animals Protest Downtown Tampa




GOP: A Party On The Brink Of Disaster

From the beginning of the campaign, 
Far-right nativism has defined the agenda. Here's why it could backfire—badly. here
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In California Prop 187 won overwhelmingly with 59 percent of the vote and Pete Wilson won re-election handily. But while Republicans were high-fiving each other over their great victory, the court issued an immediate stay of the proposition and the Latino community in California began to protest and organize. And they also began, in great numbers, to vote Democratic. The fallout from Prop 187 and a few subsequent anti-immigrant proposals decimated the Republican Party in California.