DWS Has The Skin Of A Gator

"The party chair is going to absorb criticism from any candidates, partisans, and it's just the way it is,'' she said after a press conference on guns in the Florida Capitol. "These are people that simply are expressing the normal, understandable frustration over what they think is a sinister thing over every corner. I have to just block that 

noise out and focus on doing my job. 
I'm from Florida. 

I have the skin of an alligator."  
Debbie Wasserman Schultz 

Rick Scott's Corporate Welfare Package In Trouble

Tumbling financial markets are further clouding Gov.Rick Scott's push for $1 billion in tax cuts as the Legislature deals with a suddenly less rosy financial outlook and less money to divvy up. here

After All The Shit! Floridians Still Want Alan Grayson

Grayson still holds a 7-point lead after months of negative press generated by the Patrick Murphy campaign throwing everything including the kitchen sink at him, while the former South Florida Republican has endured virtually no critical attention from the media. here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Rib Eye Steak

With Black Beans and Rice

At Brocato sandwich shop in East Tampa

Visit them here

Florida Frakers: Ddisaster For The Everglades

Environmentalists are warning of a potential ecological disaster for the Everglades if state lawmakers approve a measure that would open the door to fracking in the sensitive wetlands. here

No Publix At USF

University of South Florida students, community members tell university administration: “Publix can’t set up shop on our campus until they respect farmworkers’ human rights!”

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Free Screening: Coal Ash Stories - Tampa

1.29 - 7 PM

Seminole Heights Branch Library

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Jessica Rose - "Maybe"

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Pam Bondi: Florida GOP Pawn

Bondi is a party pawn intent on carrying out partisan agendas through selective 

legal enforcement  Her failed political causes have mounted:

Taking a gay marriage challenge to the U.S. Supreme Court, fighting tooth and nail against medical marijuana and Obamacare, and even punting on taking on the banks responsible for Florida's historic foreclosure crisis. Her quixotic battles have made her a national darling of conservatives. She scans as a smart, sane version of Sarah Palin. here

"She is the most substantive attorney general we have had in recent memory," says state Rep. Dana Young, a Republican lawmaker from Tampa
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"You get the sense that rather than being the watchdog for the state, she is a mouthpiece for national political organizations," says state 
Rep. Jose Javier Rodriguez, a Democrat from Miami

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Best Cuban north of Havana

At The Crazy Cuban in Masaryktown

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Florida What’s So Bad About Fracking?

Besides leaking methane under and above ground, which makes people sick (ask Los Angeles), wasting millions of gallons of valuable water (ask California), causing earthquakes (ask Oklahoma), contaminated waste water no one wants, explosions that kill people (ask lots of places), there is one more big effect of fracking: undisclosed toxic chemicals put into our earth. here

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The current bills in our Florida legislation purport to “regulate” fracking, but as one representative stated, it is nothing more than a “welcome mat” to 

promote fracking. 

Ruby Ridge 2 In Florida

Inverness

The Peasants Of Florida INC.

With its low incomes and comparatively high cost of living, Florida ranks No. 5 on a list of states whose residents are most likely to live paycheck to paycheck.  

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Florida trails only 
Hawaii, California, New York and Alaska 
on the list compiled by Go Banking Rates. here
Let's Get To Work

Susan Smith To Talk Policy With Alan Grayson

"I'm very excited that Congressman Alan Grayson invited me, Nancy Carola Jacobson and Brook Hines to attend the Progressive Congress Strategy Summit in Baltimore next month. It's a great opportunity to network with other progressives and talk policy. Thank you, Congressman!" Susan Smith

Brand GOP

NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll 

42 percent of registered voters said the primary race has made them feel less favorable about the GOP, compared to just 19 percent who said they feel 
more favorable. 

A third -Republican primary voters - 33 percent 

 say they view the party more favorably now, 

while 23 percent say they now have 
a worse image of the GOP. here

What Pilar Had For Lunch

Triple Espresso with Muffin

At The Coffee Barn in Brooksville

more, Eat Local!

Rick Scott Donors

Here’s a list of Scott’s donors who have given at least $100,000 in 2015:  Florida Chamber of Commerce - $540,000  Walt Disney World Parks and Resorts - $252,500  Jeffrey Vinik, Tampa Bay Lightning owner - $200,000  Associated Industries of Florida - $150,000  Floridians for a Stronger Democracy, a political committee with ties to AIF - $150,000  Voice of Florida Business, a PAC with ties to AIF – $130,000  Florida Jobs PAC, a PAC with ties to the Florida Chamber - $110,000  Consulate Health Care, Florida’s largest nursing home provider - $100,000  Lawrence DeGeorge, runs a charitible trust in Jupiter, FL - $100,000  Daniel Doyle Jr., Tampa Bay resident and CEO of DEX Imaging Inc - $100,000  Intervest Construction, homebuilder based in Daytona Beach - $100,000  August Busch III, former Anheuser-Busch CEO from St. Peters, Missouri - $100,000  U.S. Sugar Corporation - $100,000 here

TBX: One Of The 12 Worst Highway Projects In The Country

 A new report with a national scope calls the controversial Tampa Bay Express interstate expansion one of the 12 worst highway projects in the United States for expanding roads to little benefit.
here

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These two are for it

Bob Buckhorn 

Wants to be our governor.

And 

Lisa Montelione 

Is running for 

Florida State House District 63.

Remember them when you vote!

Stop TBX

Debbie Wasserman Schultz’s First-Ever Primary Challenger: Tim Canova

In general, Wasserman Schultz is the living, breathing embodiment of everything rotted and corrupt about the Democratic Party: a corporatist who overwhelmingly relies on corporate money to keep her job, a hawk who supports the most bellicose aspects of U.S. foreign policy, a key member of the “centrist” and “moderate” pro-growth New Democrat coalition, a co-sponsor of the failed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which was “heavily backed by D.C. favorites including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the music and motion picture industries” and would have allowed extreme control over the internet. here

Florida Frackers Attack On Environment Continues

A Senate committee last week approved a bill that would make it easier for companies to use fracking technology to drill for oil and gas in the state. here

Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush: Climate Change Is Distant Threat

Not 15 miles from the homes of Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush on the mainland, Miami Beach work crews elevate the streets, turning ground floors effectively into windowed basements, to try to stave off the implacable rise of sea water. Up comes the powerful ocean, threatening people, property and the underground freshwater supply. here

“I don’t have a plan to influence the weather, can’t control nature." Marco Rubio

“It wouldn’t be on my first page of things that wake me up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat.” Jeb Bush

Debbie Wasserman Schultz Stuck In Past On Weed Legalization

Florida's Fresh Water Crisis

Touted as an environmental breakthrough, the water policy bill passed last week by the Florida GOP Legislature is actually a major win for polluters and the politicians they own. The plan allows Big Ag operators to supervise their own waste releases, which is a fantasy come true for those who pollute. 

Sympathetic legislators went even farther, inserting in the law a “cost-share” provision that directs water-management districts to use tax dollars to subside Big Ag’s anti-pollution efforts.

In other words, the public will be paying farm corporations to do something they should pay for themselves 
— clean up their mess. here

Steve Crisafulli, whose dream of one day becoming state agriculture commissioner is closer to reality. The Brevard Republican has been an obedient little soldier for the special interests that divert and exploit the state’s fresh water supplies.

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MLK Parade In Ybor City

Cuscaden Park - Ybor City

Tallahassee Open For Business

As Florida legislators begin their annual session in an election year, at least 
$28.5 million 
has been funneled into legislative political committees in the last six months, fueling progress on priority legislation for many industries, and blocking other ideas from advancing, according to a 
Herald/Times analysis. here 

Florida Millennials Rule

You Vote, you should!

You are the nations largest generation.

Voter Registration

Marco Rubio Buys Handgun To Fight ISIS

“I have a right to protect my family if someone were to come after us,” he said Sunday on Meet the Press. 

“In fact, if ISIS were to visit us, or our communities, at any moment, 

the last line of defense between ISIS and my family is the ability that I have to protect my family from them, or from a criminal, or anyone else who seeks to do us harm. Millions of Americans feel that way.” here

Florida Voices for Animals

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RIP: Glenn Frey

Happy Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Day

We honor and remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Tampa for Justice January Meeting

1.25.2016 - 6:30 PM

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Disturbed - Land Of Confusion

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Robert

He is from Ohio, homeless 1 year.

Corrupt Florida Governor Has Blood On His Hands

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Sushi

@ Buffet City in Brooksville

Visit them here

Lobbyists Love Hillsborough County

They can come and go from the 

County Center and face no punishment 

for failing to meet minimum 

disclosure requirements.

And here's what it has led to: 

The fourth most lobbied person in the county in 2015 was "Incomplete."

The lobbying registry is the public's only window into who is trying to

 influence government. 

And despite mechanisms for the County Attorney's office to punish violators, action is rarely, if ever, taken. here

Florida Strong

An independent advocacy organization 
dedicated to empowering and educating
 the public on the policies that impact
 our quality of life. 
Our robust research and communications operation is committed to providing concerned citizens with the tools and information needed to hold our elected officials accountable. here

Marco Rubio Selling His Soul In South Carolina

Rubio said, 

“Barack Obama does not believe that 
America is a great global power. 
Barack Obama believes that America 
is a arrogant global power 
that needs to be cut down to size.” 

These are lies. Since becoming a national political figure roughly a decade ago, Obama has uttered millions of words about America. here