Kentucky Takes It Deep

Matt Bevin is a Tea Party Republican 

who took office less than a month ago 

from former Democratic Governor Steve Beshear.

While in office, Gov. Beshear restored voting rights to 140,000 former felons that have served their sentences. Now Gov. Bevin has reversed this. He also reversed former Gov. Beshear’s executive order that raised the minimum wage for state government workers and contractors 
to $10.10 an hour. here

 To the GOP voters of the great Commonwealth of Kentucky, take it deep!

Here in Florida we offer GOP voters free lube. 

It makes the experience more memorable!

Local Treasures: Shane & Emily

Friends Of The Stogie

Tampa Legend Ronny Elliott

Visit him here
Will be @ The Non-Denominational Post Holiday Ruckus 
at Skippers tonight. info

2015 Florida GOP Idiot Award

Our own Randy Maggard of Pasco County

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Honorable mention

A right, “granted not by government but by God."

Matt Gaetz

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Bloody Mary and a Chicken Bowl

At Beef o Brady's - Spring Hill

Visit them here

Volunteers take back our Republic with MAYDAY.US

All Blacklivesmatter @ Macfarlane Park

12.31.2015 - 2pm

info

Hope In Humanity @ USF

The Tampa Bay 

Street Medicine Team

For a year and a half, about a dozen students from the USF Health Morsani College of Medicine have met biweekly on a graffiti-covered parking lot at Franklin and Estelle streets before fanning out to deliver free medical care to the homeless. 
The Tampa Bay Street Medicine Team, 
modeled after groups across the country, brings a supervising volunteer physician, physician’s assistant or nurse practitioner from the college to help in extreme cases, but the rest is left to the students. here

Seasons Greetings From Ybor City

Visit Ybor City

Disturbed - The Vengeful One

Non-Denominational Post Holiday Ruckus In Tampa

12.26.2015 - 8pm

@ Skippers info

Ybor Paparazzi: The Doctor Is In The House

Doc

Of the band "The Doctor Is In The House"
Check them out here
Thanks for the CD. It is awesome!

Protest The Ringling Bros. Circus @ Amalie Arena

Wednesday, January 6, 6–7:30 p.m. 
Thursday, January 7, 6–7:30 p.m. 
Friday, January 8, 6–7:30 p.m. 
Saturday, January 9, 4:30–7:30 p.m. 
Sunday, January 10, 1–3 p.m.

info

Stogie's Top Ten Of 2015

Congratulate LGBT Floridians!

Did GOP Hillsborough County Commissioners Sabotage GO Hillsborough?

Miami Rally to End Marijuana Prohibition

The Campaign Against Debbie Wasserman Schultz

TBX: Lipstick On A Pig

John Morgan ready to kick some ass

More Bullshit In Hillsborough County

Fight For 15 Black Friday Protest

What Democracy Looks Like In Tampa

Jan Platt's Brilliant Idea

Best Pizza In Tampa Bay

Pizza Techs at Lee's Grocery

Tampa Heights

Tallahassee Pay-To-Play Culture

Three days after Gov. Rick Scott signed a new gambling agreement earlier this month, Scott’s Let’s Get To Work political committee reported receiving a $20,000 check from Resorts World Miami,  a company that is a division of a Malaysian casino conglomerate that could benefit from the deal. here 

What Stogie And Pilar Had For Lunch

Beef Lo mein & Shrimp and Lobster Sauce

At Peking King in Tampa

Visit them here, Say Hi to Jenny and Nancy!
Eat Local!

The Merchants Of Ybor: Mobile APPS Media

Visit them here

Local Treasures: Laila Abdelaziz

Legislative & Government Affairs Director 

@ CAIR Florida 

تحيات مواسم

After 50 Years Miami Cubans Finally Figure It Out

 Earlier this month, nearly a year to the day President Barack Obama shocked Cuban Americans with the news that the U.S. would reestablish relations with the Castro regime

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A group of Cuban-American business people, almost all from Miami, quietly traveled to the island to see for themselves what, if anything, had changed. Most of the 10 men — even a couple of otherwise  staunch conservatives — returned convinced 

that stronger ties to the U.S. would help Cubans. here

Learn more about the folks holding things up!
 The Miami Cuban Mafia Eposed 

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article50773855.html#storylink=cpy

Ybor Paparazzi: Prince The Rookie

John with local Rap artist Prince The Rookie

With Marie
@ tequilas

Rick Scott's Florida Criminal Justice System

As other states reformed their criminal justice systems in the past year to reduce their prison populations by updating their sentencing laws and establishing new programs for the re-entry of offenders, Florida remained on the sidelines, according to a new report from the bipartisan U.S. Justice Action Network. here

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article50981595.html#storylink=cpy

Tampa Legend Ronny Elliott @ Skipper's Smokehouse

With Steve Connelly 
and Rev. Billy C. Wirtz

To wring out the old 

and ring in the new. Goodbye to the lights 

and the manger scenes. No more glee,

 no more carols. Let's rock'n'roll. info

Sandy Murman's Tea Party Advisors

Murman became a no vote on the Go Hillsborough referendum. She has another idea, well it closely reflects ideas and even language put forth by tea party members and a prominent anti-tax activist from 

Pinellas County. here

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Tea Party activists, who had been imploring county commissioners to shut down Go Hillsborough and forget the sales tax, cheered Murman’s bold move.

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“Sandy, I can’t tell you how proud of I am of your stepping out to lead on the transportation issue. It is fantastic. Thank you for your courage and your dedication to finding the best way for the county." Ken Roberts, Tea Party

Roberts had every reason to be proud. Murman’s plan borrowed heavily from one he had been shopping to commissioners for months.

Visit Ybor City

Liberal haven in purple Florida

here

No Show Marco Rubio

A day after suggesting he may try to hold up a massive spending deal, Rubio skipped the vote all together. here

What Pilar And Stogie Had For Lunch

Chicken Lo Mein and Piking Shrimp

At  Taste Good Chinese Restaurant in Spring Hill

Visit them here

World Famous Blunt In Ybor

 Join Central Florida NORML

Koch Brothers Buy FSU

According to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of tax documents recently filed with the Internal Revenue Service, FSU received $626,247 from the Charles Koch Foundation in 2014. According to a 2014 tax filing filed earlier this year, they intended to spend $265,948 with the university this year. here

George Martorano In Ybor City

George Martorano was serving Life for Pot

NOW FREE!

 On October 5, 2015 he was released from prison after

 serving 32 long years in federal prison!” here

Looking good @ CFL NORML Winter Music Festival

Thank you for visiting us!

SPB: Bob Buckhorn Scandals

"The day after the 2014 elections,  Buckhorn all but declared that he would run for governor in 2018. In fact, the Tampa mayor entered 2015 as the de facto frontrunner for the Democratic nomination. That was then; this is now. After a series of troubling scandals, including revelations that his police department disproportionately targeted black residents and that one of his chief political advisers, Beth Leytham, is nothing less than the Rasputin of Riverwalk, many Democrats now wonder if Buckhorn will even run in 2018. Meanwhile, his lackluster fundraising for his political committee, expected to be a vehicle for a 2018 run, isn’t inspiring much confidence."

Peter Schorsch

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Gazpacho

@ Stone Soup Company in Ybor City

Visit them here
EAT LOCAL!

Tampa Family Health Centers

Marco Rubio: The Sheldon Adelson Primary

The "Sheldon Adelson primary" winner will land a prize worth tens of millions in financial support. Rubio has avidly courted the casino magnate, sitting down with him privately numerous times, including a dinner in Washington weeks before launching his campaign in April. here

Bernie Sanders Fans Party In Tampa Heights

Dayna, Chris and Ashley

@ Lee's Grocery

Central Ave, Tampa Heights

Feel The Bern Tampa Bay!

 Thank you, Solidarity Sunday