SHARON GLESS JOINS WITH EQUALITY FLORIDA

Multi-Award winning Actress Sharon Gless, a Florida resident, has joined Equality Florida in its Get Engaged campaign (www.GetEngaged.org), a statewide call to action with the goal of securing full marriage equality in the state of Florida.....more

Alan Grayson SILENCED After Comparing Republicans To Dog Poop

Tampa Bay Tea Party Members

Accountability
here

Steve Galvin's Robo Calls

His recorded call to voters attacking opponent Amy Foster in the District 8 race masquerades as a look at her record of public service. It is really a smear campaign against Foster, who is gay. The city has come too far in embracing and respecting residents regardless of sexual orientation to fall for such divisive baiting......more

Check out Ms. Foster here

Florida's Corporate Welfare Program

DC might be closed but Rick Scott is open for business.

Check out  Florida's Corporate Welfare Program here

DFA Endorses Rick Kriseman

St. Petersburg has it all -- it's a great city with tons of potential for growth and expansion. In fact, about the only thing it doesn't have is a forward thinking, progressive Mayor who knows that St. Petersburg can be even better and will fight to make it that way for every family. You can change that -- and that's why DFA is proud to endorse

Rick Kriseman for Mayor of St. Petersburg. Help him out here

Democracy For America

Florida GOP Leaders Back Cruz

While the government is shutdown hundreds of top state Republican Party donors and officials celebrated their party’s political success at a party in Disney World last week. The party is sending letters of support to Cruz and others in Congress who backed him. Hard-core party activists in the crowd weren’t worried about the shutdown, Jorge Bonilla, who hopes to run in 2014 against liberal bad-ass Rep. Alan Grayson of Orlando, called the shutdown “regrettable” and “an unfortunate failure of leadership,” which of course he blames on the Democratic-controlled Senate and

President Barack Obama........more

Gay Florida Teen Kaitlyn Hunt Pleads No Contest

Florida Republican Ted Yoho

part of the faction who forced John Boehner to trigger the government shutdown and now wants to move along to default on the national debt. How bad will default be? "I think, personally, it would bring stability to the world markets,"

Yoho told the Post.......more

Ready For Hillary In Tampa

Former Tampa Mayor Sandy Freedman hosts a low-dollar fundraiser/informational session on Ready For Hillary political committee gearing up and pushing for a presidential bid by the former secretary of state. Suggested contribution is just $25......more

Oct. 22 - 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Mise en Place in Tampa

I Am Vern Buchanan

Accountability

I am from Sarasota. I am always on someones list of most  corrupt politicians.

 I am in the top ten over at Judicial Watch, and I am number 5 at CREW's most corrupt for 2013.

But somehow the nice folks down here keep electing me.

Obama's Revolution: We Are Winning

Lincoln Club in Tampa

STOP DUKE RIP OFF RALLY

A group of concerned citizens, all of whom are ratepayers of Duke Energy, will hold a rally & press conference in front of Duke Energy headquarters on

Saturday, October 12th at 11AM.
downtown St. Pete 299 1st Avenue North
The group, named “STOP DUKE RIP OFF” is calling for the defeat of the proposed settlement

between Duke Energy and the Public Service Commission which requires Duke customers to pay

$3.2 billion of the cost for two nuclear power plants that are not going to be built, costing each of the 1.7 million customers almost $2,000 in higher electric bills.

here

Dolphins Are Dying In The Gulf

It's been more than three years since the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico began, yet bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf are still suffering.......more

I Am Steve Southerland

Polls are showing that I am in trouble.

You see I belong to a group that is trying to destroy the Republican party and 
I made the mistake of following some wacko from Texas and now I will probably loose my job. You do have a choice you know, check out
Gwen Graham she is the daughter of one of Florida's greatest governors,
 she will serve you well.

Howard Dean Campaign Inspires New George Clooney Film

George Clooney stars in Sony Pictures' film "The Ides of March." Clooney portrays an idealistic presidential candidate and his character is loosely based on former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean.

here

David McKalip: Mr. Tea Party

St. Pete beware of this guy. He is part of a group that is trying to destroy the

 Republican party. You do have a choice, check out

Darden Rice

I am Rick Scott And I Plan To Win In 2014

This week, Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner visited five Florida cities to discuss Gov. Rick Scott's plan to disenfranchise voters and steal future elections in Florida. As a Floridian, I know that elections in Florida have national consequences, and I believe all of my fellow citizens should be free to exercise their right to vote.......more

The Build Our Energy Barn

I Am Sandy Adams

more

WEDU - Tampa Bay: Air Citizen Koch!

I'm Linda Michel White, and I live not far from you. I started a petition on MoveOn.org urging our local public television station, WEDU 3, to ensure that the documentary "Citizen Koch"—which exposes the billionare Koch Brothers who helped launch the Tea Party—gets shown to the public.Now that Tea Party Republicans have shut down the government, it's more important than ever that we expose the Tea Party and its funders.  We need "Citizen Koch" on the air in Tampa. will you sign the petition I created urging WEDU 3 to take action?

Will Weatherford Loves Jesus?

He’s a Republican. Which is going to become painfully obvious after you hear what he wrote to a public school superintendent the other day......here What does this man know about Jesus. Read our post of March 8, here Also visit willweatherford.info

62% of Florida Voters Would Back Medical Marijuana Amendment

There is good news from the Sunshine State. A new Public Policy Polling survey found that 62 percent of voters in the state would support a ballot measure legalizing medical marijuana. Only 26 percent said they would likely oppose one and 12 percent are undecided. Support for the idea is strongest among young voters and liberals.......more

I Am Bill Young

 Polls are showing he is in trouble here

Check Out Jessica Ehrlich in 2014

Visit my countdown clock here

Tampa Bay Women Rock

Amanda Murphy, Darden Rice and Jessica Ehrlich

Head Start In Volusia County To Close

John Mica's district

here

Terry Kimple, Beware Of This Man

After a nearly four-month delay, Hillsborough County commissioners voted Wednesday to seat a 22-member diversity advisory council that includes religious conservative activist Terry Kemple. In May, Terry Kemple blasted Commissioner Kevin Beckner, who is openly gay and proposed creating the diversity council.......more

About Terry Kemple: District 7 Candidate for Hillsborough County School Board

here

Tampa Tribune Mainstreams Islamophobic, Anti-LGBT Florida Family Association

The Tampa Tribune published an article on the Florida Family Association's (FFA) campaign against the cable news network Al Jazeera America, failing to note the FFA's fringe Islamophobic and anti-LGBT views. Al Jazeera America's journalism has been lauded by media critics, but the network's recent launch triggered a wave of right-wing, Islamophobic backlash. Most notorious among Al Jazeera America's critics is David Caton, head of the FFA, who has launched a crusade to stop corporations from advertising on what he describes as the radical Islamist network.

In a September 22 article, the Tribune reported on Caton and the FFA's campaign: here

Tampa Bay Times, See Ya

The Tampa Bay Times wants $12.00 a month to visit their website.

The Republican Taliban

Poverty and Slave Labor in Florida’s Corporate Farms

”In America today we are seeing a race to the bottom, the middle class is collapsing, poverty is increasing. What I saw in Immokalee is the bottom in the race to the bottom.” Senator Bernie Saunders

COALITION OF IMMOKALEE WORKERS
  Immokalee, (239) 657-8311

here

Rick Scott's Project Integrity

Last year, the Scott administration began a misguided effort to remove people from the voter rolls. The result was described by county Supervisors of Elections as an "embarrassment," "sloppy," and "disgusting." Now, Gov. Scott's Secretary of State is travelling across Florida trying to sell people on the idea that it should be tried again.

 

Stand up for the right to vote at the following meetings:

October 3rd, in Panama City

October 4th, in Jacksonville

October 7th, in Orlando

October 8th, in Sarasota

October 9th, in Broward

Who Is David McKalip?

The Florida neurosurgeon and healthcare reform opponent who sent a racist email showing President Obama dressed as a witch doctor with a loin cloth and a bone through his nose. He later sent apologize.....here

Dr. David McKalip Mr. Tea Party.....here

 Resurfaces as Expert on Glenn Beck.....here

David Mckalip speaks at Floridians Unite (Tea Party) Rally in Orlando.....here

Beware he is now running for St. Petersburg City Council District 4

'For those of us who attend St. Pete City Council meetings, this wingnut McKalip is the bane of our existence."..Alex Pickett

KNOW YOUR CANDIDATES | City Council District 4

here

The Power Of Right Wing Spin

Once You Go Indie You Never Go Back

Olive Garden saw a 4 percent drop in sales over the summer. Red Lobster is down 5.2 percent. And that’s in spite of efforts to promote new lighter dishes, small plates and better deals. Now their parent company, Orlando based Darden, is replacing its president and cutting 80 to 85 staff positions to save $50 million. Some analysts say the middle class isn’t eating out as much. Post-recession, that is true. The restaurant industry overall is in a battle with the fast-casual options of Noodles & Co., Chipotle and Panera. People want deals and they want quality. And more and more, we want local. Once I was exposed to indie restaurants and learned the awesome that is buying and supporting local, I just wasn’t interested in big-chain dining......more

Also check out Living Off Tips and Tampa Bay Locavore for a full list of local places to eat.

 more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/09/23/4503163/red-lobster-and-olive-garden-cannot.html#storylink=cpy

Alan Grayson To Host Tampa Fundraiser For Alan Cohn

Alan Cohn, a former investigative reporter at WFTS-Ch. 28 is running against U.S. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Lakeland, in Florida's 15th Congressional district. The fundraiser is scheduled for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.Oct. 7 at Mangrove’s Soho restaurant and lounge, 208 S Howard Ave., Tampa.

here

I Am John Mica

Accountability
Check out Nick Ruiz III in 2014.

Amanda Murphy & Bill Nelson In Holiday

                                            Event Hosts

Representative Mark Danish - Michael Cox - Dr. Larry & Ellen Floriani

John & Karen Ford - Raymond Gadd - Bill & Judy Gibson - Marvin
& Patsy Hickman - Beverly & Michael Ledbetter - Dr. Lynn Lindeman - Jose Ceballos - Ken Savich - Joe & Patty King - Elena McCullough

 With Special Guest

Senator Bill Nelson

Invite You to Join Them in Supporting

Amanda Murphy

Candidate for State Representative District 36

Friday, October 4th  3:30pm – 5:00 pm

Bailey’s Bluff Clubhouse

2021 Gulf View Drive

Holiday
 

Please RSVP to Brian Goff (561) 843-1824 Briandgoff@gmail.com or

Josh Weierbach (407) 697-0823 josh.weierbach@gmail.com 

If you can't attend you can donate by clicking here 

Florida's Panhandle Big City Homies

North Florida pols (republicans) have packed their state House districts with a particularly low-maintenance category of citizens. The kind who don’t show up at townhall meetings clamoring about too much traffic or lousy parks or crumbling bridges or under-funded schools or the need for more cops on the beat. They never, ever complain about too few cops. Best of all they don’t go around town grumbling that folks should vote for that other candidate. They can’t. They can’t vote. They’re state prisoners.......more

Artists for Darden Rice

 fundraiser for the Darden Rice City Council District 4 general election campaign at DM Glass Studios! Thursday: 6:00pm until 8:00pm. 
550 24th Street South, St. Pete
Support Ms. Rice www.votedardenrice.com
Lite food and drinks provided. RSVP here. For more info, ask info@votedardenrice.com