Pat Kemp For All The Right Reasons

Fight For 15

Stop TBX

Yes on 2!

LGBT Equality

Supports The Centre for Girls

Took The #FLfor15 Challenge

Endorsed by Betty Castor, Ed Turanchik and Tampa Bay Times, Tampa Tribune, Sierra Club, Linda Saul-Sena, Tampa City Council Members: Yvonne Yoli Capin, Mary Mulhern, Lisa Montelione, State Representative Betty Reed, Former Legislators: Sen. Dan Gelber, Rep. Sara Romeo, Rep. Mary Figg, Sen. Helen Gordon Davis and this blog.

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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Baked Fish

With Moro and Platanos

At La 41 Meat Market in Lutz

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Tampa City Council Stop Wasting Our Money On Consultants

We will give you this advice for free. Head on down to the Robert W. Saunders, Sr. Library and check out their display of what I4 and I275 did to Tampa.  The county spent all that money on consultants for 
GO Hillsborough and what did that get us? The start of the solution is simple. Buy the CSX tracks and some trains. Is someone on the council also in bed with 
Beth Leytham? here
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City Council remember you work for us, not FDOT. The state tried taking away the power of cities with Fracking and they lost. You want to keep your jobs or move up? Check this out!
Huntersville NC. Mayor Jill Swain and two town commissioners were booted from office because of residents’ anger about the state’s plans to widen Interstate 77 with toll lanes. here

If FDOT wants to go to war with Tampa, bring it on!

Planned Parenthood of Florida Targeting Five Republicans And One Democrat

For abortion vote

The legislators under fire: 

Florida GOP

Jeff Atwater

Mike Fasano

Gayle Harrell

Doug Holder

Matt Hudson

and Dem Darren Soto

here

The Opa-locka Mob

In the past three years, thousands of dollars has been paid to prominent city officials. FBI tapes have exposed an organized network that turned the levers of government into a cash generator for themselves and others, the Miami Herald has learned. here

Florida INC. To Forfeit $250 Million In Aid To Help Homeowners Facing Foreclosure

The state did not apply for the federal foreclosure assistance, the most recent and perhaps most egregious fumble in a disappointing string of actions by the Florida Housing Finance Corp., which manages the state's Hardest Hit programs. The agency has failed to properly manage $1 billion in foreclosure aid it had previously received from the federal government. here

John Morgan: Bring It On

We knew it was going to happen at some point. Mel Sembler - Sheldon Adelson's BFF and the leader of the "No on 2" campaign in 2014 announced today that he plans to spend $10 million to defeat medical marijuana this fall.

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I've got a message for Mel Sembler: BRING. IT. ON.
No amount of money and lies are going to stop us from winning this time.
I need your help TODAY. Make a donation to the campaign now
and send Mel Sembler and all those who would seek to stand in the way of compassion a message:

BRING. IT. ON. COMPASSION. IS. COMING. John

Rep. Grayson: The tragedy of Andrew Joseph III

Florida INC. CEO Rick Scott: Corporate Welfare Over Kids

He vetoed legislation that was passed unanimously by the Legislature that would have given dental care to low income children in underserved areas so that he could let his executive directors travel the world at  taxpayers' expense. here

Don't Inhale In Hillsborough County

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Hillsborough County just received a failing grade from the American Lung Association in its annual “State of the Air” report. here

Rick Scott's California To Florida Jobs Pipeline

He announced he will be leading a domestic trade mission to California in May and meet with businesses about possibly moving to the Sunshine State. “Our goal is to create the California-to-Florida jobs pipeline,” said Scott in a statement. As Governor (Jerry) Brown works diligently to drive businesses away from California, Florida can partner in providing locations for job creators who are looking to grow jobs and opportunities for families.” In his statement Wednesday, he said California’s $15-an-hour minimum wage, combined with “high taxes and burdensome regulations” will make job creation challenging. here

Protect Lake Okeechobee From Florida INC.

Proclaim Lake Okeechobee a National Monument through The Antiquities Act. here

Local Walmart Worker David Alvarez Needs Your Support!

OUR Walmart member David Alvarez needs your support! 

Call his district manager. 813.872.6992

Mel Sembler Wants To Save Your Brain

Today, The Tampa Bay Times reported that Mel Sembler plans to raise at least 10 million to to kill proposed Amendment 2, Use of Marijuana for Debilitating Medical Conditions. In response, 

Ben Pollara, Campaign Manager at United for Care stated:

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Mel Sembler can spend whatever he wants to try and deny sick and suffering Floridians relief in the form of medical marijuana, but the will of the people is stronger than his money. Mr. Sembler and his allies tried this once already in 2014, they spent $7.5 million dollars attacking medical marijuana and while they were successful in defeating the amendment, an overwhelming, 58% majority of voters still voted “yes”.
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The misleading campaign Sembler oversaw in 2014 won’t work again in 2016. This version of Amendment 2 received unanimous approval by the Florida Supreme Court. Editorial boards of Florida newspapers that opposed Amendment 2 in 2014 now endorse it in 2016. The most prominent and visible opponents in 2014 - the Florida Sheriff’s Association - hasn’t yet taken a position this year.

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The opposition is going to have to create a new set of lies to oppose Amendment 2. The people of Florida will see through those lies. United for Care will wage a statewide campaign to counter Sembler’s dishonest attacks, and medical marijuana will pass in November.


For press inquiries please contact Bianca Garza at press@unitedforcare.org

Florida millennials please note. This guy is 85 years old and a republican, he will be gone soon and you will have to live with his bull shit. In 2014 we got 58%. VOTE in 2016 and make it happen!

The Liberals In Tampa Demand

Tampa Liberals

Mitch Perry

GO Hillsborough - Our demands

BUY CSX tracks immediately

And some trains.

Here is a locomotive Reduced to $90,000

No new roads, 

fix the ones we have

Pedestrian friendly with bike trails

Turanchik Bay Ferry

And give the rest to HART

And Stop TBX

When Rick Scott Slithers Out Of The Governor’s Mansion

Ever wonder what will be left of natural Florida when Rick Scott slithers out of the Governor’s Mansion for the last time? Look at the Indian River Lagoon. Once a 150 mile-long bay of clear water filled with manatees, sea grasses and oysters, it has become a brown, stinking monoculture where only algae thrive. The fish are dying or dead. Look at the St. Johns River, or the Santa Fe River or Wakulla Springs and Silver Springs — all choking in toxic algal bloom fed by filthy runoff courtesy of Big Ag, Big Development and Big Sewer. No, not all of our environmental degradation happened on Scott’s watch. Previous governors have had a hand in it. here
Last year, the FWC Foundation gave him its top conservation award. That’s like giving Richard Nixon a merit badge for honesty. It’s absurd, appalling and entirely in keeping with the obsequious political vandals with which this governor surrounds himself.

Alan Grayson: Organize. Organize. Organize.

Alan Grayson has introduced legislation that would make it easier for workers who want to form or join a union, and make it harder to employers to stop. The Florida Democratic Representative’s Employer Free Choice Act of 2016 (HR 5000) says that if a majority of workers in a workplace sign cards authorizing a union, they get a union. here

Florida GOP John Mica's Taxes

Mr. Mica ripped into the District's finances at a hearing on Metro last week, fuming that he won't "bail out Washington, D.C." by funding the transit system. District tax records reveal that Mica isn't so fiscally responsible when it comes to his own share of the city's tax money. Between them, Mica and his wife Patricia Mica own six units on Capitol Hill. Between 2006 and 2013, they've racked up $1,071.81 across 17 penalty payments for paying their property taxes late. In 2006 alone, the Micas were hit with $608.29 in combined late penalties. here

Tampa Vote No on Go Hillsborough

Hillsborough commissioners approve transportation plan. here

No Rail, No New Taxes! 

Why do you keep wasting our time!
Check out the crap they are trying to sell us.

Prince RIP

Lee's Grocery Paparazzi

Lee's Grocery in the Heights

Visit them here

Rick Scott Big Trump Supporter

“Donald Trump will either have a majority of delegates or he will be very close. If we want to win in November we don’t want four more years of Barack Obama’s policies that are injuring our families. If Trump is in that position we need to rally around him.” 

Rick Scott

Grayson vs. Jolly Debate

Ask Congressman David Jolly and Congressman Alan Grayson about the issues that are most important to you -- then vote and tell others! Watch the Florida Open Debate for U.S. Senate right here on Monday, April 25, at 7:00 pm EDT. All questions will be chosen from among those that receive the most votes online. here

Feds Say Florida Can't Block Medicaid Funding To Planned Parenthood

A key federal health agency on Tuesday notified Florida that they may not ban Medicaid funding for family-planning services at clinics that also offer elective abortions. here

Vigil at Sheriff Gee's Office In Ybor

Today 5:30 pm

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Hillcrest Healthcare In Hollywood Hiring Scabs At $18 Per Hour

The Hillcrest Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center, a nursing home in Hollywood is hiring scabs at $18.00 per hour to replace strikers making $11.00 per hour. here

Please note: They are only looking for seasonal workers until the strike ends.

Tampa Wants Robust Urban Transit

“My proposal is we wait and do it later, we don’t want to kill it, we want to modify it,” Bill Carlson echoing the criticism among Tampa liberals that there is far too little rail in the plan. He insisted, adding that the only people who will gain from the proposal is the Tea Party and the consultants who will work on the campaign. “We should have robust urban transit, Go Hillsborough doesn’t do that.” Ed Turanchik here

We are about to take it deep!

The history of GO Hillsborough

The Skyway Trap & Skeet Club Is Dangerous To Our Health

For 60 years it has been polluting Sawgrass Lake Park
a public wetland that feeds 
into Tampa Bay. An estimated one million pounds of the hazardous stuff fell on the property,They were told to build a wall but never did. here

Pic credit - Skyway Trap & Skeet Club archive

The Citrus Taliban Infestation of Hillsborough County Schools

There are currently 40 Fellowship of Christian Athlete clubs operating in Hillsborough county, including those at 10 public middle schools, 25 public high schools and the University of South Florida.

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Adult leaders with Fellowship of Christian Athletes clubs were banned from Hillsborough County public schools until they can undergo special training on district policies and procedures. here
Also check this out!

La Gaceta's Best of the West Tampa Poll

here

We recommend "Guido Maniscalco" for 
favorite current politician. 

Tampa Tea Party Paid Agitator Sharon Calvert

Where's my money?

“Several of your county commissioners want to be re-elected or seek other office (sic), some of them this year. Nothing has a bigger impact on them than ordinary citizens (not paid agitators) showing up at their meetings,” local tea bagger Sharon Calvert writes in an email. here

We didn't get paid?

Louisiana GOP Bill Cassidy: We Don't Want Your Shit On Our Shores

Florida great Bill Nelson won this round. But a Louisiana colleague sponsoring a measure that encourages states like Florida to open up their waters to oil drilling promises the issue won’t go away. here
We will keep fighting you!

Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Ben Albritton

For nearly 60 years, visitors to the Skyway Trap & Skeet Club in St.Pete fired at targets using shells filled with lead pellets. Often, their ammunition traveled into neighboring Sawgrass Lake Park. Over the decades, it accumulated there in prodigious quantities. Lead shot is toxic, and can leach into water and soil. An estimated one million pounds of the hazardous stuff fell on the property, polluting a lake that feeds into Tampa Bay, a fragile marine estuary. Under a legal deal struck in 2004, Swiftmud agreed to pay for removing the lead from the park, and Skyway said it would build a barrier to stop spent ammunition from falling on state property. That wall never went up. So last year, the water management agency sued the gun range. Then the NRA got involved. They brought in Florida GOP Ben Albritton. This guy is a powerful GOP lawmaker involved in setting the agency's budget.  In February, Swiftmud abruptly dropped the lawsuit without explanation. here

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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Chicken in Garlic Sauce

With rice. At Top China in Dundee

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Eat Local!