Ybor City, Florida
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Sunday, March 24, 2019
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Vote for Orlando Gudes!
I want each of you who live in Tampa’s District 5 to vote for Orlando Gudes! District 5 covers much of Seminole Heights, East Tampa, Sulphur Springs, Jackson Heights, Ybor City, Downtown Tampa, and Channelside.
Orlando has been a dedicated youth mentor in Tampa for years. He has served on the Tampa Charter Review Commission wherein he has gained crucial insight to issues ranging from sensitivity training for city officials to mayoral term limits. Orlando would be a fantastic voice for public transit, and stood strong for HART to keep the Intowner Bus, a free transit option for commuters within the Downtown Tampa area. He aims to be an assertive voice for young and old folks alike, and that is something dearly needed in District 5, which has been largely ignored by the Buckhorn administration.
I know that Orlando’s heart is in the right place. Being a genuine spokesperson for a community is so important in today’s political climate. Orlando was the only candidate to get onto the ballot by getting petitions signed which is significant; that means his supporters stood alone in succeeding to get thousands of petitions signed to ensure Orlando qualified for the ballot without having to pay the fee.
It is true that I work indirectly for the Gudes campaign. I only work for candidates who I believe in, such as Andrew Gillum and Mariella Smith. It is an honor to be on Team Gudes, and I encourage you to join me! I hope that each and every one of you will support and vote for Orlando Gudes to be your City Councilor! The runoff election is April 23rd, with early voting and vote by mail (VBM) preceding that date! Go Gudes!
— Asher
Florida GOP Stacy White has costed us $158,000 and counting
Public agencies are spending thousands on lawyers to defend a lawsuit by County Commissioner Stacy White that challenges the voter-approved measure.
Hillsborough Circuit Judge Rex Barbas ruled last week that White could not challenge the tax in his official capacity as a county commissioner. HERE
Florida GOP James Grant Takes On Ocasio-Cortez
He WANTS TO DEBATE ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ OVER 'POLL TAX'. HERE
Friday, March 22, 2019
Florida's Right Wing Infestation
Fox News anchor Shannon Bream is scheduled to keynote a fundraiser for a conservative group alongside Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and
Ashley Moody.
Ashley Moody.
The group, James Madison Institute, describes itself as “Florida’s premier free-market think tank.” The organization has ties to billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch.
UF Wants Wendy's Off Campus
The University of Florida Student Government escalated student pressure on Wendy’s – and on UF President Kent Fuchs.
Voted unanimously to call on the UF administration to cut the university’s contract with Wendy’s until the fast-food giant joins the Fair Food Program. The vote came just days after students, farmworkers and Gainesville community members organized a huge march on President Fuchs’ office, demanding action in support of Florida farmworkers’ fundamental human rights. here
Thursday, March 21, 2019
Florida GOP Mike Hill just knows the schools are full of porn
A pair of bills introduced in the Florida state legislature are aimed at cleaning all the dirty books from Florida schools, and at jailing any librarians or teachers who might allow a student to read filth like A Clockwork Orange or Toni Morrison's Beloved or The Bluest Eye.
he bills, were pushed by the rightwing Florida Citizens Alliance.
"The purpose of the bill is to remove pornography out of our public schools, which is existing there today. I've seen it firsthand [...] It is simply trying to protect our children."
Mike Hill
Mike Hill
Shameless Florida GOP
Florida GOP Readies Poll Tax to Nullify Ex-Felons’ Voting Rights
Florida’s Republican-controlled Legislature is moving to roll back parts of a historic November constitutional amendment that reinstated voting rights for convicted felons. HERE
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Beef Brisket
With Potatoes and Beans
At Holly Hogs BBQ - Downtown Tampa
EAT LOCAL!
Support for Rob Lorei
Wow! What a turnout for last night’s WMNF Board meeting! Thank you! More than 150 people packed the boardroom and hallway outside to show the board what they thought of the decision to fire me. Later- during a closed session of the board I was given ten minutes to make my case that the firing should be overturned. The board members were polite and listened closely. An issue that board members kept raising was “Doesn’t Craig have the absolute right to fire any staffer- even if his reasons aren’t valid?” Clearly some board members lean to the conservative/corporate side when it comes to treatment of employees! Economist Richard Wolff would have some choice words for these board members.
What this means is that letters to the board still count. If you believe in enlightened employee relations please let them know. The board is likely to make a final decision this week. Like I said last night- it will take the rest of my life to thank you for supporting me by speaking last night, emailing, petitioning, calling and otherwise challenging this miscarriage of justice. However this turns out- when you see me- remind me of your support and I’ll buy you an adult beverage. Long May You Run!
Florida Jim Crow Republicans
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Kathy Castor Co-Sponsor Medicare for All
The Democratic establishment — deep in the pockets of the health industry, are Undermining Medicare for All. HERE
Florida GOP clamping down on voter initiatives
In November, 64 percent of Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment allowing former felons to regain their right to vote. Three weeks later, a Republican state representative introduced legislation that would require constitutional amendments to earn 67 percent of the vote to pass.
Republican legislators in states across the country have introduced dozens of bills that would make significant changes to the initiative and referendum process.
Critics of the proposals say they are a Republican end run around the direct democracy process, meant to stifle popular progressive policies before they get
to the ballot.
to the ballot.
Florida GOP Joe Negron’s Slimy New Gig
Florida GOP Afraid of Democracy
For anyone who doubts that Americans are fighting a war today over the future of democracy, take a look at what’s happening in the
U.S. Congress.
U.S. Congress.
On March 8, the House of Representatives voted for the Democrats’ major reform bill, 234-193 -- an important blow against the incessant erosions of our political process.
All 13 of Florida’s Democratic congressmembers voted for it; none of the
14 Republicans did. MORE
All 13 of Florida’s Democratic congressmembers voted for it; none of the
14 Republicans did. MORE
Monday, March 18, 2019
Sunday, March 17, 2019
Trump Snubs Everglades Clean-Up
Florida GOP expressed everything from anger to astonishment upon hearing that the president’s 2020 budget proposes just $63 million for the “River of Grass.” Gov. Ron DeSantis and the others had wanted $200 million. HERE
Saturday, March 16, 2019
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