Victory party at The Bad Monkey
Monday, May 4, 2020
“Stogie Approved” Progressives for Office
Hello friends, I am writing this article to reinvigorate the desire for quality local candidates. Who do we have running in the Tampa Bay and Bennington areas who will stand up for the people?
First of all, what qualities are we looking for in candidates for local and state office? Specific platform positions, experience, character? We are certainly looking for an “all of the above” scenario. What does that look like? I will share a few candidates who I believe meet these criteria, and I hope to hear back from others regarding who should run for political office.
I admire Pat Kemp for her work on the Hillsborough County Commission. She has stood up for public transit options and medical cannabis access. I support her re-election.
I admire Gary Dolgin for his community activism. He has shown that he cares about the people and has received a wide variety of endorsements for his Circuit Court Judge campaign. I support his run.
I admire Dane Whitman for his work with local Vermont Democrats. Going from being a student at Bennington College to running for the Vermont House of Representatives is an exceptional transition, with leadership roles in between. I support his run.
Who else deserves spotlight as Stogie approved local and state candidates?
Stay groovy,
Asher
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is facing yet another political scandal
Florida man picked by GOP governor to be Broward Sheriff admits to fatal shooting
as a teen. HERE
as a teen. HERE
Alcee Hastings and Rick Scott sugared-up plan for Lake Okeechobee water
Email your congressman/woman
• Tell them in no uncertain terms to reject attempts to throw Lake O water regulation schedule back into the 20th century
• Tell them NOT to sign CONGRESSMAN ALCEE HASTINGS and SENATOR RICK SCOTT’S sugared-up plan for Lake Okeechobee water.
• Urge them to reject the sugar cartel’s plan for the Lake Okeechobee water regulation schedule. INFO
Stogie Recommends
Great SiFi. Nice work by Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga,
and Jeffrey Wright.
and Jeffrey Wright.
Florida Shit Sandwich
More than 2 million Floridians have now applied for unemployment benefits. Only a fraction of the applications have even been processed and even fewer workers have received payments.
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Florida’s unemployment system was already terrible before the crisis and it has completely collapsed under pressure from COVID-19.
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Even those close to current Republican Governor Ron DeSantis admit as much. One DeSantis advisor was quoted in the online magazine Politico as saying: “It’s a shit sandwich, and it was designed
that way by Scott.
that way by Scott.
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It wasn’t about saving money. It was about making it harder for people to get benefits or keep benefits so that the unemployment numbers were low to give the governor something to brag about.” HERE
Sunday, May 3, 2020
The Everglades Need Our Help
Sugar lobbyists trying to slip in language in Washington while no one is looking.
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Under the cover of a global pandemic, lobbyists for the sugar cartel are trying to slip in language to the federal Water Resources & Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 that will make toxic discharges more likely and starve the Everglades and Florida Bay of the freshwater they desperately need. INFO
Under the cover of a global pandemic, lobbyists for the sugar cartel are trying to slip in language to the federal Water Resources & Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 that will make toxic discharges more likely and starve the Everglades and Florida Bay of the freshwater they desperately need. INFO
Cinco de Mayo with Jessica Rose Powell
This Tuesday Cinco de Mayo I will be playing a social distant show at Tijuana Flats 5PM-7PM! There will be limited seats set further apart but recently it's been a trend to order food and tailgate in the parking lot. Come get tacos $5.99 w/ chips and a drink and watch live music from your car! You will also see the show here on FB live as well. But if you want tacos... Come on out!
Florida Farmers are Selling Directly to Consumers
Last month, Florida farmers let countless tons of produce rot in their fields after the restaurants, theme parks and cruise lines they normally serve this time of year were suddenly closed due to nationwide quarantines.
This month, they are changing their business model, selling directly to the consumers who are doing a whole lot more home-cooking these days. HERE
Biden Is Everything The Democrats Are
Saturday, May 2, 2020
The left needs a paradigm shift
Participating in the Sham elections only make you a collaborator. We need a paradigm shift! that's what I'm bringing we don't need to waste are time with the gossip of democrats did this Republicans did that and was it offencive. No our Focus can't be distracted by Party politics! Or led by politicians. we must work outside of the party system, we must use direct action and tactics towards the local infrastructure of the parties and shut them down. make it impossible for them to organize weaken them.
Jason Rodriguez
Judge orders release of migrants in Florida
A federal judge ordered authorities to release hundreds of immigrants from three Florida detention centers to prevent a wider spread of the coronavirus and protect detainees with underlying conditions. HERE
Friday, May 1, 2020
FLORIDA: SILENT, SNEAKY SUGAR PLAN EXPOSED!
Under the cover of a global pandemic, lobbyists for the sugar cartel are trying to slip in language to the federal Water Resources & Development Act (WRDA) of 2020 that will make toxic discharges more likely and starve the Everglades and Florida Bay of the freshwater they desperately need. HERE
Hank Scott of Mount Dora
During any other spring, he'd oversee an army of workers harvesting cucumbers and shipping truckloads to pickling companies along the East Coast. But the coronavirus pandemic has closed or crippled the businesses where his produce would end up. So instead, Scott, invited volunteer pickers to glean as much produce as they could and donate it to nearby
food banks. HERE
food banks. HERE
DeSantis declined coronavirus help from Nikki Fried
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, Florida’s only statewide elected Democrat, said her office offered the DeSantis administration lab space and help processing unemployment applications as the state grappled with the coronavirus, but her offers were rejected or ignored. HERE
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Rick Scott Has No Sympathy For Whiners
Who lost their little jobs” and try to access Florida's glitch-prone, crash-happy unemployment system. HERE
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Good stuff from Samuel L. Jackson, Gary Oldman, Salma Hayek and who knew Ryan Reynolds could act. Great chase scene in Amsterdam.
Ron DeSantis Gets Trump's OK To Open Florida
The Republican governor, who was endorsed by Trump when he ran in 2018, has become the butt of jokes on late-night TV for his handling of the state’s response to the coronavrius, notably over his delay in issuing a stay-at-home order as he waited for explicit direction from the White House. HERE
Florida is blocking COVID-19 death totals
The state of Florida has now stopped its medical examiners from releasing numbers about people who have died from COVID-19. HERE
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