Bill Weatherford, a Republican from Wesley Chapel

And then there is this guy. Bill Weatherford, a Republican from Wesley Chapel, In outlining his opposition to expanding Medicaid on Tuesday, told an emotional story about how his family relied on existing safety nets to provide health care for his 13-month-old brother."It was the safety net that picked my father up. It was the safety net that picked my family up." He left out one detail: the name of the safety net. According to his father,

 it was Medicaid.

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This is hypocritical at best.
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Here's hoping for naive.
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Who the hell votes for these people?

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Polish Sausage
At the food truck across the street from the Marion Transit Center in Tampa.

Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías RIP

28 July 1954 - 5 March 2013

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Jeremiah
He is from Seffner. Been on streets for about a year.

WMNF Day at Whole Foods Market

WMNF is giving you a way to support your station while shopping!

What: WMNF Day at Whole Foods Market - Tampa
When: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Where: Whole Foods Market - Tampa
1548 North Dale Mabry Highway
Tampa, FL 33607 (813) 874-9435
Time: 9am-9pm

During WMNF Day at Whole Foods Market, 5% of every purchase made that day will support the station! There are no special codes or coupons needed. From buying a small snack at the deli to doing your grocery shopping for the week, proceeds will add up to benefit WMNF and help fund Tropical Heatwave!

Rally In Downtown Tampa

Top 10 Reasons to Kick Scott Out

10. Rick Scott Refused High-Speed Rail

9. Rick Scott Slashed Over $1 Billion in Education Funding

8. Rick Scott Spent Millions of our Tax Dollars on Incentives for Companies that Never Created Jobs

7. Rick Scott Slashed Environmental Protections

6. Rick Scott Opposes Equality

5. Rick Scott Cut Jobless Benefits While Handing out Corporate Tax Breaks

4. Rick Scott Oversaw the Purge of Legal Voters

3. Rick Scott Doesn’t Stand for Florida’s Women

2. Rick Scott Has Long Waged a War on Affordable Healthcare

1. Scott is Responsible for FL’s Elections Debacle in 2012

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Friends Of Stogie

In Tampa

Who Is Tampa Bay's Hottest Politician?

Kevin Beckner

Bill Acklin

Doreen Hock-DiPolito

Jinty MacTavish

Karen Williams Seel

Steve Kornell

Jay Polglaze

Susan Latvala

Teresa Stevenson

 Pam Bondi

Charlie Crist

Linda Saul-Sena

April Griffin

Leslie Curran

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Like Florida Strawberries? Got Sinkholes!

Farmers in Hillsborough and Polk counties pumped nearly 1 billion gallons of water a day out of the aquifer during the 11-day cold snap this month, causing 85 reported sinkholes in the region and about 700 complaints of dried-up or damaged residential wells, according to figures released Tuesday by the Southwest Florida Water Management District.

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Marco Rubio -- Knows Gangsta Rap!

Tampa Drive-In Chuch

Come as you are!

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Alex

Born and raised in Tampa. He has only been homeless for a week. Got into a argument with roomate over some bologna missing from frig.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Schiller's Club
With German Potato Salad
At Schiller's German Delicatessan in South Tampa
Allways Good!

Around The Bay

Jeffrey S. Bush
Seffner sinkhole swallows man. How sad is this? Rest in Peace Mr. Bush.
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We might be getting the Neighborhood University Mayor Bob  promised us when running for office.
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Tampa's Super  Squirrel. St. Pete  Mayor Bill Foster says his city has a better class of squirrel.
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And don't forget the Florida Brewers Guild Beer Fest @ Centennial Park today  
in Ybor City.  2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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Eric Deggans: Race-Baiter

One of Stogie's favorite local writers will hold a Community Conversation on race relations Thu, March 14, 2013, 7pm – 9pm at the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, 801 Third St. South in St. Pete. Explore the answers to these questions and your own with Eric Deggans, Tampa Bay Times TV/Media Critic and author of the new book, “Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation.” WTSP Anchor Reginald Roundtree and Poynter Faculty and Diversity Director Kenny Irby join Deggans for what promises to be a lively discussion about coverage of race relations in 2013.
He will also sign your book.

info You can buy his book here or you can stay local and buy it at Inkwood Books,
Tampa's only full service INDEPENDENT bookstore.

Seminole Heights Fifty Shades of Hope Relay

A Cracked Door

ACLU Tampa Chapter's Annual Meeting

Saturday, March 9, 2013

The meeting is free and open to the public. There will be a meet-and-greet reception from 2:00 to 2:30 P.M with the program beginning immediately after.

for more information, click here or contact Mike Pheneger at ACLUFL_Tampa@Yahoo.com.

This is an opportunity for Tampa Bay area civil libertarians to join Susan Herman in discussing "Civil Liberties in Times of Crisis" with ACLU of Florida President, Col. Mike Pheneger and Howard Simon, Executive Director of the ACLU of Florida.

Florida's Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act

SB 1250: Authorizing a qualifying patient to possess and administer medical cannabis, and possess and use paraphernalia for a specified purpose; requiring a qualifying patient or the patient’s caregiver to present to a law enforcement officer a registry identification card to confirm that the person is authorized to possess, use, or administer medical cannabis or paraphernalia; requiring a qualifying patient or the patient’s caregiver to possess, use, or administer only medical cannabis that is obtained from a dispensary or medical cannabis farm, etc.

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State Senator Jeff Clemens, of Lake Worth, has introduced State Bill 1250 in Tallahassee.

Tampa Rally Against Voter Suppression

Tuesday, March 5th, 4:30 PM
Lykes Gaslight Park, 410 N. Franklin St.
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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Frita (Cuban Hamburger)
$3.50 At The Four n' One Food Truck Across the street from the Jan Platt Library in Tampa
 So Yummy!

Call It What It Really Is

Thanks to All Hat No Cattle

IOKWYAR

South Florida Daily Blog:

"Just so you know, we're ashamed the president of the United States is from Texas."....Natalie Maines 2003
“Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in my life, I am ashamed of my country,”.....Rush Limbaugh 2013
Maines publicly apologized yet radio stations nationwide started boycotting the Dixie Chicks. Limbaugh hasn't apologized and no one, especially those patriotic 2003 Republicans, is boycotting him for his statement.

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Because that's the way is in the IOKWYAR* world. *It's OK When You're A Republican.
I miss them, i wish they would come back. She was right! They too were so ashamed of him they kept him in hiding doing this past election.
Dixie Chicks

Editorial: U.S. Should Engage, Not Isolate, Cuba

Thank You, Tampa Bay Times. My Hometown Newspaper
A Cuba without a Castro is now on the horizon, and the United States and Florida should be prepared for the opportunity.This is the time to reconsider the out-of-date hard line from an older generation and end the failed Cuba embargo. The relaxed travel rules implemented last month by the Cuban government will let Cubans who can afford it to travel freely and return to their country. This is good news for the Cuban people who have lived as virtual prisoners on the island nation. It means, ironically, that Cubans now enjoy greater freedom to come to the United States than our government gives Americans

to travel to Cuba.

President Barack Obama could eliminate the remaining travel restrictions

imposed on Americans traveling to Cuba.

Change is coming to Cuba, and this is the time for American engagement instead of isolation.
Read it all here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

 boliche With Yellow Rice And Black Beans
$6.00 At The Interbay Meat Market aka The Green Store
6110 Interbay Blvd, Tampa
Interbay Meat Market
My sister lives in the SOG section of Tampa. She told me about this place and
i must say they make some of the best Cuban food i ever had.

Narcotics Cops In Ski Masks Raid Parrish Home

Ma and Pa Jordan
the husband-and-wife crime wave were at their home in Parrish, just across the Sunshine Skyway bridge in Manatee County, when deputies arrived Monday afternoon. Several deputies, detectives and undercover narcotics cops in ski mask. One of the suspects in this case is dying.She is in her 60s, and confined to a wheelchair. One of the other suspects is her caretaker.He is also in his 60s, and a disabled Vietnam veteran. Cathy Jordan has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's disease) and has depended on marijuana to combat the progressive nature and many of the symptoms of her disease.
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"I know it's against the law, and I know the cops have a job to do. But I have a responsibility, too, and my responsibility is taking care of my wife, They don't have to tell me this is serious. To us, this is life-and-death serious.I am not backing down. If I have to go to jail, I'll go to jail. Just because something is illegal, doesn't make it morally wrong. My wife is dying!".....Bob Jordan

A coincidence? Unbeknownst to the Manatee County Sheriff's Office, the people they were investigating have been leaders in a push to legalize cannabis for medicinal purposes in Florida. On Wednesday afternoon, two days after the incident, Sen. Jeff Clemens, D-Lake Worth, filed the previously planned Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act (SB 1250) in the Senate.
two mature plants and various seedlings were confiscated. A real estate agent checking out the house next door snitched on them.

Citizens Property Insurance

The Perks Keep Getting Better
*trove of office sex affairs
*Pornography
*Get to use your corporate credit card at strip clubs
*Luxurious business trips
*Drunken exploits on company retreats
*Large raises for executives
Citizens, is a multibillion-dollar company backed by state taxpayers.
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If this sounds good to you, then Citizens is the place for you!
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.Marco Rubio Supports Legalization Of Marijuana

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Hot Wings
$3.49 At Excel Food and Gas on South Dale Mabry at Bay Ave in Tampa

All this blogging about weed got me hungry.

Hit pause button on red-light cameras

"It's time to hit the pause button on red-light cameras. They have become a bureaucratic nightmare for the state's clerks of courts who process the citations. Drivers cited for running red lights are caught in a maze of paperwork, vaguely worded regulations and an unfair system of fines.

And the cameras are more about raising money for local governments

than reducing accidents.".....Pinellas County Clerk of the Circuit Court Ken Burke.

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Cameras in Tampa Bay