The Ybor City Stogie

Friday, May 4, 2018

National Housing Week Press Conference in Tampa

Saturday, May 5th
11:00 AM to 11:45 AM

Tampa residents are coming together on May 5th to hold a press conference to demand that local electoral candidates make affordable housing a priority. This press conference is one of many actions around the country demanding action on affordable housing as part of National Housing Week (May 1-8), first started by the nonprofit organization Our Homes Our Voices.

Here in Tampa, development is at an all-time high, but affordable housing is not a priority of developers, nor most of our current elected leaders. An increasing number of people, including veterans, nurses, teachers, and students, are competing for a shrinking pool of affordable housing units. Workers need a place to live that is close to their jobs. This is particularly true in a city with dismal public transit options.

Over 1,000 units of affordable housing have been torn down in the downtown Tampa area in the past 5 years, but developers are not required to replace what they destroy. Common sense policies should be passed that require developers to build at least as many affordable housing units that they remove. Election season is right around the corner. Leaders at all levels of local government must recognize the importance of affordable housing to the economic and social vitality of our city, and must make regulations that facilitate the development of affordable housing a reality.

Who: Our Homes Our Voices, Transit Now Tampa Bay, Organize Florida, Hillsborough Community Protection Coalition, Sex Worker Solidarity Network, Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, Sky White for Board of County Commission

Where: Sidewalk in front of vacated North Blvd. Homes affordable housing complex at intersection of Main Street and Willow Avenue

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Thursday, May 3, 2018

Florida GOP Marco Rubio's Lack Of Cojones

First he tells the truth....
Earlier this week
"There’s no evidence whatsoever that the money’s been massively poured back into the American worker." here
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Then he takes it back....
"Overall, the Republican tax-cut bill

has been good for Americans."

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He is walking back some of the criticism he leveled against the new Republican tax law earlier this week, now claiming the measure “has been good for Americans” overall. “On the whole, the tax cut bill helps workers. It’s just not massive tax cuts to multinational corporations that do it,” Rubio wrote in an op-ed for National Review. here

Ybor Paparazzi

Heather

Hanging out with Joe Kotvas in Ybor City

We had a great conversation. Talked old times. He has a new book and is running for county commissioner. Check out his new book here. I got my own signed copy and I am reading it now.

"Coffee with Joe Kotvas" video

Comming soon

Pat Kemp And Allies Win Battle Against GOP Takeover

Next Battle

June 20th at 6 pm.

County Center - Downtown Tampa

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Coup leader Sandy Murman knows they can't win at the polls so they are trying to rig the system as they do so well, (Gerrymandering, Voter suppression) to

stay in power.

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The leader of the allies Pat Kemp
had this to say on their victory

"Thank you to everybody who made the time and effort to come County Center and speak eloquently and intelligently about this important issue. Because you all showed up, my motion to have a single public hearing at night on all the profound changes the Commission wants to make to the charter, which couldn't even get a second, was later passed with 7 votes! Wow! You all are amazing! Let's pack County Center on Wed, June 20th at 6 pm."

Alan Grayson for Senate

I’m running for Congress because our progressive goals justice, equality and peace need a champion in Congress.

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Help him here

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Flashback: Remember back when we had a Progressive in Mr. Grayson to run against Marco Rubio and the Corporate FDP picked this guy. We all know how that truned out.
Not much has changed has it?