Thursday, December 22, 2022

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Matt Gaetz Flexed His Muscle And Got His Butt Kicked


Local Historian Ybor Roger - Ybor City Establishment

In the early 1880s, Tampa was an isolated village with a population of less than 1000 and a struggling economy. However, its combination of a good port, Henry Plant's new railroad line, and humid climate attracted the attention of Vicente Martinez Ybor, a prominent Spanish cigar manufacturer.

Ybor had moved his cigar-making operation from Cuba to Key West, Florida, in 1869, due to political turmoil in the then-Spanish colony. But, labor unrest and the lack of room for expansion had him looking for another base of operations, preferably in his own company town. MORE


Ron DeSantis Is Helping Insurance Companies Screw Over Floridians


Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Maxwell Frost: They’re going to hear us loud and clear

Throughout my entire campaign, Ron DeSantis and GOP leaders in Florida and across the country discounted me and our youth-powered movement.

When Ron DeSantis told me “nobody wants to hear from you,” it only strengthened my resolve to prove them wrong on Election day. And that’s exactly what we did.

Last month, we delivered a HISTORIC win – for Floridians, for Gen Z, and for everyone who believes we deserve a better, more livable future and that we’ll no longer be silenced. They’re going to hear us loud and clear from here on out.

But this win didn’t come easily, and the next win won’t either. There is no shortage of people who want to see us fail. Who are desperate to keep young voters from casting their votes. Who are so determined to maintain their chokehold on our futures that they will spend MILLIONS attacking a young Afro-Cuban organizer’s campaign to make history and make change.

Together we defied the odds and proved everyone wrong. But the GOP, gun lobby, and countless other special interests won’t underestimate me or our movement again. Even though we just wrapped up this election, there are people already plotting to replace me in the next election.

I know this team is ready to fight back. But being elected as the first Gen Z member of Congress took every single dollar we raised, and if I’m going to keep our fight in Congress, we can’t take a single day off.

HELP HIM HERE

'Tis the season: 100 families gifted bikes by Tampa business owner, organization


Gloffapalooza: Annual Jeremy Gloff Birthday Show in Ybor City

Crowbar - Ybor City

Crooks steal Tampa nonprofit's scholarship money for minority students


Tampa Traveler Jeff Z at Atlantic Fish Co. - Boston






My absolute favorite restaurant in Boston!

VISIT THEM HERE

Trump Fan in Ybor City


Stogie Recommends: Wander Darkly

Beautiful film. Great acting and direction. 

Ray Volt Electric Bike Store in Ybor City


WMNF Mid Point

LISTEN IN: To MidPoint, Dec. 21 at 10 am on WMNF Radio 88.5 FM & wmnf.org for our end-of-year wrap-up. Shelley will host Pulitizer Prize-winning editorial writer for the Tampa Bay Times and Visiting Prof of Professional Practice at USF Honors College, Dan Ruth! Dan will review the year's big local news stories, decry the death of civic literacy and civility in politics, and answer your questions from his perspective as a long-time journalist, political observer, and satirist. If you missed Dan at Tiger Bay, don't miss this! Join the convo for Dan's AMA by calling 813-239-9663, emailing dj@wmnf.org or texting 813-433-0885.

Photo: KImberly DeFalco

Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert CAUGHT TOGETHER in SHAMEFUL DIRTY VIDEO


Tampa Traveler Jeff Z in Midtown Manhattan








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DeSantis expects lawmakers to pass a permitless gun carry law in 2023