Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
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
Monday, March 4, 2013
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
Mark Sharpe
mary mulhern
Linda Norris
Allison M. Fernandez
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.
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.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Schiller's Club
With German Potato Salad
At Schiller's German Delicatessan in South Tampa
Allways Good!
With German Potato Salad
At Schiller's German Delicatessan in South Tampa
Allways Good!
Around The Bay
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.
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.
Tampa's only full service INDEPENDENT bookstore.
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.
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.
Friday, March 1, 2013
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.
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!
$3.50 At The Four n' One Food Truck Across the street from the Jan Platt Library in Tampa
So Yummy!
Thursday, February 28, 2013
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.
“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
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
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.
$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.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
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!
here
*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.
more
If this sounds good to you, then Citizens is the place for you!
here
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Hot Wings
$3.49 At Excel Food and Gas on South Dale Mabry at Bay Ave in Tampa
$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.Cameras in Tampa Bay
Medical Marijuana Has 70 Percent Support in Florida
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Florida Welfare Drug Testing Program
Lets Talk About The Fourth Amendment Mr. Scott
The 11th Circuit Court voted unanimously to uphold the 2011 decision by an Orlando,
court that the tests violate the Fourth Amendment’s protections against unreasonable search and seizures. Republicans across the country have sponsored these types of bills in state legislatures, purportedly to protect children from being raised by drug-addicted parents and to stem the tide of drug use among the poor and unemployed. Aside from the testing being unconstitutional, however, that rising tide of poor and unemployed people using drugs has turned out not to exist.
court that the tests violate the Fourth Amendment’s protections against unreasonable search and seizures. Republicans across the country have sponsored these types of bills in state legislatures, purportedly to protect children from being raised by drug-addicted parents and to stem the tide of drug use among the poor and unemployed. Aside from the testing being unconstitutional, however, that rising tide of poor and unemployed people using drugs has turned out not to exist.
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Mindy McCready: Ten Thousand Angels
Hundreds Gather To Mourn At Mindy McCready’s Florida Funeral
Mindy McCready is, finally, presumably, at peace. The long-troubled country singer’s family held her funeral Tuesday in her hometown of Fort Myers, Fla. The service, which took place at the Crossroads Baptist Church, was open to the public. According to People, around 400 attended to pay their respects. The family requests that donations be made to the
Mindy McCready Children's Trust
c/o John Ammons, Edison National Bank
13000 S. Cleveland Ave., Ft. Myers, FL 33907
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