Two new billboards in Florida call out Governor Scott for not fighting
to expand Medicaid and keeping more than 763,000 Floridians
from accessing health care......here
Friday, March 7, 2014
Thursday, March 6, 2014
Ybor Paparazzi: Tampa Legend Joe Redner
Hillsborough County Corporate Welfare
$300,000
To ensure that two major film productions make their movies in the county.
The vote was unanimous, but the ringleaders were GOP
Ken Hagan who is backing "The Infiltrator"
and Al Higginbotham who is backing "Seven Hindustani"
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Labels:
Local Businesses,
Stay Local,
Tampa Locavore
Rick Scott 2012 Plan To Sell Out The Poor
Thanks to Scott’s reckless choices,
the federal government intends to penalize the state
by withholding a portion of its Medicaid funding,
once again making the poor suffer for GOP policies.
Labels:
AATTP,
Florida's Right Wing,
Rick Scott's Florida
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Spread the Word to End the Word
Our annual day of awareness is upon us!
Make sure you have all the resources you need to end the R-word on 03.05.14! Get the resources
Awake The State Rally In Ybor City
Tallahassee Police Hide Use of Cell Phone Tracker From Courts
It appears that at least one police department in Florida has failed to tell judges about its use of a cell phone tracking device because the department got the device on loan and promised the manufacturer to keep it all under wraps. So the ACLU and ACLU of Florida have teamed up to break through the veil of secrecy surrounding stingray use by law enforcement in the Sunshine State......more>
Patrick Coulton Of Mirama, Florida
Was busted 6 years ago with smuggling cocaine and marijuana into the United States.
His family hired the two attorneys
Peter Mayas and Emmanuel Roy
They ripped him off and left him to rot in jail. Now he lives in their house.
here, We love happy endings.
Tuesday, March 4, 2014
Ready For Florida's Blue Revolution?
Angela Corey Seeks 60-Year Sentence for Marissa Alexander
announced on March 1, 2014, that her office is seeking a maximum 60-year sentence in the retrial of Marissa Alexander, beginning in late July.....more>
Florida's Culture Of Corruption
"Before the Legislature convenes in Tallahassee next Tuesday, Coral Gables healthcare tycoon Miguel B. 'Mike' Fernandez will host a Sunday afternoon BBQ with Gov. Rick Scott, his wife Ann, and key members of the governor’s campaign finance team."
Fernandez, chairman of MBF Healthcare Partners, is more than Scott’s friend. He’s also a huge contributor to his re-election campaign and the owner or co-owner of fast-growing healthcare companies that under Scott’s administration have been awarded multiple, multi-year state contracts potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars........more
Monday, March 3, 2014
Why Joe Newman Is Running For U.S. Congress
Labels:
2014 Candidates,
Joe Newman,
vern buchanan
Tallahassee Pay-To-Play Culture: MacDill Air Force Base
He and his company, Charter Schools USA,
Have given more than $100,000
to Scott's Let's Get To Work fund and the state Republican Party.
Now it appears it was Scott — or someone very close to him — who suggested
Charter Schools USA run a school at MacDill Air Force Base.
Meeting minutes obtained by the Hillsborough County School District, which opposes the school, describe the origin of a plan that is at the heart of a
battle before the Florida Board of Education.....more>
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Culture Of Corruption,
MacDill Air Force Base,
Rick Scott's Florida,
Tallahassee Pay-To-Play Culture
Meals on Wheels of Tampa
Labels:
Local charity,
Meals on Wheels of Tampa
Sunday, March 2, 2014
why Tampa Is Amazing
History Bike Tampa celebrates one-year anniversary
Founder Eric Turner talks cemeteries, discovering your city,
and why Tampa is amazing......more>
Top-Ten Most Mmiserable States Are Red
10.
Louisiana
9. Oklahoma
8. Missouri
7. Tennessee
6. Arkansas
5. Ohio
4. Alabama
3. Mississippi
2. Kentucky
1. West Virginia, here
9. Oklahoma
8. Missouri
7. Tennessee
6. Arkansas
5. Ohio
4. Alabama
3. Mississippi
2. Kentucky
1. West Virginia, here
STOP VOTING GOP
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Hillsborough County's 2014 Homeless Count
Volunteers had a tough time Thursday as they fanned out in an attempt to tally every homeless person in Hillsborough County......more
Tegu Lizards Invade Riverview
The Tampa Bay area seems to be a fertile breeding ground for an exotic lizard that wildlife officials want to keep from becoming the state's next invasive species problem.
More than 100 black-and-white tegu lizards have been spotted in Hillsborough County, mostly in an area south of Riverview......more
The lizards are native to Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina,
and they are an invasive species in Florida.
Life Without Parole For Marijuana
Clemency to Jeff Mizanskey
My father Jeff Mizanskey has been in prison for 20 years and has no possibility of parole.
For non-violent, marijuana-only offenses, my father has been sentenced to die in prison because of a "three strikes" mandatory sentencing policy in the State of Missouri.
Friday, February 28, 2014
Fake or Florida - Late Night with Seth Meyers
Gator’s Dockside In Central Florida
Labels:
AATTP,
Florida's Right Wing,
Gator’s Dockside
Judge John Galluzo Of Seminole County
Was forced to return a Glock pistol and a rifle to a blind man who won immunity for killing another man under the state's "stand your ground" law.....more
"I have to return property that was taken under the circumstance," the judge said. "I have researched and haven't found case law to say otherwise."
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Shitty Cape Coral, Florida
The fight of Cape Coral resident Robin Speronis to live “off the grid”
has escalated,
the
city has capped her access to the sewer so she can no longer use
it.
It’s a move she calls, “pure evil.”......more
A Porta-Potty place down there should help her out.
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Bandeja paisaat Brisas Del Valle 7532 N.Armenia Ave. Tampa
more
more
Rep. Alan Grayson: Ted Cruz Is Trying to 'Hasten the Apocalypse'
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Awake The State - Ybor City
Labels:
Awake The State,
Mark Ferrulo,
Progress Florida
2013 Conservative All-Stars of the Florida State Legislature
Ahern Albritton Baxley Bileca Boyd Broxson Coley Combee Crisafulli Cummings Davis J. Diaz M. Diaz Eagle Fitzenhagen Fresen Gaetz Grant Holder Hudson Ingram La Rosa Magar Mc Burney Metz Moraitis, Jr. Nelson Passidomo Patronis Perry Pigman Pilon Porter Precourt Raburn Raulerson Renuart Roberson Rodrigues Rooney Schenck Smith Spano Steube Stone Weatherford Wood Workman Young more
Labels:
Florida Blue Revolution,
Florida's Right Wing Infestation,
Jimmy Patronis,
Ray Rodrigues,
Will Weatherford
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Florida: The Two State Solution
The folks over at The League of the South have started a Petition Calling for Independence for the State of Florida. They have even put a Billboard up in Tallahassee. We here at the Stogie have a better idea, lets draw a line across the state and they can have the northern half. You know what they say,
"The further north you go in Florida the further south you are."
Rick Scott's Corporate Welfare
Rick Scott once turned down billions in federal money to bring high speed rail to Florida. Now he wants to give "Florida East Coast Railway" hundreds of millions of our dollars to do the same thing.
Lopsided Income Growth In Florida
“The Increasingly Unequal States of America”,
with a dedicated section called “Lopsided income Growth in Florida“.
The wide-ranging 120-page report paints a very different picture of the state of the state of Florida than the one that Gov. Rick Scott and other Republican legislators are painting as they seek reelection this year.
Labels:
Culture Of Corruption,
Florida GOP,
Florida's Right Wing,
Peter Schorsch,
Rick Scott's Florida
Monday, February 24, 2014
Friends Of Stogie
Labels:
Friends Of Stogie,
Local Businesses,
Stay Local
The Awesome People Of South Florida
Health Mutt In Seminole Heights
Labels:
Local Businesses,
Seminole Heights,
Stay Local
Parents of Jordan Davis Fight Back
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Tampa Bay Inequality For All Watch Parties
Join us as we watch Robert Reich's award-winning film, "Inequality for All" at Watch Parties happening in communities across Tampa Bay and America. Secretary Reich will also join us for a special conference call to change the conversation on income inequality. info
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Rick Scott's Possible Waste, Fraud, Abuse, Violations Of Law
Florida's Sen. Bill Nelson is calling for an investigation into Rick Scott's Florida Department of Economic Opportunity's handling of their new unemployment website that failed as soon as it launched back in October, delayed benefits for months,
and is still facing problems.....more
The Florida Tea Party
Charlie Crist’s stops along his book signing and 2014 gubernatorial campaign.
Some of what they had to say.
“Charlie, you look like an AIDS victim!”
"Charlie Crist is a ‘Commie Whore’
Saturday, February 22, 2014
What Stogie Had For Lunch
Florida Near The Bottom Of The Barrel
A new report released by the LeRoy Collins Institute
concludes that Florida is falling behind not only the rest of the country but also in the South in key areas from teacher salaries to high-wage jobs to adequate roads.".......more
concludes that Florida is falling behind not only the rest of the country but also in the South in key areas from teacher salaries to high-wage jobs to adequate roads.".......more
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Friday, February 21, 2014
Joe Newman for Congress
A Sarasota man says he has the experience necessary to earn a seat in Congress. At 101-years old, Joe Newman certainly knows a thing or two,
so the centenarian is launching a bid for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Newman is competing for Florida's 16th Congressional District;
He is fighting for Vern Buchanan's (CREWS Most Corrupt) seat.
What Stogie Had For Lunch
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