40 Years For Selling Marijuana

In Florida you kill someone you go free. But don't try selling weed. Michael Allen Babiarz, 42, of Sarasota, and Aaron Edwin Remaley, 39, of Riverview, have each been charged with conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana. If convicted, Babiarz and Remaley face up to 40 years in prison.....more>

The case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office and the Polk County Sheriff's Office

Read more here: http://www.bradenton.com/2014/04/11/5098003/sarasota-man-indicted-by-feds.html?sp=/99/179/#storylink=cpy

GOP House Passes Ryan Budget

 It will slash more than $5 trillion 
from the poor and destitute in this country......more

1.2 TRILLION Dollars of Corporate Welfare

In this years US Budget
 Huge US Corporations Avoided Paying Taxes on 2.1 TRILLION in Profits!
here

 

Florida GOP BS

 Rick Scott: Has two campaign ads that falsely suggest 300,000 people in the state already lost their health insurance plans due to Obamacare.
Fact: Florida Blue, said in an email that the Affordable Care Act has not resulted in 300,000 of its customers being forced out of their plans. "To date, most of the members in our pre-ACA plans have kept their plans.....more>

  

Ybor Chamber To License Guavaween

The Ybor City Chamber of Commerce is considering licensing its nationally-known Halloween event, Guavaween, to a third party for 2014. "We think it's time for the Chamber to spin-off this unique special event,"

said David Alvarez, Chair of the Ybor City Chamber. 

The Chamber's Guavaween is now in its 28^th year.  This celebration has been an Ybor institution for almost most three decades; long enough to build a significant national reputation. outside of the district. Guavaween's very colorful and somewhat naughty reputation is a 22^nd century phenomena with a web presence that is "larger than life." The creators of Ybor's Guavaween were ahead of their time, capitalizing on what has become the second most commercialized holiday in America.

If you are interested in putting together a proposal to compete to license the rights to Guavaween 2014 and beyond, submit a Letter of Inquiry to the Chamber at

yborchamberchair@gmail.com

  Please, no phone calls at this time.

Declaration of War on Conservatives’

Stephen Colbert

Has inked a five-year contract to replace David Letterman on the Late Show.

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USG, Adams Home Protester In North Port

North Port

The Sun Shines Here! A Vision Plan for St. Petersburg

The Citrus Taliban Gather In Tallahassee

A group of the state’s most influential political leaders will gather in Tallahassee tomorrow for the annual Legislative Prayer Breakfast of the 

Florida Faith & Freedom Coalition.

 Speakers on the agenda include

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam

House Speaker Will Weatherford

State Sen. Anitere Flores

Rep. Dennis Baxley

Florida Right to Life President Carrie Eisnaugle;

and Florida Faith & Freedom Coalition Chair Jim Kallinger......more>

Free Boat Ride And Refreshments At Lake Frances Nature Preserve

We are invited to the Lake Frances Nature Preserve

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday (April 11)

 to commemorate more than 25 years of successful preservation

of environmentally sensitive lands. 

Hillsborough County voters elected to conserve and protect lands that have irreplaceable and valued ecological resources in the late 1980s.

The Parks, Recreation and Conservation Department

now manages 61 properties with more than 61,500 acres of environmentally sensitive wildlife habitat and lands. We Rock!

info

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Chopped Steak with Rice and Corn

Awesome food, great service

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In Tampa We Like Sunshine Too, But All We Get Is Cloudy Skies

This November 4th lets keep up with our neighbor across the pond.

County Commissioner, Dist. 2: Elizabeth Belcher

County Commissioner, Dist. 4: Donna Lee Fore

  Dist. 5 and 7 looking for candidates 

It's real simple folks, there are more of us.  

Active Registered Voters as of 04/08/2014

Democratic: 305,621

Republican: 243,708

We just have to vote.

Join the party
Keeping Up With The Petes
http://stpete.org

 

2nd Annual Everglades Action Day in Tallahassee

Marjory Stoneman Douglas

In honor of Everglades activist

Marjory Stoneman Douglas’ birthday.

here

ObamaCare Could Be 'Armageddon' For Republicans in 2014

Allen West: “Obama Is The Biggest War Criminal In The U.S.A”

Florida Tea Party Allen West, 

is currently on a book media tour.
 While in Boynton Beach
he told Javier Manjarres of the Florida right wing blog Shark Tank

 

The biggest war criminal in the United States of America sits at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave…If the left wants to stand besides a person who abandoned Americans to die under a terrorist attack, then that shows how beareth of any code of honor that they have, any sense of integrity, any character whatsoever.-Allen West

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New Vision, Values and Strategic Pathways - City of St. Petersburg

St Pete.org

Florida Greyhounds Need Your Help

A racing greyhound dies every three days in Florida.

74 greyhounds died
at Florida racetracks from May 31 to December 31, 2013.

 The Senate Gaming Committee

will vote on greyhound decoupling and injury reporting today.

TAKE ACTION

Greyhounds for adoption

What Motivates Republican Racism?

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What Stogie Had For Lunch

 

Greek Platter

At Olympia Restaurant, 3245 Tamiami Trl, Port Charlotte

Good Food, Slow Service

Tampa Cabbie Tim Fasano On Lyft

We Like It

Medical Marijuana Tampa

Nebraska and Bird in Sulphur Springs,Tampa

The Florida Democratic Party Is Insane

Insanity:

doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
Republicans will vote for anybody with an R at the end of their name 
We want someone fresh,
to get us off our ass and make  us want to go out and vote.
Let's try Jessica Ehrlich

Rick Scott's Florida

In his first year as Governor alone,

Rick Scott cut $1.3 billion from education. 

 Florida is ranked 44^th in classroom teacher pay
and 48^th in spending per pupil. 

here

 

Stogie's Smoke Shop

11.4.14 is coming soon.
Get ready to vote.

Tell your friends.

 Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act

Stogie's Smoke Shop

Pam Bondi Destroying Emails

A Tallahassee attorney engaged in a bitter property fight with the state is accusing Attorney General Pam Bondi of destroying emails, failing to retain text messages and violating the state’s public records laws......more>

pambondi.info  

What Stogie Had For Lunch

 

Fish and Chips

With Cole Slaw at Sweet's Diner in Port Charlotte

Florida Blue Revolution 11.4.14

Join The Party

Gainesville GOP Blood Sucker Running For Congress

Judithanne McLauchlan Needs Volunteers

here

GOP LUNCHEON

Dade City

Gay Key West men sue for right to marry in Florida

A gay couple in Key West sued Monroe County Clerk Amy Heavilin on Tuesday after her office refused to issue the men a marriage license. “We want the right,” said Aaron Huntsman, bartender at 801 Bourbon Bar on Duval Street who has been partnered for more than a decade
with William Lee Jones......more>

What Stogie Had For Lunch

 

Bloody Mary (2) and Hot Wings

At Buffalo Wings and Rings in North Port

more

Florida Governor Rick Scott and his Secretary of State Kenneth Detzner

 Federal Appeals Court

Florida officials'

attempts to remove noncitizens from voter rolls

clearly violated federal law!

here

The Ybor Update - Michael Valdes

Michael Valdes is a born and raised Tampa Native

With 14+ years experience in the Tampa real estate market

Michael has one of the top producing real estate teams in the Tampa area

Call Michael Valdes & Associates today at (813)756-1036

 or visit his site, The Ybor Update

Stogie's Smoke Shop

Stogie's Smoke Shop

 Ybor City, Florida

Spread the word boys and girls. VOTE 11.4.14

Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act

TOOL: I Am GOP Ritch Workman Of Melbourne

Florida Senate committee on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment for the November ballot that would give tax breaks to businesses that install

Solar panels,

but it is unlikely to come before voters:

The chairman of a powerful House committee believes

the solar industry isn't ready for it.

 Mr. Workman's attitude is more proof of the clout of Florida's electric utilities, which view rooftop solar as the beginning of the end of their

monopoly control over Florida's energy market.

here

 

 

Caroline Kole At Skippers

info

Florida GOP's Desperation on Hispanic Outreach

Tampa Bay Homeless

Meet Dana

McDonald's Cheat Their Employees

Stay Local

Want fish?
 Try a Tampa Grouper Sandwich 
Stay Local, Visit Tampa Bay Locavore

Florida 11.4.14

Stogie's Smoke Shop

Support The Party

 

The 33rd Annual WMNF Tropical Heatwave

Ybor City
info

Tampa Bay Low In Health Rankings

We Are Not A Center-Right Nation

Americans know the rules are rigged (69%), and the rich and special interests have too much power in Washington (63%).

Americans want to raise the minimum wage (72%), rebuild our infrastructure (71%) and make the hedge fund managers and corporations pay their fair share (68%).

Americans want to invest in public education (69%) and for Congress to protect programs that provide help for the most vulnerable (86%).

Americans (69%) think the policies of the Republican party generally

favor the rich

 

Meet the Populist Majority
The Grand Old Party Was Grand.

Free Florida Sunshine

Non-Power Slave In North Port

Cesar Chavez: An American Hero

GOP-Controlled States Are the Biggest Federal Government MOOCHERS!

A popular question among liberals is how in the world Republican politicians and business owners get so many people to go against their better interests........more>
 

The former confederate states would be a third world country if they were their own nation today. That terrible fact is dragging the rest of the country down.

UCF: The Committee

The Committee

Made by University of Central Florida students and professors, was recently named best documentary at Sanford's Love Your Shorts Film Festival. It tells the story of how a Florida legislative committee led by state Sen. Charley Johns from 1956 to 1965 targeted homosexuals at state universities.

here

 

Its effects on the state's universities were long-lasting. Its efforts "degraded the national standing of the universities in Florida and had a lingering effect that was felt several decades after the Johns Committee went out of business," says former Sen.

 Bob Graham in the documentary.