Charlie Crist and Rick Scott Both Suck

Democrat Charlie Crist and Republican incumbent Rick Scott are teetering on becoming the least-liked pair of candidates for any governor’s race 

in the past 10 years. here

Tourist Beware, Flesh-Eating Bacteria in Florida Waters

Health officials in Florida 

issued new warnings about high levels of a flesh-eating bacterium in the ocean and other recreational waters in the state. here

Florida doesn't typically require beach shutdowns for bacteria infestations; in fact, 59 percent of its beaches aren't tested for bacteria levels; the others rely on federal funding to carry out periodic tests. But hey, only the strong survive in
 Rick Scott's Florida!

Florida. Please Vote yes on Amendment 1

Tom Petty Blasts Catholic Church

“I’m fine with whatever religion you want to have… [But] if I was in a club, and I found out that there had been generations of people abusing children, and then that club was covering that up, I would quit the club. And I wouldn’t give them any more money.” 

here, in Tampa Sep. 21

Florida Banana Republican Stuff

here

Stop the raids, justice for Naples, FL workers

In the early morning of July 16, one of Florida's biggest workplace raids led to 160 employees being investigated, with at least 16 under arrest. Back in 2011, a former employee of Fruit Dynamics went to the doctor after an injury on the job.The doctor discovered the worker was undocumented and allegedly was using someone else's Social Security number. Collier County officials began investigating Fruit Dynamics, the people who worked there, and after a three-year long operation, deputies raided Fruit Dynamics. here

Florida Hate Group Attacks Republican David Jolly

For doing the right thing. Open Letter to Florida Congressman: Reversal on Marriage Is 'Act of Cowardice and a Betrayal' here 

"Hard Work" - Gwen Graham for Congress

Pam Bondi Joins Millionaire’s Club

Bondi, a Hillsborough County prosecutor before her 2010 election, declared her net worth at the end of 2013 at almost $1.24 million — a nearly 60 percent jump from her 2012 net worth of $780,871.

Her reported worth was $472,260 when she first ran for office, meaning her net worth over her first term has almost tripled. here

88 Percent Of Florida Voters Support Marijuana For Medical Purposes

According to the Quinnipiac University poll, 88 percent of Florida voters now would allow use of marijuana for medical purposes — broad support that cuts across age, gender and political lines. That is up from 82 percent support that Quinnipiac 

reported in November. here

Call The Collier County Sheriff's Office

What: Emergency Call-In Day to the 

Collier County Sheriff's Office

When: Tuesday, July 29th starting at 8:00 am! - 5:00 pm!
Why: To demand, "Drop the charges" and 
"Release the #NaplesWorkers!"

Phone: 239-252-9300, info

Local Bigot Jacob P. Combs of ASAP Towing in Orlando

The owner of poorly reviewed ASAP Towing in Orlando was arrested Friday and charged with illegally towing vehicles of people who took part in last month’s Gay Days events in 
Orange County. 
Combs faces 29 counts of grand theft of a 
motor vehicles. 
The bigot is facing nearly 100 total charges for illegally towing the vehicles  between June 5 and 9 from a parking lot at Westwood Town Center, which is across the street from the hotel hosting the event. here

Southwest Florida Are You Guys Nuts?

You guys hired this guy? 

“I made a mistake in speaking before being fully briefed and I apologize. I’m a quick study, but in this case 
I shot an air ball.”

Curt Clawson - Florida Tea Party

SW Florida GOP is this the best you got? If it is you guys are in big trouble. Don't look at how dumb i am look over here
I just renewed my three-point challenge!

We will put him next to Ted Yoho

Florida's Dumbest Politician

GOP: Florida's Culture Of Corruption

Republican Party of Florida spokeswoman Susan Hepworth wasn't in the mood to talk, even though, according to her, she was the only RPOF official who could answer questions about the trips.

"I can tell you 100 times over and over that we follow the letter of the law. 
Do your own job," 
Hepworth told a reporter. 
And so The Tampa Bay Times did. here

Tampa Bay Homeless

 Meet Kim

She is from the Great State of Washington.

She has been homeless 3 years. 

Pamela Michener Racist In Sarasota

99 Days To Go Until E Day

Join The Party

Mandatory Viewing Of GOP Propaganda In Florida

Florida GOP Alan Hays 
liked the film “America.” So much that he wants to make viewing the film by conservative filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza required viewing for all students. here

Florida Republican's Sugar Daddy

 On a Friday in February 2013, Gov. Rick Scott stepped aboard a Texas-bound plane to take part in a secret ritual for Florida’s GOP. Scott was departing for historic King Ranch, one of North America’s premier hunting grounds. The trips, records indicate, were financed all or in part with contributions from Florida’s sugar industry, right down to the hunting licenses. here

Scott won’t answer questions about his trip. After weeks of requests from the Times/Herald. The urge to keep details about the trips confidential is so strong among Florida’s elected officials that Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam’s press secretary shut a door in the face of a reporter asking about King Ranch. “You’ll have to talk to the Republican Party of Florida, since it was their fundraiser,” Putnam said as the door closed.

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/07/25/4255420/why-wont-florida-gop-leaders-talk.html#storylink=cpy

Florida Banana Republican Curt Clawson

Speech directed at Nisha Biswal and Arun Kumar, 

two senior American officials. Apparently, he believed they were foreign diplomats from the country of India.

Republicans Will Fail Miserably At The Polls In November

here

Help The Texas Young Democrats

They are initiating a supplies drive to send supplies to the communities on the border who are so kindly trying to take care of these children. Remember, this is truly a humanitarian crisis and not one manufactured through political maneuverings. These are CHILDREN who are fleeing for their lives. 

TYD has created an Amazon wishlist with the supplies that are being requested by the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McAllen, TX. Anything purchased on this list will be sent directly to these facilities supporting the outreach efforts in the Rio Grande Valley. Please help us by purchasing an item and sending it to a child in need. here

Or Send stuff here, 306 South 15th Street, McAllen, TX 78501

Corruption In Hillsborough County

The federal government says Hillsborough County misused almost a million dollars in grants during its "Fight the Blight" campaign and it wants the money back. The inspector general of the Department of Housing and Urban Development released a scathing audit of the county's use of federal Community Development Block Grant money for these blighted areas. The audit shows serious problems in the department resulted in 

developers being helped by almost 
$1 million

 instead of low-income areas. 

The audit says code enforcement cleanups like 
the "Fight the Blight" programs in 2012 and 2013 

were actually misusing the federal money in surrounding areas not qualifying as low-income neighborhoods. The county used the money on areas that were "industrial and commercial properties," 

"farm and vacant land" that were "planned for development" and 

"new construction in residential properties. 

because commissioners wanted to ensure 

developers didn't have to pay 
impact fees.

here

Marco Rubio: A profile in cowardice

"It's outrageous and disheartening that Sen. Rubio, who once expressed support for a DREAM Act, has turned his back on Dreamers and now aligns with
Right-Wing Extremists 

like Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Steve King " 

said Lorella Praeli, advocacy director for 
United We Dream. here

Tell President Obama the seismic fight isn't over

The Obama Administration 

made a huge mistake  authorizing the use of deadly seismic blasting of the U.S. East Coast. These blast threaten to injure or kill up to 138,200 marine mammals—including endangered right whales—and devastate coastal communities who depend on tourism, fishing, and coastal recreation. here

Governor Scott, your 10AM meeting has arrived

We are waiting for you to take action on climate change. Please schedule and attend the meeting with our 10 leading climate scientists right away. here

Call Kathy Castor

202.225.3376

Tell her: "As your constituent, I'm calling to ask you to vote for House Concurrent Resolution 105, which would keep America from sliding back to war in Iraq. Along with the rest of the American public, I strongly oppose U.S. military involvement in Iraq. Thank you." Report your call here

More Florida GOP BS

"With Rick Scott, there are more funds for preschool education.

"July 22nd,2014 in a TV ad 

Mostly False

Tony Dungy Is World's Worst Person In Sports

We are better off without him!

Stop All Aboard Florida

Sign here

Rally In Support of Refugee Children In Ybor City

WHO: Raíces en Tampa
WHAT: Action in support of refugee children
WHEN: July 31, 2014 - 7:00 pm
WHERE: Immigration Office 1624 E 7th Ave Ybor City, Florida info
Contact: Marisol Marquez 813.846.6893 
marquez.j.marisol@gmail.com 
Alicia Gazga  239.404.2187 
alikmi99@gmail.com

What is Rick Scott Hiding?

Charlotte's Web Is A Sham

Politicians who sympathize with Amendment 2 should consider getting on their voters' level and leveling with us with at least half the passion that Rutherford and Bean put into advocating for the failed status quo. Amendment 2 will fail if its advocates continue to relinquish control of the narrative to those political lifers poised to benefit from things staying as they are, the phony Reagan-conservative wannabes who have stolen liberties for decades, under the cover of flag pins and security emergencies. here

Drill, Spill, Repeat? Breaking Offshore Oil Drilling's Destructive Cycle

Hillary Clinton Wins In Florida

According to a Quinnipiac University poll released  Thursday, the former secretary of state holds a 7-percentage-point lead in match-ups against potential GOP challengers in the politically crucial Sunshine State. here

Tthe Cuban Adjustment Act

Gives special status to Cubans who arrive on U.S. soil. Protection not afforded to children from Honduras, Guatemala 
and other countries.here
Pic: The Commons Getty Collection

Charlie Crist Leads Rick Scott By 6

A new SurveyUSA poll shows 

Charlie Crist leading Florida GOP Rick Scott 

in the governor's race 

by six points, 46% to 40%. here

Another Pat Kemp Party

Tonight 5:30 – 7:00 pm
The Independent
5016 N. Florida Ave Tampa info 

Def Leppard In Tampa

Def Leppard Rocks The Amphitheatre

Stayed long enough  to take this one of KISS. here

$10 Beers and $4.50 for a bottle of water?

Mario Perez-Tano Of Miami

Carl Hiaasen: Florida Taxpayers About To Be Railroaded

All aboard, suckers here

Charlotte County Democrats

Visit them here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

All you can eat

At Hibachi Buffet In Seffner

Poor GOP Fools (Tools)

A new poll released Tuesday found that a large majority of Republicans believe they can’t live off of the current federal minimum wage.

69% of Republicans 

surveyed believed that the minimum wage 

is too low to live on. 

only 37% of Republicans 

support actually raising it. here

It's the Liberal media that makes them think this way.

The Butler's On Bugg Road

10 Laziest States in the Nation

Mississippi Tennessee West Virginia Louisiana Alabama Oklahoma Arkansas Kentucky Indiana Missouri, ALL RED here

Failed Republican policies, right there in the 
Republican “heart”land

Nan Rich To Speak in St. Pete

Thursday, July 24th– 7:00PM 

Marriott Hotel - 12600 Roosevelt Blvd. N. more

KISS’ Gene Simmons Can Fuck Off

It’s fantastic! The 1 percent pays 80 percent of all taxes. Fifty percent of the population of the U.S. pays no taxes. The 1 percent provides all the jobs for everybody else. If the 1 percent didn’t exist, there would be chaos and the American economy would drop dead. Try being nice to rich people. I don’t remember the last poor person who gave me a job.” here

KISS will be in Tampa Tomorrow at the Amphitheater with Def Leppard. They are the headliner, if you go, we are, watch Def Leppard and leave.

Funeral services for the Republican Party

Members of United We Dream, Maria Palacios of Tampa and others hold a mock coffin during a protest July 21, 2014 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Activists staged "funeral services for the Republican Party" because "the GOP has embraced radical 

right-wing policies and has actively 

called for the separation of families and 

the deportation of Dreamers." here  

Raíces en Tampa - Driver's Licenses For All

Tampa Bay Times Loser Of The Week: Pam Bondi

The attorney general, who immediately appealed a South Florida court ruling overturning 
Florida's same-sex marriage ban,

 is becoming the face of opposition to marriage equality. All signs point to the 
tide of history rolling over Bondi, 

who is up for re-election in November.

here

Florida GOP Thinks You're An Idiot

Lewis' ruling was the equivalent of bare-bottom spanking for the entire gang of Republican rock-throwers. Lewis used phrases such as 

cunning, ambitious and
unprincipled men. here

Police Union in Florida Files a Complaint Against Corrupt Gov. Rick Scott

James Garner RIP

 April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014

Thanks Sen. Nelson

Great news! Senator Nelson just became the Senate’s latest co-sponsor for SJ Res 19, the proposed constitutional amendment to fight the corruptive influence of big money in politics!

It’s important that Sen. Nelson knows his decision has the support of Floridians like you. Can you spare a few minutes to call Sen. Nelson’s office and thank him for joining the fight to undo the damage of decisions like
Citizens United?

Sen. Nelson’s office: (202) 224-5274

With the addition of Sen. Nelson, SJ Res 19 now has 48 co-sponsors in the Senate! One name that’s still absent from that growing list? Senator Rubio’s. That’s why we need you to call Sen. Rubio today and ask why he hasn’t joined Sen. Nelson in supporting this critical amendment to restore strength and integrity to our democracy.

Sen. Rubio’s office: (202) 224-3041

And after you call, click here to tell us you did -- and to let us know how it went.

Stacy White: Hillsborough County Beware

Hillsborough County now complicit in cover-up? here

Stacy White conspires to block Audit Vote! here

Stacy White on Bipolar School Board here