Big Utilities Call The Shots In Rick Scott's Florida

In the first quarter of 2001, 

Florida ranked No. 4 

among the states for its use of renewables, including solar power, to generate electricity. 

By the first quarter of 2014, 

the state had plummeted to No. 16 

in its use of renewables.

 How did this happen? The most obvious reason is that big power companies here don't want messy renewables messing up their monopoly gigs. Florida's Public Service Commission, which is supposed to oversee electric utilities in the state, is perceived — on a good day — as incompetent and a puppet of big power companies and state legislators that control PSC nominations and enjoy utility largesse. Robert Trigaux 

Florida GOP BS: Ted Yoho

Republican Rep. Ted Yoho of Florida doesn’t want to need to impeach the president, but says if an impeachment does happen, President Obama will have brought it upon himself. here 

America 2014

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Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Steve Southerland

This is how we git r done in Rick Scott's Florida

Standing alongside 

Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, 

touted his proposed "Regulatory Overreach Protection Act, federal legislation to block federal oversight of waterways and wetlands in favor of state and local government agencies.  Although he describes its support as bipartisan, all but five of its 120 co-sponsors are Republicans,

  including U.S. Rep. David Jolly, R-Indian Shores 

No Florida Democrat is a sponsor. The bill would let the states decide which wetlands deserve protection, potentially saving farmers and developers time and money dealing with the federal government. here

Southerland's bill enjoys wide support from the Florida sugar industry which has faced increasing regulation over agricultural pollution, especially in the Everglades .

Did you know Southerland and Putnam recently hung out at King Ranch in Texas,
 Tallahassee Pay-To-Play Culture

Putnam, Southerland and representatives from business groups made some misleading assertions about the federal oversight of wetlands.
Putnam and Southerland each said bureaucrats "a thousand miles away" call the shots on wetlands. Actually, decisions about Florida wetlands permits are made in the Corps of Engineers' offices in Jacksonville, Tampa and other locations around the state. 

SteveSoutherland.info

Robert Rappaport: Collier County GOP

Robert Rappaport, a member of the Collier County Republican Executive Committee and Collier 912 Freedom Council — a grassroots organization like-minded with the Tea Party, took a black marker to the names of the candidates he doesn’t support on the committee’s leaflets, which were meant to show voters all Republican candidates in county commission, circuit court and school board races. here

Florida's Own Larry Klayman

Is accusing President Barack Obama of being a racist.

 it is remarkable that Obama has not renamed the White House “the Black House.” Clearly, in his way of thinking, the Founding Fathers must have had conspiratorial racist motives in naming the people’s house accordingly.

@ Pushing Rope

Florida's Culture Of Corruption: Steve Crisafulli

Florida GOP Steve Crisafulli, who becomes the most powerful man in the Florida House of Representatives this fall, has been a major beneficiary of the 
state’s sugar industry. here

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Shrimp Creole with Yellow Rice

@ Coco's Sandwich Shop Best food in Palmetto Beach

Rick Scott: Important

Happy 68th Birthday, President Clinton!

Help support the Clinton Foundation's work 
around the world.

here

Georgia’s Gun Free Corridor For Floridians

Georgia’s Guns Everywhere Law Claims The Life Of A Pedestrian.

We Floridians ask Governor Deal to create a gun free zone so we can safely leave our atate. here 

Ybor Paparazzi: Uncle Tonto From Winter Park

Uncle Tonto

Liberals Don't Want Stacy White

"Flaming Liberal STACY WHITE" 

it says in bold white letters about the staunchly conservative Hillsborough County School Board member here

We do not want him. Don't try to pass him on to us.

"Succeed" - Gwen Graham for Congress

Annette Taddeo Bus Tour In Tampa

At Al Lopez Park 

  Traveling on a yellow school bus, Democratic candidate for governor Charlie Crist toured the state last week to tell Floridians that public schools would fare better under his watch than that of Gov. Rick Scott. here

TPD Showing Off In Ybor

Their great horses on 7th ave on a Friday night.

George Sheldon for Florida Attorney General

Ashley Richardson Of Winter Haven

Police in Winter Haven arrested Ashley Richardson for having left her four children by themselves at a city park while she went to a food bank. To get food. 

To feed her children. 

here Whom she was obviously neglecting. 

We wonder if there’s anything else these “negligent moms” have in common? 

You know, besides being poor and black, which couldn’t possibly enter into it.

Ms. Richardson if you ever need food to feed your kids, write us. 

Ybor Paparazzi

Gabrielle Perham 

Adjunct Professor, Marketing. University of Tampa

Local Idiots: Andrew Wheeler Of Okeechobee

Bishop Chuck: How we Git r Done in Tampa, Florida

On the orders of city hall 

I was targeted by the Tampa police department. As corroborated in the discovery material obtained from the TPD, the police spared no effort in their campaign to entrap me. They tried to get me involved in the delivery of drugs. I refused. They tried to get me to engage in sex with a prostitute. I refused. They sent an undercover police officer to try to get me to accept child pornography and I refused. Bishop Chuck Leigh
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I understand the power of the Tampa mayor and the cruelty of the TPD. I have often told the street people in my neighborhood to refuse to move on when they are rousted by the TPD, but to back off when the police call for backup. I guess when faced with abusive power that is all was able to do.

I Am Voting Against Steve Southerland

Cohn blasts Dennis Ross In Tampa

Alan Cohn, a Democratic candidate 

challenging Tea Party Republican 

Rep. Dennis Ross, 

blasted Ross at a Tampa forum Friday for not having an adequate presence in 
Hillsborough County. here
249,260 of the district’s 418,817 voters are in Hillsborough. 

Local Celebrity John Morgan

At the Orlando airport last week,

 eight to 10 people stopped him between the plane and his car to thank him for bankrolling the constitutional amendment to legalize medical marijuana, Morgan said. "Two or three wanted to have their pictures taken with me." here

Florida Dad Charged with Assault on Police Officer (Tazed) From Mr. Sherman, a resident of Marion County

Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless living in Tampa

Florida GOP Luncheon

Port Charlotte

Ybor Paparazzi

Political Analyst D and Tina

Stop The Florida Frackers

Floridians demand Drilling Industry Transparency

Kush Liberty Freedom Fighters In Ybor

Become a Freedom Fighter

Mork and the Immigrant

President Obama: Stop the terror in #Ferguson

Last night, St. Louis and Ferguson police — dressed in camouflage and equipped with armored tanks and military rifles — fired tear gas, rubber coated bullets, and flash grenades at thousands of Black residents 

exercising their right to peacefully assemble and demand accountability for the police killing of 18-year-old 
Michael Brown. 

Local authorities have proven incapable and the federal government must step in. 

Please join us in calling on President Barack Obama and US Attorney Eric Holder to deploy federal marshals to protect Missouri. Sign here

South Florida's Rising Seas - Sea Level Rise Documentary

Local Idiots: Jesse William Korff of LaBelle

 Pleaded guilty to five counts of developing, producing, transferring and possessing toxins, five counts of smuggling toxins and one count of conspiring to kill a person in a foreign country. here

Justice For Mike Brown! A Message From Amonymous

April Griffin - Hillsborough School Board Rock Star

If, within the stodgy confines of a school board it is possible to be a 

rock star, for a minute there it was 

April Griffin. 

Sue Carlton

"in politics, being outspoken is not understood,"
She once told reporters that Elia was "full of shit, 
We need to keep her. 

Operation Photo Rescue in Pensacola

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War In Missouri

 

The FAA has declared a no fly zone here

Reporters Arested here

Tell Rev. T.W. Jenkins Apologize for canceling gay man's funeral

There is nothing Christian about canceling a man's funeral because he was gay. Your actions have hurt a grieving family and are an embarrassment to Christians everywhere. Please offer an immediate and  unqualified apology, sign here

Tallahassee Ethically Compromised

 In the Seminole tongue, Tallahassee means: 

"You have the right to remain silent."

here

Florida's Problem Counties

Democrats outnumber Republicans in 

Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, Hillsborough, Orange, Duval 

and Pinellas counties.

Registered Republicans outnumber Democrats by a margin of 

169,770 to 114,466 in Lee County

The county seat is Fort Myers, and the largest city is 
Cape Coral.

.have an edge of 71,241 to 24,760 in Okaloosa County and an edge of 82,702 to 38,401 in 

St. Johns County. 
Statewide, Florida has 4,599,326 registered Democrats and 4,144,186 registered Republicans. here

Pinellas County GOP

Pinellas County GOP
has made official its opposition to the Greenlight Pinellas transit referendum. here

"Shady" Rick Scott

The Tea Party of Florida Backs

Stacy White in the District 4 race,

 Al Higginbotham 
in the Board of County Commissioners District 7
and Paula Meckley in the District 6 school board contest. here

http://www.alhigginbotham.info

RIP Robin Williams

RIP Robin Williams

 July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014

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Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny, a president, a professor, a bangarang Peter Pan, and everything in between. But he was one of a kind. He arrived in our lives as an alien – but he ended up touching every element of the human spirit. He made us laugh. He made us cry. He gave his immeasurable talent freely and generously to those who needed it most – from our troops stationed abroad to the marginalized on our own streets. Barack Obama 

Judithanne McLauchlan Party In St. Pete

Wednesday, August 20^th

6:30pm – 8pm 

Bella Brava, 204 Beach Drive NE, St. Pete

RSVP Jessica Ehrlich and Mayor Rick 
will be there.

The Queen of Versailles

"The Queen of Versailles" was a film documentary based on the sleazy time-share mogul, David Siegel, and his wife, Jackie.  David had major financial troubles following Bush's 2008 economic crises.  He even had to stop work on his private home, dubbed "Versailles", which was to be the largest home in the U.S.  Poor guy. Naturally, Obama was to blame for this.  As you may recall during the peak of the presidential campaign, Mr. Siegel penned a letter threatening to fire all his employees and close down his Orlando-based company, Westgate, 

if Obama was elected. here

Floridians United for Medical Marijuana

We Need You here

Capitalism Gone Wild

Commercials at the gas pump. Mobil station in Brandon.

Protect Florida’s Future, Ban Fracking

Imagine a future where Florida’s soil and air are contaminated, iconic endangered species like the Florida panther are lost forever and our drinking water is poisoned. Unfortunately it could happen if we don’t put a stop to new oil and gas extraction 

process known as acid fracking. here

The New Right Wing American flag

Pathetic New Hope Missionary Baptist Church In Tampa

I can't remember the last time I've felt so ill reading a news story. This church, its pastor and its parishioners should be ashamed. I hope they never hear the end of it. Sweet Polly

Miami Schools To Start Drug Testing Students

Tthe Miami-Dade County School Board announced plans to test high school students at random for performance enhancing drugs or steroids. here

Miami-Dade Public Schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho said that the goal of the program was to curtail and ultimately eliminate the use of steroids for athletes, and the find the dealers. 

Most Corrupt States In America - Florida #10

Known for bogus speed traps and building inspectors on the take, this is a place where you might want to carry envelopes of cash. here

Cops Kill Another Black Guy

Cops Kill Unarmed Black Teen

Cop Shoot Man Holding Fake Gun At 

Wal-Mart

Florida, The Corporate Welfare State

Great stuff to know before we do our thing on 11.4.14
here


Party starts @ 7pm - Ybor City, Florida

Marco Rubio is suffering from a severe case of climate denier syndrome

Tell Rubio to Stop Denying Climate Change here

Mr. Rubio from the maps we have seen you guys are in trouble down there.

Maybe it's time to jump to the real world.

Martin Sheen: Grayson is the Strongest Voice for Peace