27 days to victory for medical marijuana ... Are you with us?

We have 27 days to go

I joined up as chair of this campaign over a year and a half ago - when a lot of people felt winning would be impossible. Now we are on the cusp of delivering compassionate care to thousands of Floridians, some in severe pain or having trouble eating 

or controlling their seizures.

We're asking every potential donor - large and small - to join us (or join us again).  Ben tells me that we need another $35,241 raised online in the next 9 days.

We have 9 days to raise another $35,241 online.  Please help with a donation of $50, $75, $150, or any amount you can give here.

4 weeks is an eternity in politics, but very little time when it comes to fundraising.  A lot can happen and we need to be writing checks to advertising outlets now.  We can't let the No on 2 campaign's lies go unanswered.

We just need 470 donors to step up with $75 or more dollars to meet our goal. Please give what you can here. 

Thank you, John Morgan

I am Reaching Into My Pocket For My License - Richard Pryor

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Indiana Police Smash Car Window, 
Taze Black Man 

Sandusky, Ohio Police 

NOT MUCH HAS CHANGE SINCE 1974. IT MUST BE A BITCH BEING BLACK!

John Schilling: I blew the whistle on Rick Scott's fraud

I was an accountant at Columbia/HCA when Rick Scott was CEO. I uncovered two sets of books: one that showed the company ripping off taxpayers, and one that didn't. And I watched as the company that Rick Scott led turned in fraudulent books to the federal government. He hurt seniors, taxpayers -- everyone.

Fraud is in his DNA. And now, as our governor, he's been defrauding Floridians. It made me sick to see Scott regularly put profits over patients and prioritize the bottom line over the care of folks who needed help the most. He says he wasn't aware of it -- but that's just not true. He knew. He had to know.

That's why I worked with the FBI to help get Scott out of the health care business.  But today, he's at it again -- this time, from Tallahassee. He used the money he made from ripping off seniors to promote himself -- and, arguably, to buy the governor's mansion.

And if we don't stop him now, Scott will stay in there.
Let's get him out. Donate to Charlie Crist today:

https://donate.charliecrist.com/Fraud
Thank you, John Schilling

Floridians Against "Sugar Hill"

Two coastal communities ravaged by algae from Lake Okeechobee discharges held simultaneous protests last Wednesday to demand Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) reject US Sugar's proposed city in the Everglades and send water south. here

The River Warriors were out in force in Ft. Pierce and the Solidarity Fish “swam” to both coasts to join the effort.  Organizations involved in Ft. Myers and Ft. Pierce included:  Sierra Club, Indian River Keeper, Sanibel Captiva Chamber of Commerce, Rivers Coalition, Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation, Reef Relief, Treasure Coast Progressive Alliance, Martin County Chapter of the Native Plant Society, River Kidz, Responsible Growth Management Coalition, Inc., and Audubon Society of the Everglades.  

Rock The Vote Presents: #TURNOUTFORWHAT

Bob Graham Land and Water Legacy Amendment

Your $50 donation puts $125

 towards rapid response 

and volunteer outreach efforts.

Making a $100 donation would direct $250 to the advertising campaign 

leading up to the election.

All donations MUST BE RECEIVED by midnight on Tuesday, October 7 in order to be multiplied 2.5X

College Students react to Rick Scott wedding dress ad

John Morgan @ USF Today

Event #1 – USF Student Rally

Tuesday October 7th, 11:50 AM

University of South Florida, Room MSC-3707 

4103 USF Cedar Circle, Tampa

In addition to a speech and informal Q&A with John Morgan, the student rally will also include a collection of voter pledge forms along with music and activities for the enjoyment of our guests.

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Event #2 – Tampa Town Hall Discussion

Tuesday October 7th, 5:30 PM

Tampa Park Plaza

1417 Tampa Park Plaza Street, Tampa

American Anti-LGBT Extremists Exposed

There is a network of American extremists who work tirelessly to undercut LGBT people around the world at every turn. They spew venomous rhetoric, outrageous theories, and discredited science. It's time to take action. here

Read the Report

Save Miami

On Sunday, Miamians took to the streets in solidarity with the NYC People’s Climate March. More than 100 people gathered downtown at the Freedom Tower and marched one mile through Museum Park to Biscayne Bay. here

The Disgusting Tea Party

One of their latest headlines

Encouraging News:
 Millennials Give Up on "Hope & Change"

here

On 11.4.14 Rid FLORIDA Of Its Right Wing Infestation 

InterContinental Miami Going Pink

"Meter" - Florida

Rick Scott"s Florida Culture Of Corruption

KUSH LIBERTY TOURS CENTRAL FLORIDA AND TAMPA BAY AREA TO SPARK THE VOTE

 Kush Liberty, a group of pro-marijuana activists focused on educating people on the benefits of legalizing marijuana, will tour various events in the Central Florida and Tampa Bay area throughout the month of October here

Stogie's Gift Shop: Polo Shirt

$21.99

Ybor City Stogie T-Shirt 

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What Stogie Had For Lunch

Steak with yellow rice

@ Four Seasons Restaurant in Frostproof

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A Special Message from Michelle Obama

Join First Lady Michelle Obama and take the pledge to keep the Senate blue at 

http://www.dscc.org/blue

The GOP Brand Is So Bad

That Rick Scott spends 
30 million+ 
and Charlie Crist is still in the lead. here
Scott trails Democratic challenger 
Charlie Crist in two new polls. 

In Kentucky, McConnell vs Grimes is still in a dead heat, even after the $40 million McConnell and his shady dark money Super PACs have spent falsely attacking her campaign.

Thank You Florida Teachers

We know what you do for our children. We are sorry for the way you are treated by our Right Wing Infestation. Celebrate National Teacher Day on Social Media! Use the #ThankaTeacher hashtag and join thousands showing their support for our nation's teachers.  here

You Tube Takes Down Yes On 2 "Grease” Parody Video

Florida Latinos

638.000 of you are not registered to vote!

Last chance Monday October 6.

Visit Latinos 2014 

Medical Marijuana Orlando Events

Event 1 - Student Rally

Monday October 6th, 10:00AM
University of Central Florida

Student Union 4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando

Event 2 - Town Hall Discussion
Monday October 6th, 6:00PM
Winter Park Civic Center 1050 West Morse Blvd.
Winter Park

For more information, please contact Maurizio Passariello, Communications Director at United for Care, at 786.285.6398 or via email at maurizio@unitedforcare.org.

Tampa Weed Expert Madelyn Butler

Pot would be sold at "marijuana centers."  you will buy your "Weed" with ca$h from 

a dude called a "Budtender." 

Your Budtender will let you choose between various 
strains of pot with names like 

Mango Kush (Local Favorite),

 Blueberry Yum Yum, 

Death Star and 
Florida Sunsine (our Favorite) here 
Life is good, On 11.4.14 it's Trick or Treat. VOTE boys and girls
Then party in Ybor!
KUSH LIBERTY 

Victory Party 

11.4.14 - 7:00 PM  info

@ Tequilas - Ybor City 

Monday is the deadline to register to vote

Getting registered to vote is easy! You can register to vote at your nearest public library. Click here to find the library closest to you.

• You can also register to vote at your county Supervisor of Elections office, or any driver’s license, public assistance, or armed forces recruitment office.

• What you should bring to register to vote is a valid Florida driver’s license number or a Florida ID number or the last four digits of your social security number. 

More GOP BS

Tampa Bay election supervisors criticized as "inaccurate" and "incorrect" a mailer by Gov. Rick Scott's campaign committee that tells voters that their absentee ballots should have arrived by now.

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Hillsborough Supervisor of Elections Craig Latimer issued a news release that said "Their information is incorrect."

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 Pasco Supervisor of Elections Brian Corley said: "Here is the inaccurate flyer that voters throughout FL rec'd with incorrect info from # LetsGetToWork."

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 Seminole County Supervisor Mike Ertel: "Absentee ballots to local voters have not been mailed. Florida voters get ballots about one month before Election Day."

here

Steve Southerland's Career After Politics

Job Interview

Countdown Clock

stevesoutherland.info

Adrian Wyllie On Florida Marijuana

Rick Scott's For-Profit Youth Prisons

Corrupt for-profit companies have taken over Florida's criminal justice system — making millions by unjustly incarcerating Black and Brown youth in violently exploitative and inhumane conditions.

here

No On 2 “It’s a Trick”

Madelyn Butler 
Tampa Obstetrician and Gynecologist  
Dr. Butler states “there is nothing medical about this marijuana.”
Which one is she smoking?

“Dr. Butler is in the minority compared to her peers in the medical profession,The overwhelming majority of physicians polled on this issue over the last few years have expressed their support for the medical use of marijuana.” A poll of 1,446 physicians published in the New England Journal of Medicine in May of 2013 showed that more than 3 out of 4 physicians would recommend the use of medical marijuana to alleviate symptoms 

How Much Was She Paid For This Ad?
DON'T BE FOOLED BY RIGHT WING  PROPAGANDA
No on 2 is 2 Rich Guys and a Slick Communications & Consulting Firm
VOTE YES ON 2
Then party in Ybor.

KUSH LIBERTY 

Victory Party 

11.4.14 - 7:00 PM  info

@ Tequilas - Ybor City   

Rick Scott Voter Purges

Scott and his hand-picked Secretary of State 

Ken Detzner tried to remove thousands of alleged “non-citizens” from the rolls 

based on entirely faulty information. 

But we got er done. 

Florida GOP Propaganda

Judithanne McLauchlan "was part of a group that supports imposing a state income tax on 
Floridians."

Republican Party of Florida on Monday, September 22nd, 2014 in a campaign commercial here

gopbs

Hillsborough County "HERO" Kevin Beckner

Great job Mr. Beckner

The Human Rights Campaign

" This week Hillsborough County commissioners unanimously passed the Hillsborough Equal Rights Ordinance (HERO). HERO will ensure that no one in Hillsborough County can be discriminated against because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The Commission also voted 7 to 0 to move an ordinance creating a countywide domestic partnership registry forward to a public hearing and final vote on October 15 at 2:00pm. Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner drove both efforts, and HRC was pleased to offer
 technical assistance." here

TECO Going Solar

Tampa International Airport and Tampa Electric Co. today announced an agreement to install a canopy of solar panels on the top floor of the airport's south Economy Parking Garage. here

COOL, GREAT JOB TECO - TIA

Kush Liberty Freedom Fighter

Florida Marijuana October Bus Tour

ORLANDO

Student Rally - Monday October 6th, 10:00AM
University of Central Florida Student Union

4000 Central Florida Blvd., Orlando FL 32816
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Town Hall Discussion - Monday October 6th, 6:00PM
Winter Park Civic Center

1050 West Morse Blvd., Winter Park FL 32789
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TAMPA

Student Rally - Tuesday, October 7th, 11:50AM
University of South Florida Room MSC-3707

4103 USF Cedar Cir.. Tampa, FL 33620
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Town Hall Discussion - Tuesday, October 7th, 5:30PM
Tampa Park Plaza

1417 Tampa Park Plaza St., Tampa FL 33605
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SOUTH FLORIDA
Town Hall Discussion - Wednesday, October 8th, 3:00PM
South County Civic Center - Room C

16700 Jog Rd., Delray Beach, FL 33446
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Student Rally -Wednesday, October 8th, 5:00PM
Florida Atlantic University Student Union – Lot 16

777 Glades Rd., Boca Raton, FL 33431
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Student Rally - Thursday, October 9th, 1:00PM
Florida International University Graham Center – GC140

11200 SW 8th St., Miami FL 33174
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Town Hall Discussion - Thursday, October 9th, 7:00PM
Betty Ferguson Recreational Complex

3000 NW 199th St., Miami Gardens, FL 33056

Florida GOP Rich Nugent's Warning

Rep. Rich Nugent warned during a local radio interview that the (Border) children were coming from “gang-infested” countries. “These kids have been brought up in a culture of thievery, A culture of murder, of rape. And now we are going to infuse them into the American culture. 
It’s just ludicrous.” here

Ronda And Brian What Do You Think Of Us Now

“I am a Baptist deacon but I faced discrimination, I know no one should face discrimination regardless of who they may be.”Les Miller. The rest of the commissioners agreed, voting 7-0 to expand the Human Rights ordinance to cover sexual orientation and gender identity. here 

Cops Attack Cop Watch

Across the nation, local police departments are responding to organized cop watching patrols by targeting perceived leaders, making arrests, threatening arrests, yanking cameras out of hands and even labeling particular groups "domestic extremist" organizations and part of the sovereign citizens movement - the activities of which the FBI classifies as domestic terrorism. here

Tampa Cop Watch

Caregivers are NOT drug dealers

The No on 2 Propaganda machine has bought even more air time to tell Floridians that the people who take care of family and friends with serious illnesses and injuries are the equivalent of drug dealers. 

They're lumping caregivers - kind souls that try to help people with Cancer, MS, paralysis, ALS, and epilepsy - into the same bucket as felons, and outright lying 

about what the actual ballot language says. 

We don't have their casino and pharmaceutical money - but we have an army of supporters to help us fight back.

We need to raise another $50,000 by 10/16.

Only 30 days left boys and girls, time to step it up.

Tell Republicans: PROTECT the RIGHT TO VOTE

In states across the nation, Republican Governors and legislatures are making it harder and harder for people to cast a ballot. In our democracy, that is simply unacceptable.

Today we're calling on Republicans everywhere to STOP making it harder for people -- whoever they are, wherever they live -- to vote.

"Say Yes To Rick Scott" Wins

 The most sexist Republican ad of the year. - TIME magazine

Kathy Castor Wants Federal Investigation

To investigate whether nonviolent criminals are being denied civil rights restoration.  

“I believe that in operation Florida is violating the U.S. Constitution’s tenets of due process and equal protection,” the Tampa Democrat wrote in a letter to 
Attorney General Eric Holder.

Gov. Charlie Crist made the restoration process easier but that was reversed in part under Gov. Rick Scott. 

"It is estimated that by this year’s elections, as many as 600,000 people who otherwise could have voted will be absent from Florida's polls," here

WE WILL DO ANYTHING 
TO KEEP YOU FROM VOTING

Jacksonville Justice

Jordan Davis

Activists with the

Jacksonville Progressive Coalition

and other groups kept a presence at the courthouse since the retrial began on Sept. 22.

They got er'done here

Did you know? “Angela Corey has locked up more Black and Latino youth in her jurisdiction than anywhere else in Florida, she is the state attorney who let George Zimmerman off the hook after he murdered Trayvon Martin and she's also responsible for botching the first trial of Michael Dunn. Corey, however, seems to 

have no problem going after African American 

Marissa Alexander and trying to increase her sentence to 60 years for harming no one as she defended herself from an abusive husband.

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Chicken Souvlaki Platter

With rice and greek salad

at Sunrise Eatery in Zephyrhills

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Great Stuff

Florida GOP John Mica Wants To Privatize The Secret Service

Susan G. Komen - Miami/Fort Lauderdale

Anon-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and ending breast cancer forever.
Support our mission and help make an impact 

here

Tallahassee Police Tases 62-Year-Old Woman

Ybor City Stogie Hoodie

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Florida among the worst states for teachers

In light of World Teachers Day on Oct. 5, WalletHub analyzed the 50 states and the District of Columbia to ease the process of finding the best teaching opportunities in the country. here
GOP farming their future voters.

Rick Scott's Money Dont Mean Shit

Democrats still outnumber Republicans among 
Florida registered voters.

Let GOP voters be fooled by 30 sec. TV ads. All Dems have to do is VOTE.
 Republicans will vote for anybody with an R at the end of their name.

No on 2, Not What It Seems

They are not a grassroots campaign as they claim,
they are solely financed by Saint Petersburg developer 
Mel Sembler and  Las Vegas gambling magnate Sheldon Adelson. Who hired

Tobacco Lobbyist And longtime Republican Operative 

Sarah Bascom here

DON'T BE FOOLED BY RIGHT WING  PROPAGANDA
VOTE YES ON 2

Steve Southerland Behind the Scenes

Amanda Murphy Needs Our Help

Special Interest groups have spent over $150,000 to help her opponent. 

She needs CA$H

Mail it to her here

Amanda Murphy Campaign

PO Box 1379, New Port Richey FL 34656 

We Want Our Own Mayor Kriseman

Check Out Becky Rubright For Mayor
She’ll be gathering with supporters to brainstorm campaign ideas and start planning strategies today at the Mermaid Tavern in Seminole Heights at 7 p.m.

Lets rid Tampa of our Right Wing  Infestation

John Morgan Is Pissed Off

I have to tell you, I'm mad as hell.

In the No on 2 folks' latest ad - they go after CAREGIVERS.  They use scare tactics to demonize caregivers - the people who take on the daunting task of caring for their friends and family members who can't care for themselves. Guys like Robert Jordan - who gets busted for taking care of his wife Cathy, with ALS.  Or guys like me - who risked jail to bring relief to his father and brother.

It's offensive, tone-deaf, and yet - they're blasting it out everywhere with millions of dollars behind it.

Join with me and let's show our outrage:

here