GOP Reaching Out To Hispanics Gets Personal

Republican legislation denouncing President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration was approved 219-197. The bill was sponsored by Florida GOP Ted Yoho.

Rep. Xavier Becerra, the highest ranking Hispanic Democrat in the House, said the bill is no longer "symbolic, this is real ... for me as a son of immigrants, this is not symbolic. It's personal."

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The Centre for Girls in Tampa needs our help!

The Centre for Girls 2014 Holiday Drive! 

We understand that fostering the arts is a fundamental part of a well-rounded education. We are asking for contributions to cover items like canvases, paint brushes, paint, clay and supplemental tools.  As a special gift for your $25 donation, you'll receive a one-of-a-kind  ornament made by one of our resident artist. here 

Florida GOP Ted Yoho Wasting Our Time And Money

The GOP controlled House this afternoon passed a symbolic bill condemning President Barack Obama's executive action on immigration. 
The bill was authored by Florida Rep. 

Ted Yoho of Gainesville 

and passed on a largely party line vote, 219-197. 

Two South Florida Republicans, Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen were among the seven Republicans to vote against the legislation. here

Great Job Ms. Ros-Lehtinen and Mr.  Diaz-Balart 

Dems Rule In St.Pete

Pinellas Democrats for the first time in decades hold a majority of county commission seats as well as the mayor's office in 
St. Petersburg. here

Hillsborough County Corporate Welfare King Ken Hagan

Local Corporate Welfare King Ken Hagan 

and his colleagues are giving 

Good Films Ltd, 

producers of the film The Infiltrator $250,000 to film a few exterior shots in Tampa.

“If we had more incentives, Hillsborough County would have scored the production of nearly the entire film,” Hagan recalled wistfully today.

here

Check out more of Mr. Hagan's giveaways here

Take the Tour de Clay and Support WMNF!

You are invited to the 7th annual Tour de Clay of Tampa Bay. Studio tours and sales will take place on Saturday, December 13th and Sunday, December 14th and help benefit your community radio station, WMNF! Five different studios are participating and supporting your station.

1. Pottery Boys - 30 Bogie Lane, Palm Harbor

2. Clay & Paper Studio - 110 Peterson Lane, Palm Harbor

3. Hidden Lake Pottery - 16705 Hutchison Road, Odessa
4. Wellman & Welsch Pottery - 17202 Whirley Road, Lutz
5. San Antonio Pottery - 11903 Curley St., San Antonio

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the NEIL ROGERS Audio Restoration Project

NeilRogers.org is the work of a collection of fans dedicated to preserving the memory of radio's Neil Rogers. Our primary goal is locating and sharing audio files. If you have audio from Neil Rogers  we'd love to add it to our collection. here

Tampa Tribune Publishing Koch Brother Propaganda

The Wall Street Journal and other newspapers (Tampa Tribune) throughout the country are throwing their support behind the Koch brothers’ campaign against wind energy, publishing Op-Eds that blast federal wind credits without revealing the authors’ financial ties to the oil industry. here

11th Circuit Court of Appeals: NO To Florida GOP

we got big wins from the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in two of our key cases – one challenging Florida’s ban on marriages for same-sex couples, and the other challenging Florida’s law mandating that people who apply for government assistance must submit to
suspicionless urinalysis.

Pledge to stand at the goal line with us to defend freedom in Florida. We know that defending freedom is going to be a challenge in the future, but we’ve seen this before, we’ve overcome it, and we have a plan to do it again.

That plan involves you. The ACLU of Florida is where Floridians who care about civil liberties come together to defend them. That defense is only as strong as the people who 
step up to be a part of it.

Sign the pledge to say, “I stand for freedom in Florida!”

here

Booze On The Streets In Ybor City

Downtown Tampa is doing it here

St. Pete is thinking about it. here

Why not Ybor?

Shut It Down Tampa

Dec. 5 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm

Groups from around the Tampa Bay area will meet at Curtis Hixon Park to Demand:

Justice for Mike Brown

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Global Tourism Final Project: Ybor City's History and Tourism

The Wall Street wing of the Democratic party

Last week, while many Americans were sitting down for a Thanksgiving meal with family, Senate Democrats were preparing a deal with

GOP that would have given permanent tax breaks to big businesses while doing nothing for working families. here

Daniel Pantaleo Goes Free

Protests in NYC grow 

 after grand jury decision's 

not to indict Daniel Pantaleo here

Safety Harbor Looking For Candidates

Candidates must be registered voters who have lived in Safety Harbor at least a year. Qualifying lasts from 

noon Dec. 29 to noon Jan. 6. here

The Sunshine State Bans Solar Energy

Florida 
right-wing 
state regulators
launched an attack against solar energy , when they approved proposals to slash the state's energy efficiency goals by over 90 percent and terminate solar rebate programs 

by the end of 2015. here

Thank You Mrs. Helen Gordon Davis

Youth at the Centre for Girls in Tampa express their gratitude to Helen Gordon Davis, Founder of the Centre for Women for all she has done for women and girls!

Visit them here

Slave Labor At Buccaneers And Rays Games

Our great Commissioner Kevin Beckner 

will ask for a federal investigation of 

New Beginnings of Tampa, 

a homeless charity that sends its impoverished residents to work unpaid at Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Rays games. he will contact U.S. Rep. Kathy Castor to try to prompt an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.  here 

Tampa Looking For Mayor

I make this post with some sadness but it needs to be done. I have to go ahead and officially end this endeavor. I did an interview last night in which I admitted that we are not going to make the ballot to run against Bob in the March 3, 2015 election.
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I deeply appreciate all the vocal support and encouragement I've received in response to my campaign. Unfortunately, campaigns don't run on good... intentions and the help I needed with petitions simply never materialized. I must sincerely thank those who did help, and they know who they are, 

but the effort fell short of the goal. 

Becky Rubright
If no one else qualifies by the end of qualifying in mid-January,
Mayor Bob will be re-elected automatically.
Anybody out there with some cash want to give it a shot?

Neil Rogers - Bridge Tender

Legendary Miami radio talk show host Neil Rogers takes a phone call from the bridge tender, one of his most famous moments. Although never well known at the national level, Neil Rogers was arguably one of the greatest radio talk show hosts of all time. The bridge tender gets his revenge. here

He was our favorite, and we miss him. Great job Random Pixels

Pissed Off Florida State Park Fans

Florida GOP Department of Environmental Protection has been proposing major changes in the state park system for over 3 years. — mostly to make money. 

 "Those beach parks are real cash cows," said 

Julie Wraithmell of Audubon Florida

They tried at Honeymoon Island State Park.

That proposal ran into a firestorm of opposition. 

A public hearing in Dunedin drew about 
1,000 pissed off fans.

Now they want Hillsborough County's Cockroach Bay. Thankfully we have Mariella Smith watching The South Shore. 

DEP did not consult with local officials or activists who had already worked on improving Cockroach Bay, said 

Mariella Smith of the Sierra Club.

here

GOP Cought Schmoozing In Boca Raton

A half-dozen potential Republican presidential contenders spent last week peacocking across the sprawling grounds of a pink-hued luxury resort, schmoozing with donors and sizing up the competition in the party’s most fractured field in decades. In contrast, Hillary Rodham Clinton has spent recent weeks basking in the glows of grandmotherhood and applause at a few public events — without any major challenger for the Democratic nod, should she choose 

to pursue it. here

The Awesome Orange County Commissioners

The Orange County Commissioners 
unanimously voiced their support Monday night for giving unaccompanied child refugees equal access to education, health care and protection under the law. here
Nice job Orlando, Go Magic!

Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/12/02/4370407_orange-commissioners-vote-to-help.html?sp=/99/102/&rh=1#storylink=cpy

Happy Giving Tuesday From The Stogie

                                                                

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Florida GOP Already Looking For Ways To Fuck Tt Up

On November 4th, Florida voters overwhelmingly passed the biggest land and water conservation amendment in U.S. history.

 Seventy-five percent of voters passed 
Amendment One

Well guess what, The Florida GOP is scamming again. 

instead of fully funding the projects that these laws protect, they’re going to rewrite the laws. Did you know since Scott took office, environmental projects have taken a massive, crippling hit. For instance, funding for Florida Forever, the program that buys land to protect water supplies and habitats went from 

$300 million to $29 million. here

There’s nothing Republicans hate more than losing the power to control money. Especially losing that power to voters for such an unworthy cause like the environment.

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Giving Tuesday & WMNF

Please consider making a 100% tax-deductible gift of any amount, whether its $1,000, $500, $250, $100 
or whatever you can afford. 

When you do, post an "unselfie" to Facebook, Twitter or other social media, and use the keywords #UNSELFIE, #Giving Tuesday, and #WMNF. You can hold up a picture of your favorite record, something that depicts a cause you support, or wear a WMNF t-shirt! 

Be a part of Giving Tuesday by giving here: https://www.wmnf.org/give 

or calling 813-238-8001 and telling us you want to participate.

Avenged Sevenfold - Hail To The King

Support the League on #GivingTuesday

Celebrate #GivingTuesday by 

Giving Back to Your Democracy! 

League of Women Voters

Tampa Bay Young Republicans For Lyft And Uber

Members of the Tampa Bay Young Republicans say that the PTC opposes the companies in order to protect the taxi industry from competition. The ban, “violates conservative principles by limiting consumer's choice and impeding the free market to flourish." They feel the PTC is overexerting their power and incorrectly and unfairly attacking innovation, free enterprise and consumer choice,” here

We have to agree.

Drinking Liberally - Florida

We were here in 2004 when President Bush won, and in 2010 when the Tea Party swept into power. And we're still here now: to vent and scheme, learn and laugh, a catharsis and an organizing hub.
Brandon - Key West
  Orlando - Ybor City

Obama’s Latest Power Grab

Acording to the American Energy Alliance

 "He will stop at nothing to use federal agencies like the EPA to continue his green energy crusade."

They sent us an e-mail asking for our help stoping 

Obama and his Big Green allies.
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Hail to the chief!

Florida Inc: Corporate Welfare

Florida’s treasury and taxpayers are losing $4 billion a year to “economic development subsidies,” tax breaks and loopholes for the largest, most profitable corporations?

The 20 percent of us with the lowest incomes paying more than 13 percent in taxes, and the 1 percent of us with the highest incomes paying only 2 percent? here

FREE LUBE FOR GOP VOTERS
freelube@yborcitystogie.com

Liberals Rule In DC

A group of congressional liberals teamed up with President Obama to kill tax cut deal that would have given hundreds of billions of dollars to the wealthy and corporations. here

Pics From La Verbena Festival In Ybor

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Florida GOP Screwed Us For $6.2 Million Or As Much As $30 Million

A judge ordered the release of hundreds of previously hidden emails that showed how political operatives helped rig congressional and legislative districts to keep the vast majority of them tailored for Republicans. 

$6.2 million. That's how much legislators have spent on legal costs, trying to defend their schemes. And the taxpayer tab could be much higher — as much as $30 million. here

GOP Voters, we know you like to take it deep. 

Wipe that grin off your face and order your free tube of lube.

freelube@yborcitystogie.com

It will make THE Experience More Memorable

1 tube per victim, please. While Supplies Last

What Stogie Had For Lunch

Palomilla Steak

With red beans and rice.

At El Paraiso Cafe Visit them here

"You Can't Win / Let It Go" Caroline Kole

Neil Cosentino Is Headhunting

Interested in being a 2016 candidate 
NPA or Dem 
 Give us a call 
NPA Florida 
813-784-4669
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Linda Saul-Sena, Pat Kemp, Mariella Smith, Susan Smith
Jadell Kerr, Gabrielle Perham,Connie Burton 
Nadine Smith, Marisol Márquez, Bianca.A.Garza
 Joe Redner, Kelly Benjamin, Ben Kirby, Tom Tito, Chris Canto, 
Ray Seaman, Carrie West, Alex Pickett, Alan Snel, Neil Cosentino, 
Wanna be on this list???
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Florida GOP Kim Crenier: Black People Need A Shower

"A suggestion for Ferguson-- fire hoses. Grt big fire hoses, serious water pressure. Knock those thugs over. They probly need a shower anyway."

here

Tampa Bay Homeless

Homeless living in Tampa

Monkey Roaming Sligh Ave, TPD Looking For It

If you see it, call Tampa PD.

Centro Ybor

Centro Ybor

RIP Douglas And Christina Simpson Of St.Pete

Had just enjoyed Thanksgiving dinner with friends and were on their way home. They almost made it. A drunk Anthony Apollo Neeley, of Seminole slamed into their Toyota Corolla at 100 mph at Central Avenue and 34th Street. here

HOW SAD! We hope they throw the book at Mr. Neely.

Shop Small Saturday: Hillsborough County Shop Safari

The bus tour will begin at 9:30 a.m. 

At Blind Tiger, at 1901 E. 7th Ave. in Ybor City. 

It will arrive at Hyde Park Village at 10 a.m. 

There will be a presentation at 10:15 and the bus will depart Hyde Park at 11:30 and head to the Saturday Market in Ybor City. There will be another presentation there at 11:55. here

"Our biggest thing is making sure people remember the little guys, us. you know making sure you bring it back home, bring it to the community,"  Danielle Evans, of Don Me Now in Hyde Park 

Make sure to eat local too. Check out
Tampa Bay Locavore

WMNF Once Again TOUR DE CLAY Beneficiary!

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Forward with President Obama OFA Florida

We're not stopping the fight for medical marijuana

3,370,761 people - almost 58% voted for medical marijuana in Florida. This total - half a million more than Gov. Rick Scott and almost 900k more than voted “no” - is clear proof that the people of Florida want a medical marijuana law. Let's be clear: the ONLY reason medical marijuana didn't pass in November is because one of the richest men in the world funded over $5 million dollars worth of false and misleading advertising on TV, Radio and the Internet, and we simply did not have enough resources to counter the lies with facts in enough time.

 Despite being outspent on advertising 3 to 1, we still wound up with one of the highest percentages of support for medical marijuana ever seen in the country.Sadly, it was not enough - but 2016 promises greater turnout, more time to explain what the Amendment does and doesn't do, and a head start of almost 3.4 million supporters.We are going to pass a medical marijuana law in Florida by the end of 2016. It will happen one of two ways: legislative action or another constitutional amendment.

PLEASE PAY ATTENTION 
THE NEW PETITION WILL LAUNCH VERY SOON.

We expect to have the 2016 petition ready to launch in a few weeks or so. As soon as we do, you'll be the first to know, and we'll need your help in mobilizing this fight.

If you want to help us, please forward this to your friends. 

You can also support the 2016 petition mobilization effort by making an early donation to United for Care here.

The Mark Sharpe Entrepreneur Collaborative Center

It will also have state-of-the-art technology and space that can be used by local non-profits and other agencies to host events, network and promote community engagement. here

Opening is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11 at 

2101 E. Palm Ave. in Ybor City.

Casual Sex And Alcohol To Blame For Sexual Assault Epidemic At Eckerd College

In an attempt to address the national epidemic of students being sexually assaulted on campus, Eckerd College’s President Donald Eastman delivered an incredibly tone deaf statement that reeks of rape culture. here 

Florida Bans Clean Energy

Bought and paid for Commissioners Ronald A. Brisé, Art Graham and 
Eduardo E. Balbis.

Florida's Corporate Service Commission

on Tuesday approved proposals to gut Florida's energy-efficiency goals by more than 90 percent and to terminate solar rebate programs by the end of 2015, giving Duke Energy Florida, Tampa Electric and Florida Power & Light virtually everything they wanted. here

The two dissenters, Commissioners Lisa Edgar and 
Julie Brown. 
Great job ladies.

Happy Thanksgiving Tampa Bay

Use when your Right Wing friends and relatives start talking shit at the dinner table.

The Why of the 2014 Florida Election Disaster

The Florida Solidarity Fish Project

If you haven’t seen any of the Solidarity Fish “swimming” around Florida in the last year you have been missing out. here

Howard Dean: Dems’ new path forward

The man who implemented a 50-state strategy as DNC chair dishes on how Democrats can take back the country again. here 

Florida GOP Luncheon

North Port